NCJ Number
32631
Date Published
1976
Length
156 pages
Annotation
INFORMATION BASE WHICH LEAA CAN USE IN PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP SCHOOL PERSONNEL COPE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH VIOLENCE.
Abstract
THE FIRST TASK WAS TO DETERMINE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE. TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION, PROJECT STAFF CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE LITERATURE ON THE PROBLEM. INFORMATION PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO THE PROBLEM WAS GATHERED IN THE THREE WORKING CONFERENCES AS WELL AS IN A TELEPHONE SURVEY OF EDUCATORS INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND TASK WAS TO DETERMINE WHAT EFFORTS ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN IN SCHOOLS TO REDUCE SCHOOL VIOLENCE. TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION, PROJECT STAFF CONDUCTED A TELEPHONE SURVEY OF EDUCATORS INVOLVED IN PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO AMELIORATE THE PROBLEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SUCH ACTIVITIES WAS GATHERED IN THE LITERATURE SEARCH AND AT THE WORKING CONFERENCES. THE THIRD TASK WAS TO DETERMINE WHAT KINDS OF HELP SCHOOLS NEED. TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION, PROJECT STAFF CONDUCTED A SERIES OF WORKING CONFERENCES WITH EDUCATORS TO DETERMINE HOW THEY DEFINED THE PROBLEM, LEARN WHAT APPROACHES THEY USED TO ATTACK THE PROBLEM, AND DETERMINE WHAT KINDS OF ASSISTANCE EDUCATORS NEED. FURTHER SUGGESTIONS ON THE KINDS OF HELP EDUCATORS NEED WERE COLLECTED IN THE LITERATURE SEARCH AND TELEPHONE SURVEY. THE FOURTH TASK WAS TO DETERMINE HOW OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS HELP SCHOOLS TO SOLVE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION, PROJECT STAFF CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF SIX FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND INTERVIEWED A SMALL NUMBER OF U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION STAFF. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)