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Publication Date: 2008-Dec
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A Strengths-Based Approach to Promoting Prosocial Behavior among African American and Latino Students
Day-Vines, Norma L.; Terriquez, Veronica
Professional School Counseling, v12 n2 p170-175 Dec 2008
This article presents an overview of a strengths-based school discipline initiative that was developed in response to the high suspension and expulsion rates of African American and Latino male students at a racially diverse, urban high school in California. A school task force made up of adult and youth stakeholders devised a series of interventions that included student-led efforts to improve discipline policies and procedures. The initiative builds on the Strengths-Based School Counseling framework explicated by Galassi and Akos (2007), which stimulates and promotes personal accountability, leadership, resiliency, self-management, and social competence in students as opposed to merely reducing student deficits.
Descriptors: Suspension, Expulsion, Prosocial Behavior, School Counseling, Discipline Policy, Interpersonal Competence, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, At Risk Students, High School Students, Urban Schools, Intervention, Student Behavior, Accountability, Leadership Qualities, Personality Traits, Self Control
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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