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Youth at Risk: A Prevention Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents, Seventh Edition
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Capuzzi, David, Ed.; Gross, Douglas R., Ed. – American Counseling Association, 2019
This comprehensive text, written by experts in each topical area, provides research-based approaches designed for work with youth in the difficult transition from adolescence to adulthood. Developmental in its orientation, the text moves from population definition and identification, to causal factors and issues most often identified with placing…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, School Counseling, Youth, Prevention
Mental Health and Social Problems: A Social Work Perspective
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Heller, Nina Rovinelli, Ed.; Gitterman, Alex, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Mental Health and Social Problems" is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness. The introductory chapter presents…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Social Problems, Social Work, Mental Disorders
Invisible Children in the Society and Its Schools. Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education.
Books, Sue, Ed. – 1998
This collection offers reports on groups of children and young people largely unseen or unheard in society and its schools: homeless children, homosexual youth, immigrants, and other marginalized groups of students who are not having their needs met in today's schools. The following selections are included: (1) "Homeless Children and Their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Homeless People
Street Smarts: Activities That Help Teenagers Take Care of Themselves.
Kirby, Michael – 1995
Because growing up has become the art of survival for many young people, a professionally conducted course in street smarts can help them identify problems, understand consequences, and make good decisions. The information and activities contained in this text can teach students how to take care of themselves when confronted with challenges. It…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Consumer Education, Delinquency, Employment Problems
Children in the Urban Environment. Linking Social Policy and Clinical Practice.
Phillips, Norma Kolko, Ed.; Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg, Ed. – 1997
The 12 chapters of this volume offer a comprehensive portrait of today's children and their challenging urban environments. The opportunities and obstacles that confront children are examined in detail, and key social problems are discussed in the following contributions: (1) "Growing Up in the Urban Environment: Opportunities and Obstacles for…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Youth at Risk: A Prevention Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents. Fourth Edition.
Capuzzi, David, Ed.; Gross, Douglas R., Ed. – 2004
The fourth revision of this text offers both tested prevention strategies for work with diverse at-risk populations and counseling techniques that address the complexities of destructive behavior from individual, family, school, and community perspectives. Drawing on the wisdom of 24 experts, this book provides concrete advice for creating and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Children