This research was conducted to explore the impact of participation in an international education program on youth leadership development and how youth can more effectively engage in civic and community issues. The findings and recommendations offer international education programs, educators and youth workers strategies and best practices to…

Utilizes action research to examine if group counseling effectively decreases problem severity for at-risk high school students. Results indicate that students reported a significant reduction in problem severity upon termination of the counseling groups and that female students experienced meaningful changes in attitudes and in their relationship…

This Action Research Project implemented a program for improving human relation skills intended to raise the academic performance level of students. The target population consists of kindergarten, seventh grade (regular/at-risk), and high school (regular/behavior disordered) students. Analysis of both research literature and problem evidence…