The at-Risk Student

Evelyn Hunt Ogden; Vito Germinario

doi:10.5771/9781461734338

Summary

An excellent resource that should be on the desk of every student assistant professional as well as every administrator. It gives step-by-step procedures in identifying high risk students who are a challenge for our schools.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1994
ISBN-Print: 978-0-87762-573-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4617-3433-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 173
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowlegements No access
4. Introduction No access
1. The Role of the School No access
2. The Rationale for a K-12 Approach No access
3. Components of a Comprehensive Program No access
4. Schools that Maximize Learning No access
5. 1. Class Climate No access
  2. Clear Expectations/Quality use of Time No access
  3. Direct Instruction No access
  4. Proactive Management Style No access
  5. Learning Style No access
  6. Maintenance of Enthusiasm toward Task No access
6. Summary No access
1. 1. Expectations for Students No access
  2. Classroom Expectations No access
  3. Shaping School Norms No access
  4. Standard Operating Procedures No access
  5. Pupil Control No access
  6. Parents and School Expectations No access
  7. Rewards No access
2. 1. Life Skills No access
  2. Drugs and Mental Health No access
  3. Physical Education No access
  4. Cooperative Learning Programs No access
3. Summary No access
1. 1. How it Works—A Case Study: Elementary Student Assistance Team No access
2. 1. Family Separation, Divorce, Remarriage or Death No access
  2. Latch-Key Children No access
  3. New Students No access
  4. Handicapped Children No access
  5. Gifted Children No access
  6. Non-English-Speaking Children No access
3. Summary No access
1. Development and Maintenance of School Norms No access
2. 1. Personal Growth No access
  2. Fitness and Health No access
  3. Drugs and Mental Health No access
3. 1. Identifying High-Risk Students No access
  2. The Role of the Student Assistance Team No access
  3. Parental Involvement No access
4. 1. Mentorships No access
  2. How it Works—A Case Study: Mentorship No access
  3. Intervention Groups No access
  4. Students Teaching Other Students No access
5. 1. Types of Child Abuse No access
6. The Gifted Adolescent Girl No access
7. Parent Initiatives and Student Assistance No access
8. Community and Social Service Networking No access
9. Summary No access
1. 1. Senior/Freshmen Orientation Program No access
  2. How it Works—A Case Study: Senior/Freshmen Orientation No access
  3. Peer Counseling Groups No access
  4. Peer Tutoring No access
  5. Teen Planning Groups No access
2. Curriculum to Reduce Risk, Grades 9-12 No access
3. 1. The Student Assistance Team No access
  2. Employing a Crisis or Student Assistance Counselor No access
  3. The Role of the Student Assistance Team No access
  4. Scheduling the Activities of the Student Assistance Team No access
  5. Training the Student Assistance Team No access
  6. Defining the Relationship between the Student Assistance Team and other Groups and Individuals No access
  7. How it Works—A Case Study: The Student Assistance Team in Action No access
4. Confidentiality and the Need to Know No access
5. Team Maintenance No access
6. Summary No access
1. The Problem No access
2. The Role of the School in Drug/Alcohol Prevention and Assistance No access
3. The Drug/Alcohol Curriculum No access
4. Policy on Drugs and Alcohol No access
5. Drug and Alcohol Guidelines and Procedures No access
6. 1. Orientation No access
7. 1. How it Works—A Case Study: Drugs/Alcohol and Discipline No access
8. Taking Action in Suspected Cases of Drug/Alcohol Abuse No access
9. Intervention No access
10. 1. How it Works—A Case Study: Suspected Drug/Alcohol Abuse No access
11. 1. Assessment No access
  2. Inpatient Treatment No access
  3. Outpatient Treatment No access
12. The School's Role in Aftercare No access
13. Summary No access
1. Why the School has a Role in Suicide Prevention No access
2. The Role of the School in Suicide Prevention No access
3. Policy on Suicide Prevention No access
4. 1. Suicide Prevention Procedures-An Example No access
5. Training the Staff No access
6. Community Resources No access
7. 1. Transition Back into School No access
  2. Monitoring No access
  3. After Suicide Attempt Support Group No access
8. Assessing the School Environment No access
9. Postvention-Suicide or Suspected Suicide No access
10. 1. Do's No access
  2. Don'ts No access
  3. Plans and Actions No access
  4. How it Works—A Case Study: The Suicide of a Student No access
11. Handling the Grief of the Suicide Survivors No access
12. Summary No access
1. The Problem No access
2. How AIDS is Spread No access
3. Prevention No access
4. Student/Employee Assistance No access
5. 1. Centers for Disease Control Recommendations for the Education of AIDS-Infected Children No access
6. 1. How it Works—A Case Study: AIDS No access
7. Summary No access
1. The Problem No access
2. What are Anorexia and Bulimia? No access
3. Who Develops an Eating Disorder? No access
4. The Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa No access
5. The Symptoms of Bulimia No access
6. 1. How it Works—A Case Study: Bulimia No access
7. The Treatment for Eating Disorders No access
8. Summary No access
1. The Problem No access
2. 1. Curriculum No access
  2. School-Based or School-Linked Clinics No access
3. The School's Role in Educating and Assisting Pregnant Teenagers No access
4. 1. Alternative Educational Programs No access
  2. Mainstream Programs No access
  3. How it Works-A Case Study: Pregnancy No access
5. Summary No access
Appendix A: Resource Agencies No access Pages 157 - 160
Appendix B: Educational Programs that Work No access Pages 161 - 164
Bibliography No access Pages 165 - 168
Index No access Pages 169 - 172
About the Authors No access Pages 173 - 173