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Annotation: This report examines the status of adolescents in terms of developmental assets. The findings are based on data from a survey—"Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors"—that measures 40 developmental assets, or positive factors. The document provides information about the following: the background assets and the young people surveyed; young people's experiences of developmental assets; the deficits and patterns of high risk behavior that compromise young people's healthy development; the power of assets in relation to risky behaviors; an overall goal for well-being; and creative tensions that address challenges and opportunities of the report. Each chapter includes text, figures, and tables of data by grade and gender. Appendices offer additional details of other demographic differences.

Keywords: Adolescent attitudes, Adolescent behavior, Adolescent development, Community role, Cultural factors, Decision making, Education, Families, High risk adolescents, Parent child relationships, Peer groups, Positivism, School role, Self-esteem, Social interaction, Statistics

Annotation: This report emphasizes the important role schools play in promoting the health and safety of young people and helping them establish life-long healthy habits. It highlights research findings that demonstrate how effective school health programs can reduce risky behavior and improve learning and describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports and advances coordinated school health programs based on partnerships between schools and community agencies and organizations. Examples of model coordinated school health programs in the states of Mississippi, New Mexico (Albuquerque), and Arizona are provided. A map of the United States shows which states received funding in 2010 for coordinated school health programs.

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Keywords: Arizona, Community programs, Community role, Federal programs, Health promotion, Mississippi, New Mexico, Program coordination, Risk reduction, School health programs, Statistics

Annotation: This issue of The Future of Children examines a variety of work-family conflicts and assess their effects both on the well-being of American employees and their families and on the productivity of American employers. The authors also suggest approaches to help working parents meet the challenges of work-family conflict. The issue includes articles on the following topics: work and families; changing families, changing workplaces; policies to assist parents with young children; families with school-age children; children with health problems; families and elder care in the twenty-first century; workplace flexibility; the government's role in work-family conflict; and international perspectives on work-family policies.

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Keywords: Children with special heath care needs, Employment, Families, Government role, Older adults, Public policy, School age children, Working mothers, Working parents, Young children

Annotation: This paper explores the importance of the home and school environments in explaining the gender gap in disruptive behavior. The authors discuss data used, what drives the gender gap in non-cognitive skills, and why boys raised by single mothers are particularly at risk.

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Keywords: Behavior problems, Child behavior, Child development, Children, Families, Female children, Income factors, Low income groups, Male children, Mental health, Parent child relations, Research, School role, Single mothers

Annotation: This policy brief explores the support needs of military children facing transition, mobility, deployment, and trauma while attending public schools. Recommendations are discussed for addressing these challenges military children encounter in the school environment as well as impact aid, the Interstate Compact, Common Core Standards, sustaining data at state and national levels to identify military students and their respective needs, and funding School Liaison Officers.

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Keywords: Families, Family support services, Military, Psychosocial development, Public schools, School age children, School personnel, School role

Annotation: This report synthesizes the scientific literature that has examined the association between physical activity in schools (including physical education) and academic performance (including indicators of cognitive skills and attitudes), academic behaviors, and academic achievement. The content is organized by physical activity context (physical education, recess, classroom-based physical activity, and extracurricular physical activities), and then by type of academic performance outcome (academic achievement, academic behavior, cognitive skills and attitudes). Implications for policy and implications for schools are addressed. An executive summary, a description of the review methodology (search terms, coding), a glossary, and summary matrices by topic are included.

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Keywords: Academic achievement, Behavior development, Cognitive development, Physical activity, Physical education, Research reviews, School age children, School role

Annotation: This paper summarizes how the recent influx of immigrant and refugee children has changed the dynamics of classrooms in America, describes the impact of the refugee and immigration experience on students, and examines the role of the family and how to partner with families for improved student mental health. It also presents summary descriptions of 15 model programs developed by the Caring Across Communities grant initiatives.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Cultural competence, Demography, Families, Family school relations, Mental health, Migrants, Model programs, School age children, School role

Annotation: This site hosts links to resources that discuss the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that affirm the rights of pregnant and parenting students and guide schools in their services to that group. It also links to three dropout prevention programs, and links to promising practices. It hosts a video in which an attorney explains the access to education rights of parenting and pregnant students.

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Keywords: Adolescent parents, Federal legislation, Pregnant adolescents, School attendance, School dropouts, School role

Annotation: This document presents strategies and approaches for members of school communities to consider when creating safer learning environments. The document discusses the roles of administrators, teachers, staff, students, parents, the community, and law enforcement in preventing school violence, what to do during a crisis, and what to do after a crisis; threat assessment; crisis planning and preparation; legal considerations, and working with the media.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Communities, Legal issues, Mass media, Parents, School age children, School role, School violence, Students, Teachers, Violence prevention

Annotation: This report presents findings from three studies that explored the connections among the variables of bullying/peer victimization, school engagement and the school outcomes of attendance and achievement. It includes (1) a review and critical analysis of the literature, (2) a quantitative study of the connection between students being truant, and their experiencing victimization or bullying from their peers in school; and (3) a qualitative study of some young adults who overcame bullying and some who did not. The report also explores teachers' views on bullying, discusses the implications of the studies, and provides recommendations.

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Keywords: Academic achievement, Bullying, Literature reviews, School attendance, School role, Studies, Victims

Annotation: This fact sheet describes school responsibilities under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for pregnant and parenting students related to access to school, extracurricular activities, absences, and specialized support.

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Keywords: Adolescent parents, Federal legislation, Pregnant adolescents, School attendance, School dropouts, School role

Annotation: This issue brief presents various approaches to suicide prevention in schools and reviews arguments and research surrounding the issue. The brief discusses the impact of child and adolescent suicide, schools' roles in suicide prevention, suicide education, training of school staff to identify students who may be at risk for suicide, and strategies that schools can apply. A brief section on information for parents and caregivers is included. Recommendations, a list of Internet resources, and a list of references are included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent health, Child behavior, Child health, Education, School age children, School role, Suicide, Suicide prevention, Training

Annotation: This report describes a survey conducted to learn about parents' views on school wellness programs (mandated for all schools participating in the School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs by 2006-2007) designed to help schools play a leadership role in children's nutrition and physical activity. The survey also assesses the changes that parents believe are most needed in schools. The report provides background, discusses the survey methodology, presents findings, and provides a discussion and recommendations. References are included.

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Keywords: Child health, Nutrition, Parents, Physical activity, School health, School health programs, School role, Surveys

Annotation: This book examines internal and external factors in the adolescent's successful psychosocial development. The authors describe the framework of their theory of development assets and then discuss each of the assets. External assets include: support assets; empowerment assets; boundaries-and-expectation assets; and constructive-use-of-time assets. Internal assets include: commitment-to-learning assets; positive values assets; social competency assets; and positive identity assets.

Keywords: Adolescent attitudes, Adolescent behavior, Adolescent development, Community role, Decision making, Education, Families, Parent child relationships, Peer groups, Positivism, School role, Self-esteem, Social interaction

Annotation: This site provides tips for involving schools and communities in planning a fun and effective No Name Calling Week. The No Name Calling Week project seeks to focus attention on the problem of name calling in schools and to provide students and educators with the tools and inspiration to launch an ongoing dialogue about ways to eliminate name calling in their communities. The fact sheet discusses how to get administrative support and how to get everyone involved. It also describes the roles of guidance staff, support staff, library staff, physical education staff, and families, and it explains how to prepare for the event. Materials to support the campaign, including a video, lesson plans, resource lists, posters, stickers, and other items, are available.

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Keywords: Bullying, Campaigns, Children, Communities, Families, School role, Teachers

Annotation: This paper focuses on medication management in the school setting. Its objective is to begin a dialogue that explores what we know, what we can learn from the risk-reduction literature, and how we might strengthen the capacity of providers, researchers, and institutional leaders to reduce risk and strengthen quality in medication management at school. The report describes the context of the issue, discusses systems to reduce the risk of mistake being made when administering medication to students at school, and poses key questions.

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Keywords: Children, Prescription drugs, School health services, School role, Schools, Students

Annotation: This manual is one in a series of manuals that provide guidance on child protection for multidisciplinary professionals and community members. This manual examines the roles that teachers, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, special education professionals, administrators, and other school personnel have in helping maltreated children. Topics include (1) identifying reasons why educators are concerned about child abuse and neglect; (2) recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect; (3) what schools can offer to provide support after the report; and (4) programs and individual actions to prevent child abuse and neglect. The manual includes six appendices that contain a glossary, resource lists, an educators' checklist for recognizing possible child maltreatment, a sample list of contacts for reporting suspected cases of child abuse and neglect, and a sample report of suspected child abuse and neglect.

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Keywords: Child abuse, Child neglect, Child protective services, Communities, Counselors, Health care, Intervention, Mental health, Role, School nurses, School personnel, Social workers, Special education, Teachers

Annotation: This report synthesizes lessons learned from school-based child maltreatment programs funded through 3-year grants from the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services. The grants were provided in fiscal year 1997. The synthesis is based on an evaluation of the final reports of 11 grantees; it describes the programs and some of the lessons learned about how child maltreatment and prevention efforts can be enhanced through the involvement of a school or school system. A conclusion is included. Two appendices include project information and contact information.

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Keywords: Child health, Community programs, Evaluation, Federal programs, Financing, Grants, High risk children, Maltreated children, Prevention, Programs, School role, Schools

Annotation: This supplement to the Journal of Adolescent Health contains papers presented at a national invitational conference convened on September 14-16, 1998, in Annapolis, MD. Participants were charged with reviewing the most current research regarding major adolescent health issues and then developing recommendations designed to advance knowledge about, and improve, the health status and well-being of adolescents. Topics include the changing demography of adolescents and their health status, the importance of investing in youth, how the media portrays youth and the influence of mass media on adolescent health behaviors. Topics also discussed include healthy adolescent physical development; psychosocial development; interventions to improve individual adolescent health, such as prevention science and mentoring; increasing the capacity of schools, neighborhoods, and communities to improve adolescent health outcomes; exploring the influence of law and public policy; adolescent reproductive health; and financing adolescent health care. The appendix provides a list of conference participants. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Adolescents, Community role, Interpersonal relationships, Legislation, MCH research, Mass media, Psychosocial development, Public policy, School health education

Keywords: Adolescent health, Child health, Community role, Educational change, Health promotion, Intervention, Maltreated children, Mental health, Resilience, School role, Stress