Reach out before they drop out

Student dropout rates continue to soar, despite decades of funding, research, programs, and professional development initiatives. This is a wakeup call.

Written by a former school dropout, Confronting the School Dropout Crisis encourages educators and related professionals to discover and explore the sometimes unnoticed reasons that youth drop out of school. With fresh strategies for prevention and intervention, this critical resource includes:

• How to reach and recover students who are at risk of dropping out or who already have
• Clear, impactful strategies that better engage and positively impact students who are at risk
• Moving personal stories from teens and the author

Confronting the School Dropout Crisis invites you to rethink how you address real dropout issues with young people and how to incorporate fresh approaches to better reach and positively impact these students and their caregivers-before it's too late.

About the Author
Susan Bowman has an Ed.S. in Counselor Education from the University of South Carolina. She worked as a secondary school counselor, a licensed professional counselor, and social worker specializing in helping troubled teens and their families. She also worked as a Title I counselor for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and started a non-profit organization to help incarcerated youth. She has conducted seminars throughout the U.S. and abroad for educators on creative strategies for working with troubled adolescents. In 2005, the GED Testing Service awarded Susan with its highest honor, the Cornelius P. Turner Award, named for the founder of the GED Testing Program. This award is presented annually to a GED graduate who has made outstanding contributions to society in education, justice, health, public service, and social welfare. Susan was co-founder of Developmental Resources, an educational consulting company that provided national and international seminars and conferences. She was also co-founder of YouthLight, Inc., an educational publishing company. Susan is currently co-owner of YouthHope Consulting, LLC and consults and publishes books on how to work with troubled children and adolescents. She has been interviewed by the Arizona Tribune and the Wall Street Journal and numerous radio stations across the country. Her book on self-injury was recognized in USA Today. She has authored and co-authored more than twenty books and programs. Her memoir, Breaking Free: A Teenage Runaway's Story of Survival and Triumph, is about her personal journey, which started when she dropped out of eighth grade and ran away from home. By age nineteen, after having her third child, she finally broke free of the toxic relationship with her daughters' father and had to depend on welfare as her only means of financial support. She struggled as a teen mom to complete her education and make a better life for her and her daughters. With the help of a mentor, she received her GED and then went on to pursue several college degrees. Susan can be reached at sbowman@youthlightbooks.com.


Book Information
ISBN 9781071962145
Author Susan Bowman
Format Paperback
Page Count 120
Imprint Corwin Press Inc
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc