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The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) initiative: Lessons learned from implementing comprehensive youth development programs
Author(s) -
Furlong Michael,
Paige Leslie Z.,
Osher David
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.10102
Subject(s) - psychology , school psychology , medical education , positive youth development , special education , program evaluation , pedagogy , developmental psychology , political science , medicine , public administration
This article provides an overview of a special issue of Psychology in the Schools that examines the implementation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative in seven local communities. An overview of the SS/HS Initiative is provided. Critical lessons learned from the seven sites are discussed with a focus on the special role that school psychologists can play in implementing these complex violence prevention programs. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 40: 447–456, 2003.