The school practitioner's concise companion to preventing dropout and attendance problems
By: edited by Cynthia Franklin, Mary Beth Harris, and Paula Allen-Meares.
Contributors: Franklin, Cynthia.; Harris, Mary Beth.; Allen-Meares, Paula, 1948-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780195370577
Subjects: Dropouts -- United States -- Prevention; School attendance -- United States
Other titles: Concise companion to preventing dropout and attendance problems
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Increasing school attendance : effective strategies and interventions / Calvin Streeter; title: Enhancing skills with students vulnerable to underachievement and academic failure / Mary C. Ruffolo; title: Guides for designing and establishing alternative school programs for dropout prevention / David Dupper; title: Solution-focused, brief therapy interventions for students at risk to dropout / Cynthia Franklin, Johnny Kim, Stephen Tripodi; title: Working with American Indian students and families / Dorie J. Gilbert, Gail Sims; title: Home visiting : essential guidelines for home visits and engaging with families / Barbara H. Wasik, Gary L. Shaffer; title: Helping children in foster care and other residential placements succeed in school / Mary McKay, Dorian Traube; title: Primary prevention of pregnancy : effective school-based programs / Mary Beth Harris; title: Best school-based practices with adolescent parents / Mary Beth Harris.