Reducing Out-of-School Suspensions: Practice Guidelines for School Social Workers

Autor/inn/en	Dupper, David R.; Theriot, Matthew T.; Craun, Sarah W.
Titel	Reducing Out-of-School Suspensions: Practice Guidelines for School Social Workers
Quelle	In: Children & Schools, 31 (2009) 1, S.6-14 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1532-8759
Schlagwörter	Suspension; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Guidelines; School Social Workers; Discipline; Student Behavior; School Districts; At Risk Students; Predictor Variables; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausschluss; Schulausschluss; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Richtlinien; Social work in school; Schulsozialarbeiter; Disziplin; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; School district; Schulbezirk; Prädiktor
Abstract	In many U.S. school districts, there has been a near epidemic of out-of-school suspensions (OSSs) for relatively minor or vaguely defined student offenses. Suspension provides temporary relief to frustrated teachers and administrators and may result in more parental involvement. However, for a large number of at-risk youths, it appears that being suspended leads to significant problems outside of school, increases the likelihood of receiving additional OSSs, and may result in dropping out of school. As a result, school social workers need to be made aware of programs that focus on the elimination of students' problematic behaviors rather than the elimination of students themselves. This article summarizes recent research on individual and school factors that have been shown to be associated with and predictive of OSSs. On the basis of these findings, the authors present a set of practice guidelines for reducing OSSs and identify and describe promising and proven programs within each practice guideline. They conclude with a discussion of challenges facing school social workers seeking to implement alternatives based on these practice guidelines. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10