“…At the same time, the student-teacher relationship has consistently been found to be a critical mediator in students' deviant behavior, psychological distress, and dropping out (Croninger & Lee, 2001;DiLalla, Marcus, & Wright-Phillips, 2004;Herrero, Estevaz, & Musitu, 2006;Meehan, Hughes, & Cavell, 2003). Such findings are especially pertinent to the RTC setting because students who are categorized as at-risk (e.g.…”