Using peer-group intervention with problem students in a secondary school.
Twenty adolescent girls whose records showed poor academic performance and frequent truancies and referrals 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 services from 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.
D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D009864:Ontario; D010379:Peer Group; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012574:Schools