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

Name: School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Preventing Dropout and Attendance Problems
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ISBN: 9780195370577

ISBN-10: 0195370570

ISBN-13: 9780195370577

Edition: 2009

Authors: Cynthia Franklin, Mary Beth Harris, Paula Allen-Meares

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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…

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.39" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



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