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Download full textDavis, William E. – 1996
Criticism of the construct "children and families at risk" has grown substantially in recent psychology and education literature. The practical and the semantic issues surrounding this criticism are explored in this paper. Four major objectives are presented here: (1) to provide psychologists with an increased level of awareness relative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Criticism
