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Rebecca A. Schwartz-Mette; Hannah R. Lawrence; Eliot Fearey; Jessica Shankman; Janet Nichols; Joy Walters; Elena Perello; Susan Smith – School Mental Health, 2024
The FRIENDS Resilience programs provide cognitive-behavioral skills across the developmental spectrum and can be applied as a universal or selective prevention program. In the current study, we assessed whether, relative to the schools' existing counseling curriculum ("guidance"), FRIENDS improved social skills, problem behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Evaluation, Mental Health Programs, Program Effectiveness
Donna Boyd Ramsey – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Although Individual Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) has mandated states to collect and analyze data to determine if special education disproportionality is occurring within the local education agencies (LEAs), student of color continue to be disproportionately represented in special education programs. Historical trend data revealed that…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
WestEd, 2014
Amargosa Valley School in Nevada could be considered representative of almost any preK-8 school that serves a large proportion of socioeconomically disadvantaged students and is focused on turning around persistently low achievement. Like other schools supported by federal School Improvement Grants, Amargosa is beginning to implement a reform plan…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Rural Schools, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Achievement