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Core competencies and the prevention of school failure and early school leaving
Author(s) -
Bradshaw Catherine P.,
O'Brennan Lindsey M.,
McNeely Clea A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.226
Subject(s) - school dropout , promotion (chess) , core competency , psychology , dropout (neural networks) , developmental psychology , political science , sociology , business , marketing , machine learning , socioeconomics , politics , computer science , law
Abstract There is an increasing awareness that school failure and early school leaving are processes, rather than discrete events, that often co‐occur and can have lasting negative effects on children's development. Most of the literature has focused on risk factors for failure and dropout rather than on the promotion of competencies that can increase youths' likelihood of successfully completing high school. This chapter applies the core competencies framework to the promotion of youths' success within the school environment. We conclude with a brief review of evidence‐based prevention strategies that address the five competencies and identify avenues for future research.