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Running Head: PD TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR FOSTER YOUTH 1
Beating the Odds:
Applying The Positive Deviance Framework to Address the Academic Underachievement of
Foster Youth
Daniel J. Diaz
University of Southern California
Object Description
| Title | Beating the odds: applying the positive deviance framework to address the academic underachievement of foster youth |
| Author | Diaz, Daniel J. |
| Author email | danieljd@usc.edu;danny7997@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-06-17 |
| Date submitted | 2013-08-01 |
| Date approved | 2013-08-01 |
| Restricted until | 2013-08-01 |
| Date published | 2013-08-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Malloy, Courtney |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Garcia, Pedro Stowe, Kathy |
| Abstract | This study utilized the theory of positive deviance to explore the challenges and success factors for foster youth who have attained a postsecondary education. To accomplish this, twelve interviews were conducted. Six interviews were conducted with college-going foster youth and six adults who served as mentors for the foster youth participants while they were enrolled in high school. Results revealed that foster youth faced challenges connected to transience, dysfunctional behavior, abuse, and academic struggles. However, the foster youth that participated in this study mitigated these challenges by utilizing specific strategies including exhibiting help-seeking behaviors, academic self-regulation, self-advocacy, and utilizing support systems. Findings from this study have significant implications for foster youth hoping to attain a postsecondary education (e.g., mentoring other foster youth), as well for foster parents, high schools, colleges and foster youth organizations seeking to aid in the academic achievement of foster youth (e.g., utilizing resources available to foster youth). |
| Keyword | foster youth; positive deviance; postsecondary education |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Diaz, Daniel J. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-DiazDaniel-1919.pdf |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume7/etd-DiazDaniel-1919.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | Running Head: PD TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR FOSTER YOUTH 1 Beating the Odds: Applying The Positive Deviance Framework to Address the Academic Underachievement of Foster Youth Daniel J. Diaz University of Southern California |
