Published resources Details
Report
- Title
- School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth
- Imprint
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009
- Url
- http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/protective/pdf/connectedness.pdf
- Subject
- school connectedness
- Abstract
School connectedness is the belief by students that adults and peers in the school care about their learning as well as about them as individuals. Students are more likely to engage in healthy behaviors and succeed academically when they feel connected to school. This report identifies specific actions schools can take to increase school connectedness.