title: Core competencies and the prevention of school failure and early school leaving.
abstract: There is an increasing awareness that school failure and early school leaving are processes, rather than discrete events, that often co-occur and can have lasting negative effects on children's development. Most of the literature has focused on risk factors for failure and dropout rather than on the promotion of competencies that can increase youths' likelihood of successfully completing high school. This chapter applies the core competencies framework to the promotion of youths' success within the school environment. We conclude with a brief review of evidence-based prevention strategies that address the five competencies and identify avenues for future research.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
authors.forename: Lindsey M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: O'Brennan
authors.forename: Clea A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McNeely
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002657:Child Development; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D004522:Educational Status; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D035863:Moral Development; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D012649:Self Concept; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders