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Levinsohn, Mary; Klyap, John M. – 1999
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a social competence promotion program conducted in the sixth grade of a middle school. The need to increase social competence within the school arose from the results of enumerative and stakeholder data collected at the school. This paper outlines the steps of the needs assessment, program…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Competence, Middle Schools
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Malecki, Christine Kerres; Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick – School Psychology Quarterly, 2006
The present study was an investigation of the potential moderating effect of social support on academic performance for students living in poverty. Data were collected in one urban middle school from 164 primarily Hispanic students using the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS; Malecki, Demaray, & Elliott, 2000) and students' course…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, School Psychologists, Poverty, Grade Point Average