Academic Support Program for High-Risk Students

The purpose of this chapter is to articulate the success of a partnership facilitated by a PDS relationship in serving at-risk students in a collection of schools proximal to a university in the Midwest. The authors begin by describing characteristics of community partnerships, including professional development schools, which both enable and hinder schools and stakeholders when they attempt to build innovative partnerships promoting positive school and community outcomes. They then discuss how they leveraged the resources of the local community, a teacher education program, and the local schools to develop and implement an afterschool academic support program targeting students at-risk for school failure. In addition to explaining the procedural elements that were found to be useful in breaking down traditional barriers to effective partnerships (e.g., space, finance, staff, quality curriculum support), the authors present the results of their study that demonstrate student gains in both math and reading.

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Perceptions of Peer Tutoring at a University in Chile

Magis Revista Internacional de Investigación en Educación ◽

10.11144/javeriana.m12-25.pptu ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (25) ◽

pp. 21-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Silvina Zapata

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Action Research ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Learning Outcomes ◽

Research Study ◽

Academic Support ◽

Action Plan ◽

Well Being ◽

Support Program ◽

Self Confidence

The purpose of this Action Research study is to explore students' perceptions of their experience in an Academic Support Program[i] (ASP) implemented in a Chilean university to align students' lack of competencies to the minimum required to be able to succeed. Focus groups were held with 21 participants who revealed that the ASP increased their self-confidence and academic achievement. However, students' level of awareness regarding the benefits of the ASP needs to be improved to promote their participation. The findings will generate an action plan to improve students' learning outcomes and well-being. [i] Academic Support Program

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Helping Families Initiative: Intervening with High-Risk Students through a Community, School, and District Attorney Partnership

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal ◽

10.1007/s10560-009-0167-z ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 209-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Lisa A. Turner ◽

Ashley E. Powell ◽

Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling ◽

Jayne Carson

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Community School ◽

District Attorney ◽

High Risk Students

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‘n Videogebaseerde tutor onderrig- en ondersteuningsprogram vir eerstejaar verpleegkunde studente

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v19i2.1316 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

P. P. Du Rand ◽

E. M. Bitzer

Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

High Risk ◽

The Other ◽

Research Approach ◽

Video Lectures ◽

Action Research Approach ◽

Method Of Instruction ◽

High Risk Students

A video-based method of instruction was introduced to develop students academically as well as to implement parallel medium instruction. An action research approach was followed Lectures were video-taped beforehand and worked through with the students by a tutor in scheduled Afrikaans or English periods. Simultaneously a live class situation was handled by the lecturer in the other language. Over and above these methods additional video-based support sessions were conducted by tutors for high risk students. A survey indicated that 85% of students were satisfied with this method of instruction. The perceptions of high risk students to VSI were positive and they passed the examinations. Video lectures need to be carefully planned in order to be acceptable as one of a number of possible instruction methods at a multi-cultural university.

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Help for Families of Suicide: Survivors Support Program

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674378202700602 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 444-449 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

J. Rogers ◽

A. Sheldon ◽

C. Barwick ◽

K. Letofsky ◽

W. Lancee

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Common Sense ◽

Preventive Intervention ◽

Community Organization ◽

Support Program ◽

Scientific Methodology ◽

High Risk Population ◽

Suicide Survivors ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Referral Service

The Survivors Support Program attempts preventive intervention with a high risk population. As with most preventive efforts in psychiatry, it is difficult to predict who will be most at risk, what services will best meet their needs, and what positive effects are due to the services. To answer these questions through properly controlled and designed experimental programs conforming to scientific methodology would require the investment of much time, personnel and money. To postpone attempts at intervention until answers are provided by such experimental programs would be to ignore the evidence of common sense and clinical experience. The Survivors Support Program demonstrates that a volunteer self-referral service, organized through professional liaison with a community organization and committed to providing service and gathering information, can suggest interim answers to the questions while providing support and counselling to a needy population.

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