Making schools safe: A system-wide school intervention to increase student prosocial behaviors and enhance school climate

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-30

  Kilian, Janet M ^a   Fish, Marian C ^b   Maniago, Erica B ^c  

^a TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic improvement; Bullying; Prosocial behaviors; Safe schools; Social skills; System wide intervention; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846301470     PISSN: 15377903     EISSN: 15377911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J370v23n01_01     Document Type: Article

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