December 30, 2005

Stressed students find safe place in support groups

Gerry Oglan, assistant dean of teacher education in the College of Education , is quoted in an article about the trend of forming support groups in schools to help emotionally troubled students. Some administrators and parents support the concept and others feel that it is a disruption to the classroom routine for an activity that should more appropriately be done in the home. "If we can accommodate some of this in the schools, the prognosis for academic success increases," Oglan observed. "You have to take care of all their needs."

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