Handbook of Student Engagement Interventions: Working with Disengaged Students provides an understanding of the factors that contribute to student disengagement, methods for identifying students at risk, and intervention strategies to increase student engagement. With a focus on translating research into best practice, the book pulls together the current research on engagement in schools and empowers readers to craft and implement interventions.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Interventions for Student Engagement: Overview and State of the Field
• Chapter 2: Promoting Student Engagement From Childhood to Adolescence as a Way to Improve Positive Youth Development and School Completion
• Chapter 3: Profiles of School Disengagement: Not All Disengaged Students are Alike
• Chapter 4: Early Warning Indicators and Intervention Systems: State of the Field
• Chapter 5: The Intersection of Student Engagement and Families: A Critical Connection for Achievement and Life Outcomes
• Chapter 6: Peers and Engagement
• Chapter 7: A Teacher-Focused Intervention to Enhance Students’ Classroom Engagement
• Chapter 8: Instructional Interventions That Support Student Engagement: An International Perspective
• Chapter 9: Reducing Suspension and Increasing Equity Through Supportive and Engaging Schools
• Chapter 10: Assessing and Promoting the Choice of Academic Engaged Time During Reading Instruction
• Chapter 11: Student–Centered Practices for Student Mathematical Agency and Engagement
• Chapter 12: Changing Beliefs to Be Engaged in School: Using Integrated Mindset Interventions to Promote Student Engagement During School Transitions
• Chapter 13: Chronic Absence: A Sign to Invest in Conditions for Learning
• Chapter 14: Mental Health Interventions
• Chapter 15: Bullying and Bystander Behaviors
• Chapter 16: Spilling Over: How Participating in After-School Organized Activities Predicts Students’ Engagement
• Chapter 17: Effective School Reforms for Increasing Engagement
• Chapter 18: Implementing Check & Connect: Lessons From Two International Effectiveness Experiments
• Chapter 19: Creating Caring Classroom and School Communities: Lessons Learned From Social and Emotional Learning Programs and Practices
• Chapter 20: The Influence of Diverse Youth Development Models on Student Engagement and Academic Outcomes
• Chapter 21: Measuring Student Engagement to Inform Effective Interventions in Schools
• Chapter 22: Student Engagement Instrument as a Tool to Support the Link Between Assessment and Intervention: A Comparison of Implementations in Two Districts
• Chapter 23: Building an Engaging Community: Practices and Interventions that Support Students in Schools
• Chapter 24: The Met High School: Engaging Youth One Student at a Time
• Chapter 25: Conclusion: Status of Student Engagement Interventions