title: An ecological, interpersonal skills approach to drop-out prevention.
abstract: Interventions to keep students in school have tended to be deficit-oriented and have met with little success. Attention to the school ecology and its ability to support the diverse needs and interests of students, and efforts to increase students' engagement and teach them skills to meet everyday challenges are proposed that begin long before students become disengaged from school.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Srebnik
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Elias
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010379:Peer Group; D012073:Remedial Teaching; D012931:Social Environment; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*