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Working with At-Risk Students Center
for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR) http://scov.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/crespar.html Website of the CRESPAR. Research-based strategies available online.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk/ Review a number of research articles and model programs for disadvantaged youth.
http://www.dropoutprevention.org A database of successful dropout prevention programs that includes description of many alternative schools.
Advancement
Via Individual Determination (AVID) The
AVID program provides encouragement and academic support to low-achieving,
traditionally underrepresented students.
The National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students (At-Risk Institute) www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk/howhop1.html is one of five Institutes created by the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and Improvement Act of 1994. These Institutes are located within the Office of Educational Research and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education.... The At-Risk Institute supports research and development activities designed to improve the education of students at risk of educational failure because of limited English proficiency, poverty, race, geographic location, or economic disadvantage. ERIC Digests www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed292172.html Provides information on how higher standards in public schools have made it necessary for educational reformers to identify at-risk students and to develop effective programs for preventing their failure.
North Central Regional Education Laboratory NCREL
is dedicated to providing high-quality, research-based resources to
educators and policymakers in the states of
At-Risk Students Must Believe They Can Change Their Future www.academicinnovations.com/believe.html"If you can give young people a reason to believe that they can change their future, then it is much easier to deal with violence and substance abuse and teenage pregnancy," Dr. David Satcher, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is the home site for Career Choices Workbook and Portfolio and Lifestyle curriculum resources. The curriculum motivates students and, at the same time, drives home the importance of learning to write, read, speak and compute well? The Career Choices curriculum is an example of how core academic subjects can work together to create a new and exciting synergy in education for students who are at-risk. Lesson plans and online curriculum support is available.At-Risk Student. Homepage: a guide for parents, teachers, medical. professionals, administrators, and students ... courses.lib.odu.edu/engl/jdavis/atriskhome.htmlThis site offers teachers and parents specific resources and modifications for meeting the special needs of at-risk students.Gifted Students Are At Risk Too Is it true that "gifted students will make it on their own" really a MYTH? www.donet.com/~eprice/hanninen.htmThrough extensive research, this
website states at-risk gifted students go unrecognized and are
inappropriately or inadequately served in our schools.
Learning
Disabilities Information & Resources Online interactive guide to help support the achievement of students with learning disabilities. Paula’s
Special Education Resources http:///www.conknet.com/~p_bliss/index.html Provides online resources for teaching employment and life skills to adolescents and young adults with disabilities.
For more information on the programs and services offered by the Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program, please call (562) 922-6850. |
