Prevention and School Transitions

by Jason; Leonard

• ISBN13: 9781560245766
• ISBN10: 156024576X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

For the first time in one volume, the top researchers and theorists in the field of school transitions describe their most recent theoretical and practical work. This broad overview of theory and interventions for children and adolescents undergoing school transitions is an invaluable guide for scientists and practitioners looking for ways to help children cope with both routine and unexpected changes. Prevention and School Transitions helps professionals design prevention programs that ease transitions for children and adolescents transferring from middle school to high school, moving to schools in new towns, switching to schools with better academic programs, or transferring to alternative schools.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Nature of "Schooling" in School Transitions: A Critical Re-Examination	p. 7
A Comprehensive, Preventive, Parent-Based Intervention for High-Risk Transfer Students	p. 27
Entry into Middle School: Student Factors Predicting Adaptation to an Ecological Transition	p. 39
Negotiating the Transition to Junior High School: The Contributions of Coping Strategies and Perceptions of the School Environment	p. 59
Trajectory Analysis of the Transition to Junior High School: Implications for Prevention and Policy	p. 83
Restructuring the Ecology of the School as an Approach to Prevention During School Transitions: Longitudinal Follow-Ups and Extensions of the School Transitional Environment Project (STEP)	p. 103
Identifying High-Risk Students During School Transition	p. 137
Alternative Schools: A School Transition for Adolescent Mothers	p. 151
Easing Postpartum School Transitions Through Parent Mentoring Programs	p. 169
Transition Tasks and Resources: An Ecological Approach to Life After High School	p. 179
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