Full-Service Schools

Full-Service Schools describes the movement to create an array of integrated support services in schools. It examines the declining welfare of many American families and prescribes solutions for the problems of increased sex, drugs, violence, and stress among youth. Foreword.

The Full-Service Vision: Responding to Critical Needs.

School-Linked Services: The Historical Precedents.

Support Services and Quality Education: A Range ofPossibilities.

School-Based Clinics: A Look at Pioneer Programs.

Realizing the Vision: Two Full-Service Schools.

Evaluating the Potential of School-Based Services.

Putting the Pieces Together: Organizational and Service DeliveryIssues.

Who Will Pay? Local, State, and Federal Perspectives.

A Call for Action.

Appendix A. Twelve States That Support School-Based Services.

Appendix B. Federal Sources for Funding School-BasedServices.

Appendix C. Glossary of Acronyms. "Full Service Schools provides the historical perspective, vision,and parameters for developing collaborative partnerships forschool-linked services." (Norma Paulus, state superintAndent ofpublic instruction, Oregon Department of Education)

"Full-service schools are the schools of the future. As Joy Dryfoosmakes clear, more services under the school roof mean bettereducation too. Putting real social services in schools means moreteachers can stop being part-time social workers and start beingfull-time teachers again.'' (Senator Edward M. Kennedy)

"All of us interested in improving the health and education of ourchildren should read this book. It tells us of an importantmovement -- full-service schools -- and how we can extAnd itsgrowth." (Julius B. Richomond, M.D., John D. MacArthur Professor ofHealth Policy, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, former AssistantSecretary for Health and Surgeon General)

"During the past decade there has been an urgent call for ournation to reconceive and regenerate its health policies for youthand families. Full-Service Schools provides a useful template forour response." (Lloyd J. Kolbe, director, Division of Adolescentand School Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPrevention)

"Policy makers, practitioners, administrators, and parents willfind here thoughtful answers to their questions about howcommunities can help provide all of America's children with theservices and supports they need to succeed at school -- andultimately in life." (Lisbeth B. Schorr, lecturer in socialmedicine, Harvard University, and author of Within Our Reach:Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage) JOY G. DRYFOOS is an indepAndent researcher and writer whose work has focused on educational and health issues for youth. Formerly an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health at Columbia University, she was recently appointed by the National Academy of Sciences to the Panel on High Risk Youth. Full-Service Schools describes the movement to create an array of integrated support services in schools that respond to the declining welfare of many American families and the rising "new morbidities'' of sex, drugs, violence, and stress among youth.Increasingly, health, mental health, and social service agencies are locating their programs in schools, where they offer health screening, psychological counseling, drug prevention, parent education, and other important services. This vision of a full-service school—a new environment that brings together in one place innovative schooling and "everything else" that children, youth, and families need to make it—is currently gaining momentum through grass-roots efforts and state and federal legislative initiatives. Joy G. Dryfoos describes these programs and the services they provide, and she explains how they are organized, staffed, and funded. She builds a compelling case for broad public commitment to improving the social environments in disadvantaged communities. Full-serviced schools are indeed the wave of the future. They are responsive to today's problems. They are potentially cost-effectibe. And they are well-received by students, parents, and school people. Dryfoos provides us with the examples and information we need to turn the full-service vision into a reality. Full-Service Schools examines the declining economic position of many American families and the rising "new morbidities" of sex, drugs, violence and stress among youth, and describes the movement to create integrated school support services to respond to these crises.