Complex trauma experienced in childhood has detrimental impacts on the brain, learning
and socio-moral development, the effects of which can last long into adulthood. A growing …

This article reports findings from a study of an alternative educational program for at-risk
secondary students, comparing student perceptions of their public school environment …

Youth who attend alternative education are often labelled as 'youth at risk'or 'marginalized
youth'. These general labels do not do justice to the different facets in the lives of these …

Alternative schools operate today as a hidden, parallel educational system, providing a
separate and often unequal education to many at-risk students, with little to no …

This study determined the challenging learning experiences of engineering students while
completing their degree program as factor that might influence to their changing attitude …

This study examined the effects of peer-mediated oral reading fluency instruction and
narrative texts on the reading fluency and comprehension skills of adolescent struggling …

This randomized controlled trial examines the effectiveness of a motivational interviewing
(MI) group on the academic motivation of students at an alternative school (N= 43). Findings …

The purpose of this dissertation is to understand how 13 Latino male students acquire and
make sense of gang and college knowledge in one alternative/continuation schools in Rock …

The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of students enrolled in
noncredit workforce education programs as preparation for ongoing education. Ten students …

The purpose of this study was to determine classroom teachers' perceptions of inclusion in
local education agencies (LEAs) in North Carolina. Regular education teachers at both the …