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here for the answers to the following questions: What are the components of the student intervention? Coping and Support Training: HSTS uses the Coping and Support Training (CAST) curriculum, which has been developed by
Reconnecting Youth at the University of Washington. The CAST intervention combines support and training
in life skills in a 12 session, 6-week program held in the spring of 8th
grade. The sessions are led by Student
Intervention Specialists, who are intensively trained in the CAST curriculum.
Each group consists of 6-8 students. The intervention incorporates a
multi-unit curriculum designed to: ¨ Improve
self-esteem building ¨ Enhance
decision making ¨ Enhance
personal control through management of stress, depression, and anger ¨ Increase
social support through communication, and ¨ Prevent
recurrence of problems. Booster Groups in Freshman Year: The
program includes booster sessions with each student after he or she begins
high school. These booster sessions are designed to support the student in
his or her first year of high school and to reinforce the skills they learned
in the 8th grade curriculum to help them improve school performance, mood
management (depression and anger), and drug use refusal skills. Student
Intervention Specialists will help the students “bond” to their new high
schools by: ¨ Helping
them connect with academic and extra-curricular activities or programs that
interest the students. ¨ Helping
the students make other valuable connections with teachers or counselors with
whom the students feel comfortable. What are the components of the parent intervention? The
parents of students enrolled in the intervention program will be invited to
participate in four individual meetings, during which a Parent Intervention
Specialist works with the parent to cover a curriculum that focuses on the
importance of support and strategies for parenting an adolescent. |
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Study Information |
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High School Transition Study |
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Overview of the HSTS Intervention |