Title: Improving the Odds: The Untapped Power of Schools to Improve the Health of Teens
Author: Blum, Robert William; McNeely, Clea; Rinehart, Peggy Mann
Source: Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota http://www.allaboutkids.umn.edu
Date: 01/01/2002
Subject: Models - Schools-based Programs
Call Number: 210.02.02
Type: Article (20p.)
Abstract: Consistent with the premises underlying restorative practices, a major research study shows that doing things TO young people as a disciplinary strategy has negative consequences. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a U.S. federally funded survey of 75,515 junior and senior high school students found that "school connectedness," a student's feeling of being a part of and cared for at school, is a key to reducing teenagers' risk for engaging in violent behavior, substance abuse, suicide, and becoming pregnant. Zero tolerance school discipline policies such as out-of-school suspensions or expulsions for first-time offenses do not make students feel more safe. Instead, this study found that "students in schools with harsh discipline policies report feeling less safe at school than do students in schools with more moderate policies." This article is based on the formal research report entitled " Promoting School Connectedness: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health" by McNeely, Nonnemaker, and Blum.
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Blum, Robert William; McNeely, Clea; Rinehart, Peggy Mann.  (2002).  Improving the Odds: The Untapped Power of Schools to Improve the Health of Teens.  Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.  Retrieved from http://www.sfu.ca/cfrj/fulltext/blum.pdf

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Blum, Robert William; McNeely, Clea; Rinehart, Peggy Mann.  "Improving the Odds: The Untapped Power of Schools to Improve the Health of Teens."  Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota 2002.  ‹http://www.sfu.ca/cfrj/fulltext/blum.pdf›.

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