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Examining Adolescent Maltreatment and Connections to School Engagement
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Mielityinen, Laura; Ellonen, Noora; Ikonen, Riikka; Paavilainen, Eija – Improving Schools, 2023
This article examines how maltreatment experienced by adolescents is related to school engagement. Maltreatment includes physical, mental, and sexual violence along with sexual harassment, neglect, and witnessing domestic violence. School engagement refers to the students' relationship to all activities in the school. It describes students'…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Learner Engagement
An Examination of Teachers' Perceptions of Factors that May Lead Students with Disabilities in Grades 6-12 to Become Delinquent or Incarcerated
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Rachel Sims Cook – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined why students with disabilities have a strong presence in the juvenile justice system and measures to prevent or reduce the school-to-prison pipeline. The study utilized a Teacher Questionnaire on Delinquency to compare middle and high school teachers perceptions' of risk factors of delinquency for students with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, At Risk Students
Examining the Role of School Resource Officers on School Safety and Crisis Response Teams
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Eklund, Katie; Meyer, Lauren; Bosworth, Kris – Journal of School Violence, 2018
School resource officers (SROs) are being increasingly employed in schools to respond to incidents of school violence and to help address safety concerns among students and staff. While previous research on school safety and crisis teams has examined the role of school mental health professionals' and administrators, fewer studies have evaluated…
Descriptors: School Safety, Crisis Management, Mental Health Workers, Police School Relationship
Psychological and Behavioral Impact of Trauma: Middle School Students
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National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2008
There are students in school who have experienced trauma. Generally, traumatic events evoke feelings of extreme fear and helplessness. Reactions to traumatic events are determined by the subjective experience of the child, which could be impacted by developmental and cultural factors. What is extremely traumatic for one student may be less so for…
Descriptors: Coping, Cultural Influences, Children, Middle Schools
Differential Correlates of Multi-Type Maltreatment among Urban Youth
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Arata, Catalina M.; Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer; Bowers, David; O'Brien, Natalie – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the differential effects of multi-types of maltreatment in an adolescent sample. Different combinations of maltreatment (emotional, sexual, physical, neglect) were examined in relation to both negative affect and externalizing symptoms in male and female youth. Method: One thousand four hundred…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Urban Schools, Suicide, Sexual Abuse
Newark Kids Count 2004: A City Profile of Child Well-Being
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Association for Children of New Jersey, 2004
"Newark Kids Count 2004" presents a statistical snapshot of child well-being that can be used to inform those efforts to create a strong community safety net for Newark's youngest citizens. Following is a look at some of the major trends documented in this year's report: (1) Poverty persists; (2) Nutritional supports lag; (3) Unmarried…
Descriptors: Community Services, Tax Credits, Child Welfare, Welfare Services