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At-Risk Youth

Click here to see all results for this topic At-risk youth are children/youth who are more likely to drop out of school due to a variety of demographic, socioeconomic, and institutional characteristics. Service-learning helps to connect such students to the school and community, and addresses issues like boredom and disaffection, which are common reason for students dropping out of school.
November 2004 (Updated January 2009)
  
NSLC Site Resources
  • At-Risk Youth and Service-Learning: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography)
  • Juvenile Justice and Service-Learning: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography)
  • Violence Prevention and Service-Learning: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography)
  • Youth Courts and Service-Learning: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography)
  • Research on Service-Learning and Teen Pregnancy / Risk Behavior Prevention Bibliography
  • Linking Service-Learning & No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Title I, Part H, School Dropout Prevention (2002) (17K pdf)
Relevant Links
  • NSLC At-Risk / Violence Prevention Links
  • The Journal of At-Risk Issues
  • National Dropout Prevention Center / Network (NDPC/N)
  • National Youth Court Center's (NYCC) listing of youth court programs: Check to see if your program is listed.
Recommended NSLC Library Items* (How to Borrow)
  • Effective Practices for Engaging At-Risk Youth in Service (2008) Full Text PDF
  • Engaged for Success: Service-Learning as a Tool for High School Dropout Prevention (2008) Full Text PDF
  • Civic Problem-Solving: Results of a Mentoring Project with At-Risk Middle School Students (2007)
  • Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2007) Full Text PDF
  • Leveling the Path to Participation: Volunteering and Civic Engagement Among Youth From Disadvantaged Circumstances (2007)
  • "Not satisfied with stupid band-aids": A Portrait of a Justice-Oriented, Democratic Curriculum Serving a Disadvantaged Neighborhood (2007)
  • Giving Back: Introducing Community Service Learning: Improving Mandated Community Service for Juvenile Offenders (2006) Full Text PDF
  • Roots & Wings: A Tool Kit for Launching and Supporting Girl Scouts Beyond Bars and Girl Scouting in Detention Centers Programs (2006)
  • Silent Epidemic, (The): Perspectives of High School Dropouts (2006)
  • Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth (2006) Full Text PDF
  • Information About the School Dropout Issue: Selected Facts & Statistics (2005) Full Text PDF
  • Research Report: Fifteen Effective Strategies for Improving Student Attendance and Truancy Prevention (2005)
  • Service-Learning: Creating Community and Developing Citizens [video] (2005)
  • The International Journal on School Disaffection (2005)
  • Mentoring as Service-Learning for Undergraduates (2003)
  • Resiliency in Schools: Making it Happen for Students and Educators (2003)
  • Service-Learning and Resilience in Disaffected Youth: A Research Study (2002)
  • Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy (2001) Full Text PDF
  • Partners in Prevention: Involving College Students in Dropout Prevention (1997)
  • Effective Strategies for Educating Students in At Risk Situations (1995)
  • Service Learning: Meeting the Needs of Youth At Risk. A Dropout Prevention Research Report (1992)
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Featured Books
 
Engaged for Success
Engaged for Success: Service-Learning as a Tool for High School Dropout Prevention (2008) Full Text PDF
 
Emerging Answers
Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2007) Full Text PDF
 
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