Citation

Bagley C, Pritchard C. Child Fam. Soc. Work 1998; 3(4): 219-226.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

A three-year experimental programme of school social work involving 2.5 workers was introduced into a primary school and a linked secondary school serving deprived council estates with high rates of unemployment, poverty and crime and high rates of exclusions from school. In comparison with two similar schools which acted as controls, the experiment was reflected in a stat-istically significant reduction in rates of self-reported theft, truancy, bullying, hard-drug use and net exclusions. Analysis of reduction in school exclusions showed that the experiment was highly cost-effective. Qualitative evaluations supported findings from stat-istical comparisons, suggesting that school social work can be effective in both preventing children coming into care and im-proving school climate and teacher morale. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child and Family Social Work, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Blackwell Publishers)

England
Foreign Countries
At Risk Youth
At Risk Juvenile
School Attendance
School Dropout Prevention
School Social Work
Cost Analysis
School Based
Intervention Program
At Risk Child
School Environment
Child Problem Behavior
Child Behavior
Juvenile Problem Behavior
Juvenile Behavior
Behavior Intervention
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