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Efforts to improve child and adolescent health have typically addressed specific health risk behaviors, such as tobacco use or violence. However, results from a growing number of studies suggest that greater health impact might be achieved by also enhancing protective factors that help children and adolescents avoid multiple behaviors that place them at risk for adverse health and educational outcomes.
School connectedness—the belief by students that adults and peers in the school care about their learning as well as about them as individuals—is an important protective factor. Research has shown that young people who feel connected to their school are less likely to engage in many risk behaviors1, including
Connected students are also more likely to have better academic achievement, including higher grades and test scores, have better school attendance, and stay in school longer.2-5
School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth
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This publication identifies six strategies
that teachers, administrators, other school staff, and parents can implement to increase
the extent to which students feel connected to school.
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