Session: Factors Affecting Academic Achievement Among At-Risk Youth (Society for Social Work and Research 14th Annual Conference: Social Work Research: A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES)

72 Factors Affecting Academic Achievement Among At-Risk Youth

Cluster: Adolescent and Youth Development
Moderator:


Dennis Orthner, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Schedule:
Friday, January 15, 2010: 2:30 PM-4:15 PM
Seacliff D (Hyatt Regency)
* noted as presenting author
Are Attendance Gains Sustained? A follow-up on the educational and child welfare outcomes of students receiving child welfare intervention for educational neglect
Anita M. Larson, MA, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Timothy Zuel, MSW, LICSW, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Familial Capital on the Academic Achievement of Elementary Latino/a Students
Sheara A. Williams, PhD, University of Houston; Beverly Araujo Dawson, MSW, PhD, Adelphi University
Relevance in the Curriculum: The Effect of Teacher Provided Career Examples on the Math and Reading Performance of 8th Grade Students
Dennis Orthner, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Patrick Akos, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Roderick A. Rose, MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Hinckley Jones-Sanpei, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Micaela Mercado, MSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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