This project revealed the positive impact of the SSS for SEL Success program (SSS-SEL) on students’ academics and perceived social/emotional adeptness. SSS-SEL, a new iteration of the Student Success Skills (SSS) program, teaches critical social/emotional concepts and strategies and was modified in this study to be delivered virtually to students. Results showed that students made increases in their reading standardized test scores and improved their overall grade in an intensive reading class. Students also reported improvements in their social/emotional knowledge and skill use.
The purpose of this chapter is to address the impact addiction has throughout the United States among various aspects of society. This specifically includes a focus on individuals incarcerated because of the role addiction has had in their life and the role incarceration has on addiction. This chapter will also dive into the research behind who is more likely to end up with an addiction, how children and adolescents are affected by addiction, the effects of parental incarceration on children and adolescents, various treatment methods for addiction, and how addiction is portrayed in the media.
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