The effectiveness of a solution-focused, public alternative school for dropout prevention and retrieval

Children and Schools

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-144

  Franklin, Cynthia ^a,b   Streeter, Calvin L ^b   Kim, Johnny S ^c   Tripodi, Stephen J ^d  

^a Mental Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative school; At risk adolescents; Dropout prevention; Solution focused

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548636336     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/29.3.133     Document Type: Review

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