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2000 Volunteer Leader Training Guide
Recognize Early Warning Signs of Troubled Youth
Handout 1
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- Social withdrawal
- Excessive feelings of isolation
- Excessive feelings of rejection
- Feeling of being picked on or persecuted
- Being a victim of violence
- Low school interest and poor academic performance
- Expressions of violence in writing and drawings
- Uncontrolled anger
- Patterns of impulsive and chronic hitting, intimidating and
bullying behaviors
- History of discipline problems
- Intolerance for differences and prejudicial attitudes
- Drug and alcohol use
- Affiliation with gangs
- Inappropriate access to, possession of and use of firearms
- Threats of violence
Adapted from: Dwyer, K., Osher, D., and Warger, C. (1998).
Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools. Washington,
D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Education, and U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
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