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Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention
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Broton, Katharine M., Ed.; Cady, Clare L., Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
As the price of college continues to rise and the incomes of most Americans stagnate, too many college students are going hungry. According to researchers, approximately half of all undergraduates are food insecure. "Food Insecurity on Campus"--the first book to describe the problem--meets higher education's growing demand to tackle the…
Descriptors: Hunger, Food, Campuses, Student Problems
Interventions for Achievement and Behavioral Problems.
Stoner, Gary, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book is organized around several themes, namely: the changing context for the professional practice of school psychology; classroom- and school-based prevention and intervention programs; and professional training issues specific to intervention-oriented school psychology. The first three chapters address numerous reform and restructuring…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Best Practices in School Psychology-II.
Thomas, Alex, Ed.; Grimes, Jeff, Ed. – 1990
This book is a companion volume to "Best Practices in School Psychology," and contains both revisions of earlier chapters and chapters on new topics. Materials are organized around the idea that there are some best practices that the school psychologist should know about and be able to implement. The 69 chapters in this book were written by…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Psychological Needs
West African Families in Britain: A Meeting of Two Cultures.
Ellis, June, Ed. – 1978
This book discusses the particular social work needs of West African foreign students and their families in Britain. These needs are elucidated by reference to aspects of traditional West African society, with special attention given to the extended family, to its importance in the lives of individuals, and to the major part it plays in the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Rearing, College Students, Cultural Background
Crisis Intervention Strategies for School-Based Helpers. Second Edition.
Fairchild, Thomas N., Ed. – 1997
School-based helpers are helping professionals who work within educational settings and whose training and primary responsibility is to promote the mental health of students. Few resource materials provide these helpers with needed information and practical strategies--this text tries to meet that need. The 12 chapters here cover a wide range of…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Problems, Pupil Personnel Services
Children's Needs: Psychological Perspectives.
Thomas, Alex, Ed.; Grimes, Jeff, Ed. – 1987
This monograph was written as a reference for practitioners who need an authoritative source of information on a wide variety of topics beyond the classroom and the child's own personal characteristics that influence school success. Included are 93 separate chapters, written by a diverse group of school psychologists and arranged alphabetically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Needs, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Minding the Gap: Why Integrating High School with College Makes Sense and How to Do It
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Hoffman, Nancy, Ed.; Vargas, Joel, Ed.; Venezia, Andrea, Ed.; Miller, Marc S., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"Minding the Gap" argues that in today's highly competitive, global economy, all young people need a postsecondary education. Yet only one in ten students from the lowest economic quintile in the United States currently earns a postsecondary credential. This timely and instructive book from Jobs for the Future explores policies and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, First Generation College Students, Postsecondary Education, High Schools