- Dedication
- About the Cover Art
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Conceptualizing Youth Mental Health Through a Dual-Factor Model
- 2 Framing School Mental Health Services Within a Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health
- 3 Building Culturally Responsive Schools
- 4 Implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
- 5 Adopting a Trauma-Informed Approach to Social-Emotional Learning
- 6 Promoting School Safety, School Climate, and Student Mental Health
- 7 Preventing School Violence and Advancing School Safety
- 8 Cultivating Student Engagement and Connectedness
- 9 Creating Resilient Classrooms and Schools
- 10 Strengthening the Quality of Preschool, Childcare, and Parenting
- 11 Building Family–School Partnerships to Support Positive Parenting and Promote Healthy Families
- 12 Promoting Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Sleep
- 13 Teaching Emotional Self-Regulation to Children and Adolescents
- 14 Promoting Students’ Positive Emotions, Character, and Purpose
- 15 Building a Foundation for Trauma-Informed Schools
- 16 Preventing Bullying in Schools
- 17 Supporting the Well-Being of Highly Mobile Students
- 18 Enfranchising Socially Marginalized Students
- 19 Preventing School Failure and School Dropout
- 20 Providing Evidence-Based Supports to Students in the Aftermath of a Crisis
- 21 Raising the Emotional Well-Being of Students With Anxiety and Depression
- 22 Implementing Statewide Practices That Promote Student Wellness and Resilience
- 23 Using Universal Screening to Monitor Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health
- 24 Accessing Targeted and Intensive Mental Health Services
- Afterword
- Index
(p. 395) Preventing School Failure and School Dropout
- Chapter:
- (p. 395) Preventing School Failure and School Dropout
- Author(s):
Robyn S. Hess
and Cynthia E. Hazel
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med-psych/9780190918873.003.0020
This chapter focuses on strengths-based approaches to preventing school failure and dropout. The underlying assumption is that the most effective way to prevent school failure is to simultaneously enhance school completion by building social and emotional skills and enhancing both academic and vocational development. A tiered model is used to introduce prevention strategies for all students, remediation for students who are at risk, and recovery of those who have dropped out. The first tier encompasses schoolwide interventions that increase student engagement and promote student aspirations. The second tier involves targeted prevention programs for students who are at increased risk of school failure. The final tier is designed to provide high-risk students and those who have dropped out the support they need to transition back into school or alternative programs. School failure is a complex problem that requires tiered models of services to effectively deliver comprehensive programming options.
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- Dedication
- About the Cover Art
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Conceptualizing Youth Mental Health Through a Dual-Factor Model
- 2 Framing School Mental Health Services Within a Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health
- 3 Building Culturally Responsive Schools
- 4 Implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
- 5 Adopting a Trauma-Informed Approach to Social-Emotional Learning
- 6 Promoting School Safety, School Climate, and Student Mental Health
- 7 Preventing School Violence and Advancing School Safety
- 8 Cultivating Student Engagement and Connectedness
- 9 Creating Resilient Classrooms and Schools
- 10 Strengthening the Quality of Preschool, Childcare, and Parenting
- 11 Building Family–School Partnerships to Support Positive Parenting and Promote Healthy Families
- 12 Promoting Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Sleep
- 13 Teaching Emotional Self-Regulation to Children and Adolescents
- 14 Promoting Students’ Positive Emotions, Character, and Purpose
- 15 Building a Foundation for Trauma-Informed Schools
- 16 Preventing Bullying in Schools
- 17 Supporting the Well-Being of Highly Mobile Students
- 18 Enfranchising Socially Marginalized Students
- 19 Preventing School Failure and School Dropout
- 20 Providing Evidence-Based Supports to Students in the Aftermath of a Crisis
- 21 Raising the Emotional Well-Being of Students With Anxiety and Depression
- 22 Implementing Statewide Practices That Promote Student Wellness and Resilience
- 23 Using Universal Screening to Monitor Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health
- 24 Accessing Targeted and Intensive Mental Health Services
- Afterword
- Index
