Interventions For Push-Outs

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Two interventions or tasks that might work with “push-outs” would be a life skills course that would teach them the appropriate skills and abilities that are required to become successful adults. Such things would be how to build a resume, good interviewing skills, how to fill out a job application, how to budget their finances, how to balance a check book or bank account, assistance with college applications, and other similar tasks that could allow them to be successful working adults that can manage money and provide themselves a better life for the future. Another task or intervention would be GED courses and tutoring to help them get them a better educational and stronger language skills that would help them get a job.
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A solution to this would be to assist them in finding grants that would help then with free money, and or help. Another issue would be lack of resources for grant programs and insurance companies. A solution to this would be to come up with a more creative way to finding grants that would be more specific to their needs. For push-outs a problem could be one of the reasons they were kicked out of the home in the first place was because of drug addiction and the parents just couldn’t take their antics anymore. A solution would be to provide drug and alcohol abuse classes and how to mitigate such issues. Narcotic and Alcohol Anonymous is a great program that would aid in helping individuals reach their desired goals. The lack of financial and educational resources would be another issue for push-outs. A solution to this is once again GED programs, and once that is complete helping them fill out applications for Federal Student Aid programs, scholarship programs, grants, any funding that will help them further their educational levels. Programs like career services Kaplan University offers is a great program that could also help individuals. Even if these types of programs aren’t offered through the school of choice there are plenty of other life skills programs …show more content…

This program offers the chance for young adults ranging from the age of 14-21 the chance to receive a high school diploma. This isn’t the extent of what they offer either. They also help young adults find and keep jobs, learn parenting skills, and helping with enrolling in college. They look to reduce the welfare dependency within young adults who do not have a high school diploma. The program also offers “real world” implications, teaching participants how to apply math, science, communication skills, and other day-to-day activities. “The program is based upon support and mutual respect and trust, and is so successful in helping young people that in FY2008, over 80% of program participants who came in without graduating high school not only completed the HiSET but went on to college.”

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