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9780195370577

The School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Preventing Dropout and Attendance Problems

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195370577

  • ISBN10:

    0195370570

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-09-19
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

The School Practitioner's Concise Companions give busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School Services Sourcebook, each volume is a rapid reference to a key school issue. Here, readers will find an overview of the factors that put students at risk for missing school and dropping out. This Concise Companion presents innovative, effective strategies to improve school attendance and engage underserved student populations such as those who are pregnant or in foster care. Each chapter is filled with charts, checklists, and cases and is conveniently organized around What We Know, What We Can Do, Tools and Practice Examples, and Key Points to Remember. A portable catalog of best practices, it brings evidence-based practice within easy reach of school professionals.

Table of Contents

Preface
Increasing School Attendance: Effective Strategies and Interventions
Enhancing Skills with Students Vulnerable to Underachievement and Academic Failure
Guides for Designing and Establishing Alternative School Programs for Dropout Prevention
Solution-Focused, Brief Therapy Interventions for Students at Risk to Dropout
Working with American Indian Students and Families
Home Visiting: Essential Guidelines for Home Visits and Engaging with Families
Helping Children in Foster Care and Other Residential Placements Succeed in School
Primary Prevention of Pregnancy: Effective School-Based Programs
Best School-Based Practices with Adolescent Parents
Index
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