Opportunity: How Twenty Boys Serving Time in a Detention Facility Learned to Rebuild Their Lives.

Cernero, Deanna E.

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ERIC Number: EJ431718

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Opportunity: How Twenty Boys Serving Time in a Detention Facility Learned to Rebuild Their Lives.

Cernero, Deanna E.

Children Today, v20 n1 p18-21 Jan-Feb 1991

Describes a trial program involving 20 boys in a juvenile detention facility. Academic skills in math, English, and architecture, and vocational skills in carpentry and electrical contracting, were taught. Students also received art therapy. Test scores improved for these students, as did communication, social skills, self-confidence, and pride. (SH)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs, Student Motivation, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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