Using Peer-Group Intervention With Problem Students in a Secondary School
Abstract
Twenty adolescent girls whose records showed poor academic performance and frequent truancies and ref errals to the guidance office were selected to participate in a pilot project to provide a peer-group experience for students having difficulty at school. Half the students were placed in a control group and received regular servicesfrom the school. Students in the experimental group attended 12 discussion sessions held during the school day. A one-year follow-up showed that seven in the experimental group and one in the control group had improved.
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