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Download full textArizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Div. of Special Education. – 1992
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that for every high school of 2,000 or more students in the United States, there is at least one successful suicide and thirty to fifty attempts each year. This report offers one state's examination of suicide and presents some effective responses to this problem. Discussed are those…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crisis Intervention, High Risk Students, Intervention
Thornburg, Hershel D.; Gillespie, Millford E. – 1971
Incoming high school freshmen with a history of low achievement, discipline problems, and hostility towards school and society are characterized by poor self-image, frustration from encountering the regular academic program, an almost total inability to communicate, and no expectation that high school will bring educational success. The resulting…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Students, Discipline Problems, Dropout Prevention
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Office of Education for Homeless Children and Youth. – 1989
Arizona's state plan for the education of homeless children and youth responds to provisions of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The plan is comprised of seven sections. Section 1 summarizes the homeless situation and the plan's origins and intent. Section 2 provides an assessment of the number, location, and educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
