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University-Assisted Community Schools: Children & Schools Journal, January 2023
The January 2023 issue of the journal Children & Schools focuses on the specific topic of university-assisted community schools.
Youth Perceptions of What Is Helpful during the Middle School Transition and Correlates of Transition Difficulty
The middle school transition has been identified as a difficult time for youths, resulting in adjustment difficulties across a variety of domains. Although some research has examined strategies that are useful for the adjustment outcomes associated with the transition,...
Using Photovoice to Explore School Connection and Disconnection
Research strongly supports school connectedness as important in promoting healthy youth development. Most of the research to date has used surveys to assess school connectedness; however, PhotoVoice, a community-based participatory action research method, offers a...
Learning Together: Implementation of a Peer-Tutoring Intervention Targeting Academic and Social–Emotional Needs
Schools continue their efforts to concurrently support the academic and social–emotional needs of students. Peer-tutoring programs are frequently used to effect positive change for students in a variety of academic and social–emotional domains. In addition, these...
Rural School-Based Mental Health Services: Parent Perceptions of Needs and Barriers
The benefits of school-based mental health services have been supported in prior research and literature. Studies have shown that approximately one in five youths in schools today have diagnosable mental health disorders. However, research has identified that close to...
Ensuring Healthy Youth Development through Community Schools: A Case Study
Each year in the United States, nearly 400,000 students drop out of public high school. Among high school graduates, approximately one-third complete no postsecondary education or training. Of those who do, many are unprepared. Forty percent of four-year and 63...
County Schools Mental Health Coalition: A Model for a Systematic Approach to Supporting Youth
Childhood emotional, behavioral, and social problems are serious developmental challenges affecting the lives of a substantial number of youths. Estimates suggest that 20 percent of children in the United States have difficulty with attention, disruptive behavior, and...