At-Risk students have faced challenges in education over time, but with the progression into college and career readiness skills and more complex learning, the challenges are even greater. By training staff to understand and respond to the mental states of at-risk students, the new learning environment allows for higher achievement socially, behaviorally, and academically. The new focus on positive states has led to increased academic performance and a decrease in behavioral incidents. Our Best Practice was designed to fill that one missing link to our increased student achievement and overall student growth.\u00a0 We looked at what else our students needed and what other obstacles we had.\u00a0 We studied the work of Eric Jensen and worked in how it best fit our individual school’s needs.\u00a0 Our Best Practice is a work in progress.\u00a0 We are continuing to learn, observe, implement, and grow in our understanding of how to engage the at-risk student for complex learning through in-house pro
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