Sofia Flores
Loyola University Chicago
3 Papers
8 Citations
Sofia Flores is an academic researcher from Loyola University Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Focus group & Participatory action research. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications.
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Utilizing Participatory Action Research to Foster Effective Family/School Collaboration at an Urban PreK-8 Catholic School
David Shriberg,Ruth Schumacher,Kara C. McMahon,Sofia Flores,Gregory E. Moy,Joanna Swidzinski,Nicole A. Tompkins +6 more
TL;DR: Using participatory action research (PAR) as its framework, a team of school stakeholders and university faculty and students from the psychology department partnered to create a participant-driven data collection and analysis procedure that culminated in the implementation of a new communication protocol judged by educators and parents to have led to significant improvements in family-school communications as discussed by the authors.
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Educational opportunity: parent and youth perceptions of major provisions of the McKinney-Vento Act
Martha Ellen Wynne,Sofia Flores,Poonam Desai,Schevita Persaud,Kassandra Reker,Rachel Pitt,Aaron Hosek,Ashley Etzel Ausikaitis +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the McKinney-Vento Act on transportation, safety, and discipline for homeless students are discussed, and implications for school-based s...The authors explore the perspectives of homeless families and youth directly impacted by the current law.
Staying in School: The Efficacy of the McKinney-Vento Act for Homeless Youth.
Ashley Etzel Ausikaitis,Martha Ellen Wynne,Schevita Persaud,Rachel Pitt,Aaron Hosek,Kayse Reker,Carina Turner,Sandy Flores,Sofia Flores +8 more
TL;DR: This article explored the perspectives of homeless youth who were trying to remain in high school, using a social justice framework using qualitative analyses, three focus groups were conducted at a transitional living program in a large urban area.