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Guidance can help school dropouts fare better
Certain life experiences can worsen the negative effects of dropping out of school but proper guidance and treatment can improve the odds for such people, a study has found.
New York: Certain life experiences can worsen the negative effects of dropping out of school but proper guidance and treatment can improve the odds for such people, a study has found.
Most dropouts face multiple hardships as adults and were 24 times more likely than high-school graduates to experience four or more negative outcomes by age 27.
The risk for negative life outcomes such as getting arrested, need government assistance, being fired or having poor health declined if they received treatment for behavioural, emotional or drug problems by age 24.
"It suggests that treatment can serve as a turning point," said lead researcher Jennifer E Lansford from Duke University in the US.
"It could make it more likely for you to hold a job or not be in jail and it's evidence that these treatments can work," Lansford added.The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, analysed 585 children from age five to 27.
It looked at factors that elevated children's risk of dropping out, how high school dropouts fared later in life and what factors prevented negative outcomes.
