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Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2020
The CUT Juvenile Justice Diversion Program serves youth at risk of involvement in the criminal justice system. Targeted students are enrolled at five HISD secondary campuses in Fifth Ward, Texas. During the 2019--2020 academic year, the first year of the program, 60 students and their families were engaged in community support services guided by…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Prevention, Academic Achievement, Juvenile Justice
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Sisman, Fatma Nevin; Tok, Ozlem; Ergun, Ayse – School Psychology International, 2017
Nail-biting is one of the most common behavioral problems in children. This study aimed to examine factors affecting nail-biting among adolescents and the effects of psychological state and social support on nail-biting. This cross-sectional study was conducted between January and May of 2014 in seven schools in Istanbul (N = 724). Data were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Habit Formation
Morris, Pamela; Aber, J. Lawrence; Wolf, Sharon; Berg, Juliette – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study builds on and informs ecological theory (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006) by focusing on the contextual processes by which individual developmental trajectories can be altered. Ecological theory posits that children are embedded in a nested and interactive set of interrelated contexts beginning with the micro-system (the most…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Children, Motivation, Competence