relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/28021/ title: Growing up in Ireland: National longitudinal study of children. Off to a good start? Primary school experiences and the transition to second-level education. creator: Smyth, Emer subject: School context subject: School subject: Child subject: Student (secondary level) subject: Student (primary level) subject: Early school Leaver subject: Ireland description: Primary schools can influence young people’s later engagement with education in a number of ways. First, having a positive experience of primary school and good relations with teachers can enhance children’s engagement with school and thus provide a firm foundation for later engagement. Secondly, having a positive experience of school subjects such as Irish and Maths at primary level is likely to influence young people’s attitudes to these subjects in the longer term. Thirdly, acquiring key skills in the form of literacy and numeracy provides the bedrock for later engagement with the second-level curriculum. The analyses presented in this report show that all of these factors came into play in shaping young people’s engagement with school at the age of 13. Having had conduct difficulties at age nine was associated with the nature of interaction with teachers four years later. However, teacher-student interaction was more strongly related to current levels of misbehaviour, suggesting some changes in the nature of student behaviour over the transition period. The frequency of positive interaction with teachers was associated with fewer transition difficulties among young people, while frequent negative interaction was related to transition difficulties among the most disadvantaged groups. The study findings point to the importance of both primary and second-level experiences in shaping student perspectives and outcomes. Thus, even taking account of the profile of students, the individual primary and second-level school attended shape the nature of the transition and of skill development among young people. publisher: Stationery Office date: 2017-10 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/28021/1/Growing_up_Off_to_a_good_start.pdf identifier: Smyth, Emer (2017) Growing up in Ireland: National longitudinal study of children. Off to a good start? Primary school experiences and the transition to second-level education. Dublin: Stationery Office. relation: Report 5 relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27682/ title: DEIS plan 2017. subject: School context subject: Educational environment (school / college) subject: Early school Leaver subject: Ireland description: The DEIS Plan 2017, which replaces the current Action Plan launched in 2005, sets out our vision for future intervention in the critical area of social inclusion in education policy. publisher: Department of Education and Skills date: 2017-07 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27682/1/DEIS-Plan-2017.pdf identifier: Ireland. Department of Education and Skills.. (2017) DEIS plan 2017. Dublin: Department of Education and Skills. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27246/ title: “Its only weed”. Rethinking our response to young people’s cannabis use. creator: O'Brien, Karl creator: Foley, Brian subject: Prevalence of drugs and alcohol use subject: Cannabis / Marijuana subject: Young drug user subject: Early school Leaver subject: Dublin description: The origins of this report arose from the Equal Youth Initiative in Ballymun. Equal Youth aims to develop a model of inter-agency co-operation between service providers supporting young early school leavers between the ages of 16 and 24. In recent years, it had been noted that a particular profiled group of Equal Youth clients were not maintaining appointments and those who did attend were demonstrating low levels of motivation in key-working sessions with practitioners. The impact of this on retention and progression rates for this target group was concerning and needed further analysis to determine what factors were contributing to high drop off rates or poor progression options for this particular cohort. publisher: Ballymun Youth Action Project date: 2017-05 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27246/1/Cannabis%20Research%20for%20Email.pdf identifier: O'Brien, Karl and Foley, Brian (2017) “Its only weed”. Rethinking our response to young people’s cannabis use. Dublin: Ballymun Youth Action Project. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27959/ title: Adolescent addiction service report 2016. subject: Cannabis / Marijuana subject: Alcohol subject: Cocaine subject: Family and drugs and alcohol subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Student (secondary level) subject: Early school Leaver subject: Ireland publisher: Health Service Executive date: 2016 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27959/1/Adolescent%20Addiction%20Service%20Report%202016.pdf identifier: Adolescent addiction service. (2016) Adolescent addiction service report 2016. Dublin: Health Service Executive. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/25567/ title: Learning from the evaluation of DEIS. creator: Smyth, Emer creator: McCoy, Selina creator: Kingston, Gillian subject: School-based prevention subject: School context subject: Educational environment (school / college) subject: Student (secondary level) subject: Student (primary level) subject: Early school Leaver subject: Ireland publisher: Economic and Social Research Institute date: 2015 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/25567/1/ESRI.pdf identifier: Smyth, Emer and McCoy, Selina and Kingston, Gillian (2015) Learning from the evaluation of DEIS. Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27961/ title: Adolescent addiction service report 2014. subject: Cannabis / Marijuana subject: Alcohol subject: Drugs and alcohol disorder treatment method subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Student (secondary level) subject: Early school Leaver subject: Ireland publisher: Health Service Executive date: 2014 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27961/1/Adolescent%20Addiction%20Service%20Report%202014.pdf identifier: Adolescent addiction service. (2014) Adolescent addiction service report 2014. Dublin: Health Service Executive. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21868/ title: Association of educational attainment and adolescent substance use disorder in a clinical sample. creator: Apantaku-Olajide, Tunde creator: James, Philip creator: Smyth, Bobby P subject: risk-taking behaviour subject: risk factors subject: Drugs and alcohol use harm reduction subject: Targeted prevention subject: Prevention programme or service subject: School-based prevention subject: Early intervention (young children) subject: Prevention through information and education subject: AOD education subject: Secondary education level subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Early school Leaver subject: Ireland description: This study explores substance use, psychosocial problems, and the relationships to educational status in 193 adolescents (school dropouts, 63; alternative education, 46; mainstream students, 84) who attended a substance abuse treatment facility in Dublin, Ireland. The study found that the 3 groups exhibited statistically significant differences in their substance use problems, with the school dropouts displaying significantly more problems. The need for early detection and intervention of at-risk students, and collaborative interagency work aimed at addressing substance use, cannot be overemphasized as strategies to ultimately prevent school dropout. publisher: Taylor & Francis date: 2014 type: Article type: NonPeerReviewed identifier: Apantaku-Olajide, Tunde and James, Philip and Smyth, Bobby P (2014) Association of educational attainment and adolescent substance use disorder in a clinical sample. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse , 23 , (3) , pp. 169-176. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/23079/ title: The efficacy and effectiveness of drug and alcohol abuse prevention programmes delivered outside of school settings. creator: Munton, Tony creator: Wedlock, Elaine creator: Gomersall, Alan subject: Drugs and alcohol prevention subject: Prevention outcome subject: Targeted prevention subject: Prevention by sponsor or setting subject: Peer relations subject: Family support subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Early school Leaver subject: Ireland publisher: Health Research Board date: 2014 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/23079/1/HRB036_Evidence_Series_Abuse_Programmes_Outside_Of_School_Settings_online.pdf format: video/mpeg language: en rights: hrb_nota identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/23079/7/Prevention_recording_06_02_15.mp4 identifier: Munton, Tony and Wedlock, Elaine and Gomersall, Alan (2014) The efficacy and effectiveness of drug and alcohol abuse prevention programmes delivered outside of school settings. Dublin: Health Research Board. relation: HRB drug and alcohol evidence review 2 relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20767/ title: Early leavers - What next? creator: Tickner, Nicola subject: Ireland subject: Early school Leaver description: Report on Early Leavers from Post-Primary schools – pupils enrolled in 2009/2010 and not in 2010/2011. This report and its companion report ‘School Completers-What Next?’ are the first in a series of reports by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) which track school leavers a year after they leave school. The reports are based on a detailed analysis of the records held in the Department on students who were enrolled in DES-aided post-primary schools (on the Post-Primary Pupils Database), focusing on those pupils who were enrolled in post-primary schools in one academic year but not enrolled in one of these schools one year later. These pupils, using a unique personal identifier (a protected identifier key based on the Personal Public Service Number (PPSN)), were tracked to other data sources that were available at the time. publisher: Department of Education date: 2013-05 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20767/1/Early-Leavers-What-Next-.pdf identifier: Tickner, Nicola (2013) Early leavers - What next? Dublin: Department of Education. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18857/ title: Growing up in Ireland. Key findings: 13-year-olds. No. 1. School experiences among 13 year olds subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: School subject: School context subject: Ireland subject: Early school Leaver description: Almost all 13-year-olds had made the transition to second-level education and were broadly positive about their school. However, important gender and social background differences had emerged in relation to school engagement. Boys had more negative attitudes to school, and were more likely to misbehave at school and to experience negative interactions with their teachers than girls. Those 13-year-olds from professional/managerial, high-income and highly educated households had more positive interaction with teachers, lower levels of misbehaviour and more positive attitudes to school. These gender and social background differences are of policy concern, given the importance of school engagement for longer-term achievement and retention. publisher: Department of Children and Youth Affairs date: 2012-11 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/18857/1/GUI_13_year_olds_1_School.pdf identifier: Economic and Social Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin. (2012) Growing up in Ireland. Key findings: 13-year-olds. No. 1. School experiences among 13 year olds. Dublin: Department of Children and Youth Affairs. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17335/ title: Current Steps and future horizons for CASPr : review of CASPr North-East Inner City after schools project. creator: Ivers, Jo-Hanna H creator: McLoughlin, Valerie creator: Downes, Paul subject: School subject: School-based prevention subject: Early school Leaver subject: Dublin description: CASPr (Community Afterschools Project) is a community development agency whose overall mission is to counter educational disadvantage in Dublin’s North East Inner City in order to contribute to the elimination of poverty in their community. This review seeks to assess the quality and effects of CASPr’s work on children, parents and the local community, in order to guide CASPr’s future work and offer independent examination of CASPr’s activities. A review of the profile of the area of North East Inner City Dublin clearly indicates the area’s need for such a project, while international and Irish research illustrates the potential social and economic gains of investment to prevent early school leaving. Furthermore, based on international and Irish research on afterschool projects, it is evident that the potential benefits of such projects are with regard to a number of dimensions. These dimensions include afterschool projects to modify the impact of poverty, as a protective factor against early school leaving, as a space to foster social skills and social support for positive mental health in contexts of psychological stress. The potential benefits according to research is also with regard to helping overcome pupil fear of failure, to develop a positive climate of self directed learning which can also impact on a child’s language development and safety. Research further emphasises the potential of the Arts in afterschool projects, as well as its role in offering supports for parents minding children, while being cognisant of the importance of staff quality in producing better outcomes for children at risk of social exclusion. This evaluation of CASPr consisted of focus groups, individual interviews and qualitative questionnaires. Focus groups involved children currently attending the after school programme, a group of early school leavers currently attending a local alternative education programme and Home-School Liaison teachers. 26 individual interviews with children currently participating in CASPr were undertaken, approximately one quarter of the total sample of children attending CASPr. These interviews were based on an adaptation of indicators of satisfaction with a service adapted from McKeown et al (2001). 7 individual interviews with parents of children currently using the service took place, while 6 individual interviews with current CASPr staff were undertaken. 10 past participants of CASPr’s training programme provided questionnaire responses. publisher: CASPr date: 2012 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/17335/1/CASPrReport1.pdf identifier: Ivers, Jo-Hanna H and McLoughlin, Valerie and Downes, Paul (2012) Current Steps and future horizons for CASPr : review of CASPr North-East Inner City after schools project. Dublin: CASPr. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20807/ title: Risk and protection factors for substance use among young people. A comparative study of early school-leavers and school-attending students. creator: Haase, Trutz creator: Pratschke, Jonathan subject: Inhalants and solvents subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Student behaviour and participation subject: Ireland subject: School context subject: Early school Leaver subject: Student (secondary level) subject: risk factors subject: Peer relations description: Summary of a report commissioned by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs. publisher: Irish Youth Work Press date: 2011 type: Article type: NonPeerReviewed identifier: Haase, Trutz and Pratschke, Jonathan (2011) Risk and protection factors for substance use among young people. A comparative study of early school-leavers and school-attending students. Youth Studies Ireland , 6 , (2) , pp. 1-9. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14702/ title: Commentary on NACD study on risk and protective factors for substance use. creator: Keane, Martin subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Family role subject: Social support subject: Ireland subject: Early school Leaver subject: Risk assessment subject: Social pressure subject: Risk and protective factors subject: Peer relations subject: risk-taking behaviour publisher: Health Research Board date: 2011 type: Article type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14702/1/Drugnet_36_-_Draft_5_-_as_signed_off.pdf identifier: Keane, Martin (2011) Commentary on NACD study on risk and protective factors for substance use. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 36, Winter 2010 , p. 19. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14701/ title: NACD study on risk and protective factors for substance use among young people. creator: Long, Jean creator: Keane, Martin subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Family role subject: Ireland subject: Risk assessment subject: Early school Leaver subject: Social pressure subject: Role of parent subject: Social context subject: Risk and protective factors subject: Peer relations subject: risk-taking behaviour publisher: Health Research Board date: 2011 type: Article type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14701/1/Drugnet_36_-_Draft_5_-_as_signed_off.pdf identifier: Long, Jean and Keane, Martin (2011) NACD study on risk and protective factors for substance use among young people. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 36, Winter 2010 , pp. 16-18. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16536/ title: Ballyrunners. creator: Lillis, Rachel subject: skills building subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Dublin subject: Early school Leaver subject: risk-taking behaviour subject: Prevention by sponsor or setting subject: Community-based prevention description: This paper describes the author’s experience of the development of an initiative in the Ballymun area1 that began as a simple idea of engaging young people in structured activities over the summer months and grew into a 10-week accredited health and fitness programme called ‘Ballyrunners’. The programme was facilitated by existing interagency networks. publisher: The Probation Service & Probation Board for Northern Ireland date: 2010-09 type: Article type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16536/1/Irish_Probation_Journal_2010.pdf identifier: Lillis, Rachel (2010) Ballyrunners. Irish Probation Journal , 7 , pp. 162-167. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13116/ title: Houses of the Oireachtas; Joint Committee on Education and Skills. First report. Staying in education: a new way forward. School and out-of-school factors protecting against early school leaving. subject: School subject: Ireland subject: Early school Leaver description: The ‘one size fits all’ instruction and assessment approach in Ireland’s current school system is fundamentally wrong, does not facilitate many young people to grow or demonstrate and realize their full range of talents and skills and is a major contributory factor in early school leaving, particularly among boys, according to this report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Science. publisher: Houses of the Oireachtas date: 2010-05-25 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13116/1/Oireachtas_Education_Early_school_leaving_2010.pdf identifier: Houses of the Oireachtas. Joint Committee on Education and Science. (2010) Houses of the Oireachtas; Joint Committee on Education and Skills. First report. Staying in education: a new way forward. School and out-of-school factors protecting against early school leaving. Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13003/ title: No way back? The dynamics of early school leaving. creator: Byrne, Delma creator: Smyth, Emer subject: Secondary education level subject: Early school Leaver subject: risk factors description: Disengagement from school is a significant source of inequality in the Irish context, given the strong links between early school leaving and subsequent disadvantage. No Way Back? highlights the persistence of early school leaving and estimates that one in six young people continue to leave school without a Leaving Certificate qualification. This book offers a unique contribution to what we know about earlyschool leaving by taking a more dynamic approach, placing emphasis on the interaction of family, individual and school factors which shape a gradual process of disengagement from school. This study is part of a series which follows a cohort of young people as they move through the second-level education system. No Way Back? explores the experiences of young people who have left school before completion of senior cycle. It documents their negative school experiences and withdrawal from school life, suggesting options for future policy development to improve retention and student engagement. No Way Back? will be of interest to policymakers, school management, guidance counsellors, teachers, young people, parents and the wider academic community. publisher: The Liffey Press date: 2010 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/13003/1/ESRIearlychool.pdf identifier: Byrne, Delma and Smyth, Emer (2010) No way back? The dynamics of early school leaving. Dublin: The Liffey Press. relation: http://www.esri.ie/publications/latest_publications/view/index.xml?id=3007 relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14100/ title: Risk and protection factors for substance use among young people: a comparative study of early school-leavers and school-attending students. creator: Haase, Trutz creator: Pratschke, Jonathan subject: Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person) subject: Student behaviour and participation subject: Inhalants and solvents subject: Ireland subject: School context subject: Early school Leaver subject: Student (secondary level) subject: Role of parent subject: Risk and protective factors subject: Peer relations subject: risk-taking behaviour subject: Prevalence of drugs and alcohol use description: This report presents the results of a study of substance use among young people in Ireland based on information collected in 2008 during face-to-face interviews with 991 people, aged between 15 and 18. The target population comprised school-attending students and young people who, having left school, were attending either a Youthreach centre for education or FÁS Community Training Centre. This latter population is described in this study as “early school-leavers” and represents approximately 12% of the full annual cohort of early school-leavers. publisher: Stationery Office date: 2010 type: Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14100/1/NACD_RiskYoungPeopleSchool.pdf identifier: National Advisory Committee on Drugs. Haase, Trutz and Pratschke, Jonathan (2010) Risk and protection factors for substance use among young people: a comparative study of early school-leavers and school-attending students. Dublin: Stationery Office. relation: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/15896/ title: Drug and alcohol-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviour: a study of early school leavers in the West of Ireland. creator: Redmond, Sue creator: Devaney, Eva subject: Student behaviour and participation subject: Ireland subject: Attitude toward drugs and alcohol subject: Early school Leaver subject: Attitude and behaviour publisher: Irish Youth Work Press date: 2010 type: Article type: NonPeerReviewed identifier: Redmond, Sue and Devaney, Eva (2010) Drug and alcohol-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviour: a study of early school leavers in the West of Ireland. Youth Studies Ireland , 5 , (1) .