AU - Maman, Yair. AU - Sharir, Dan AU - Gardere, Jeffery AB - There is a consensus among school professionals in the United States that we are not fully tackling problematic behaviors. If teachers are to focus on Common Core Standards then school-based helping professionals could help their overall efforts by focusing on appropriate social behaviors in children. This article discusses the pivotal role of school-based helping professionals who are engaged in school and community relations, and the efforts of the authors (experienced professionals involved in the overall training of many school-based helping professionals) to familiarize them (and the community) with the need to increase prosocial behaviors in students for academic achievement and overall well-being.. (Pubished Abstract) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif ID - 118032 OP - pp. 17-22 T1 - School and community relations for prosocial behaviors, character building and academic achievement [Article] UL - 1 http://search.shamaa.org/fulltext.gif https://journal.journals.uob.edu.bh//Article/ArticleFile/2090 Full text (PDF)