Dropout Prevention: Creative Problem-Solving Approach by Stuart C Dods

A program for a school dedicated to meeting the dropout challenge. There is a manual for the school staff and a creative problem-solving book for the student and those who are working with him or her (or them). The focus is on empowering the students with the tools of problem solving. The content is designed to help students achieve new perspectives through a variety of enjoyable activities.

Included in the Student Activities Kit are: School Climate Survey, Future Goals Survey, Biography of a Dropout, Opinion Survey, Dropout Awareness Game, Role-Playing Activities (All Those Awful Tests, To Skip or Not To Skip, The Job, The School Climate Group, The Dropout Intervention Game, Skipping History), Simulation Games (Dropout Prevention Council, Michael & the Discipline Committee, Teen Pregnancy and Finishing School, The Alternative School), Evaluation & Survey, Dropout Prevention IEP, and Case Studies (Get Off My Back, Rita Has To Work, John A.K.A. the Ghost, The Road Show, Peter Doesn’t Like School—Or Does He?)

Topics for the School Counselors Manual include:

• Why Do Students Drop Out of School? • What is the Dropout Process?
• When Schools Intervene • How Can Schools Identify Potential Dropouts?
• Methods for Gathering Information • Generating Possible Solutions
• Role-Playing Activities • Brainstorming, Self-brainstorming and Creative Thinking
• Simulation Games • Student Evaluation and Summary
• Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) • Accommodating the Student
• Developing A Solution Support Team • Case Studies