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Direct linkSmall, Latoya A.; Jackson, Jerrold; Gopalan, Geetha; McKay, Mary McKernan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Background: Youth living in poverty face compounding familial and environmental was challenges in utilizing effective community mental health services. Ongoing stressors increase their drop-out rate in mental health service use. Difficulties also exist in staying engaged in services when involved with the child welfare system. This study examines…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Urban Youth, Family Needs, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedRosenthal, Beth Spenciner; Wilson, W. Cody – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2008
This empirical study investigated three mechanisms of protection (preventive, compensatory, buffering) for two factors (emotional social support, sense of personal control) in the relationship between exposure to community violence and psychological distress among 947 diverse, older adolescents. Findings indicate that social support and sense of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Questionnaires, Personality Traits
Download full textSigman, Stuart J.; Scotchmer, Sara Parker – 1994
This directory lists 24 locations for various "rite of passage" programs. These programs are designed to empower youth at a time of life transition, especially during the middle school years, when children feel most vulnerable and are most "at-risk." The directory gives a brief description of each program and provides the names…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, At Risk Persons, Community Influence, Cultural Awareness
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office for Planning, Research, and Support Services. – 1994
Hispanics in New York, like those in other parts of the country, are younger and poorer than other minorities, and are more likely to live in metropolitan areas. This report provides a comprehensive review of the current condition of education for Hispanic New Yorkers. Hispanics represent 12% of the state's population and are concentrated in New…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
Wilcox, Susan; Lazarre-White, Khary; Warwin, Jason – Afterschool Matters, 2004
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol helps young people develop into critical thinkers who are committed to themselves and to community change. In single-gender chapters throughout New York City, primarily in Washington Heights and Harlem, teenagers learn to embrace and embody the ideals of brotherhood and sisterhood and to appreciate their connections to…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Youth Programs, Community Change, Social Change
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Programs for the Disadvantaged. – 1969
Problems of unemployed youth are presented in the context of urban development in nine American cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. The migration during the 1950's of the urban white population to the suburbs initiated a significant change in the economic and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Black Population Trends, Decentralization, Disadvantaged Youth
