In-School Suspension and Group Counseling: Helping The At-Risk Student

Abstract

Although in-school suspension is the preferred alternative to out of school suspension, in itself it is not enough to modify the behavior of at-risk students. Counseling is a much-needed factor in the program.

Using Negative Consequences Effectively

“…Several programs have instituted a counseling or therapeutic component to the ISS program. Hochman and Worner (1987) compared an experimental group of students who were given a six-session counseling program to a control group of ISS students who received no counseling. Students in the control group were 13 times more likely to return to ISS and 15 times more likely to be referred to the principal's office.…”