Student Body At Capital Middle School - 1075 Words

Economically oppressed, secondary school aged, African Americans, residing in urban areas are the majorities that are in dire need of immediate Cognitive Behavior interventions within Baton Rouge (E. Stephens, personal communication, August 28, 2015). They are at risk of dropping out of school, experimenting with alcohol and substance abuse, smoking, and institutionalization due to disruptive behaviors and chronic absenteeism. My current internship, Communities In Schools (CIS) located within Capital Middle School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an agency that implements interventions to decrease abnormally high rates of disruptive behaviors and absenteeism within participating nationwide secondary/high schools. CIS caters to the†¦show more content†¦Within the following text, the reader will explore literature reviews on chronic absenteeism, disruptive behaviors, and successful Cognitive Behavior Therapy within middle school settings in urban America. Ripple Effects Whole Spectrum Intervention System (Ripple Effects) According to SAMHSA, (2011), the Ripple Effects is an online intervention that is used within the school system to curb negative behaviors within all adolescent populations. The purpose of the intervention is to correct/study academic achievement, resilience, mental health, and social functioning (SAMHSA, 2011). There are approximately 389 computer lessons teachers and students choose from to correct inappropriate behavior such as bullying, fighting, absenteeism, alcohol abuse, and subpar academic grades (SAMHSA, 2011). The students are shown a variety of question and answer scenarios, surveys, videos, actual statistical information, and photographs. Each intervention will be administered two times weekly in thirty minute increments (SAMHSA, 2011). The computer automatically creates a profile that tracks successfully completed interventions, log in times/dates, and