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Hains, Anthony A. – School Counselor, 1994
Examines effectiveness of a school-based, cognitive stress management intervention program. Participating secondary school students showed significant improvement on a variety of emotional arousal measures. Cognitive restructuring training resulted in improvements on self-report measures of trait anxiety, self-esteem, depression, and trait anger.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anger, Anxiety, Cognitive Development
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Moore, David D. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1993
Describes innovative school programs for students at risk for alcohol and other drug problems. Describes model programs in Puget Sound school districts as involving school, families, community agencies, and youth in efforts to create school environments free of substance abuse and violence. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Children
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Coll, Kenneth M. – NASPA Journal, 1995
Gathered information about the severity and frequency of community college student problems, through a survey of 65 public community college counselors. Most reported an increase in severity of personal problems (family, alcohol, self-worth), career (goals, job market), and educational problems (lack of skills, time management). Reports other…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Problems, Family Problems, Incidence
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Wessler, Stephen L. – Educational Leadership, 2001
Young people who daily endure hateful words, slurs, and epithets at school often become fearful and/or enraged. No magic solution or program exists. Teachers must firmly, consistently interrupt usage of degrading language and model acceptable behaviors. Such interventions reduce escalating situations and reassure vulnerable students. (MLH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Bullying, Fear
Sheanh, Gerry – 1996
Divided into five parts, this book examines some of the conflicts that Canadian children face on a daily basis and explores ways that adults can help children address these challenges. Chapter 1 looks at the causes behind conflicts, and examines some of the concepts concerning conflict and conflict resolution. Chapter 2 discusses self-esteem, what…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Bullying, Child Rearing
Banks, Ron – 1997
Bullying is a serious problem that can dramatically affect the ability of students to progress academically and socially. Bullying is comprised of direct behaviors such as teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, and stealing that are initiated by one or more students against a victim. Bullying may also be more indirect by causing a student to be…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Antisocial Behavior, Bullying, Elementary Secondary Education
Weiss, Ira – 1993
The practicum reported here was designed to address the problem of a group of six college-bound 11th- and 12th-grade learning disabled students who attended a high school that did not have in place a program that would prepare them for the transition from secondary school to college. The intervention used cognitive techniques to raise the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, College Bound Students, Counseling Techniques, High School Students
Blumberg, Phyllis; And Others – 1992
This paper presents a study that: (1) documented the course of problems for borderline students in an undergraduate medical program; (2) compared documentation by the same tutors of weaker students with good students in the same tutorial group; (3) documented which of six dimensions (knowledge, problem solving, critical appraisal, clinical skills,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Educational Diagnosis, Graduate Study
Colvert, Audra L. – 1993
Examining the role of the forensics coach as counselor, this paper attempts to define the role more clearly and offers guidelines and suggestions concerning where to draw the line between coaching and counseling "forensicators." The paper advances the premise that coaches have many responsibilities which include significant dimensions of…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Debate
Doll, Beth – 1987
This paper addresses the problem of school phobia, one of the most common childhood anxiety disorders. It presents four case studies of preadolescent school phobia involving two girls and two boys in grades four through seven. Several features of effective strategies for the assessment and treatment of school phobia which have emerged from the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Counseling Techniques, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Criteria
Robinson, Nancy M.; Weimer, Linda J. – 1990
This paper discusses research on early entrance to public school and individual decisions regarding early entrance. The discussion of research findings briefly alludes to four areas of research relevant to the early admission of children to kindergarten and first grade. These areas of research concern: (1) attitudes of school personnel; (2)…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Decision Making, Early Admission, Enrollment
Hurrelmann, Klaus – 1986
This report's central theoretical assumption is that adolescents are in risk of problem behavior if they are not sufficiently equipped with the social and psychological competencies to cope with culturally and socially defined developmental tasks specific to their ages. The first chapter describes the socio-structural factors which have changed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Richards, Donna; And Others – 1988
This project was conducted to determine factors that contribute to the academic success or lack thereof of educationally disadvantaged vocational students and to develop a plan that will enhance success of persistent nonachieving students in the future. Educationally disadvantaged students at Mountain View Community College (Texas) were divided…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Students, Community Colleges
Swanson, Lesley Anne; Baenen, Nancy – 1989
The School-Community Guidance Center (SCGC) is an Austin, Texas alternative education program for high-risk students. It employs three project specialists to work with high-risk and delinquent students at two locations, Rice secondary school and a juvenile detention center. Most of the students are referred for disciplinary reasons. Students in…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, High School Students
Phillips, Kathleen R. – 1985
Wisconsin junior and senior high schools enroll approximately 500 children of migrant agricultural workers each year, but performance data shows that in 1982-83 twelfth grade service to migrant students was only 17% of the first grade figure. Problems which contribute to the high dropout rate of junior and senior migrant students in Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Needs
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