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Mission. The Center’s mission is engage in research that better informs educators how to enhance school engagement and thereby promote all students’ social and academic competence. Over the past two years, the Center has recruited and funded postdoctoral scholars for training experiences and to promote the mission of the Center through grant preparation, project evaluation, community networking, conference presentations, and manuscript preparation.

The California School Psychologist. The center also manages, edits, and produces the journal, The California School Psychologist (in collaboration with the California School Psychology Association), which featured a special issue on the topic of School Engagement (2003).

Welcome—updated: (April 2008) ED 165 Spring 2008

The Center for School-Based Youth Development is a community of researchers devoted to developing a better understanding of the role of school engagement as a protective force in children's lives and that promotes academic, social, emotional, and physical well-being. The Center was formed in 2002 through the Gevirtz Funds for Excellence through the generosity of the Ambassador Don Gevirtz and his wife Marilyn Gevirtz.

1. Psychology in the Schools—Student Engagement special issue (Spring, 2008) Michael Furlong and Sandra Christenson

2. Handbook of Positive Psychology in the Schoools (Lawrence Earlbaum—Forthcoming, 2008) Rich Gilman, E. Scott Huebner, Michael Furlong, Fall 2008

3. National Consortium of School Violence Prevention Researchers and Practitioners (NCSVPRP) link

4. Cross-Validation of the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-2 Youth Version: An Exploration of Strength-Based Latent Traits—Michael J. Furlong Jill D. Sharkey Peter Boman Roslyn Caldwell (download)

5. CSBYD Science–Practice Assessment Collaboration—Free Assessments for school saftey, bullying, and anger/aggression

No-cost use of CBVS, CSCSS, MSAI: Our goal: to build meaningful research partnerships that support the real-world needs of schools, teachers, and students.(register here. we'll contact you and send additional information)

6. California Bullying Victimization Scale

7. California School Climate and Safety Survey (access)

  • Sample web-based survey (access)

8. Multidimensional School Anger Inventory (access)

9. Ed 264D: School Based Mental Health Services (link)

 

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