At risk youth : a comprehensive response : for counselors, teachers, psychologists, and human service professionals / J. Jeffries McWhirter [and 3 others].
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TextPublisher: Australlia : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xx, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0840028598
- 9780840028594
- At risk youth : A comprehensive response : for counsellors, teachers, psychologists, and human service professionals
- 362.740973 23
- HV1421 .A8 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part. 1. At-risk children and youth : the ecology of problems: -- An introduction to at-risk issues -- Environmental/societal factors that contribute to risk -- Legal and ethical issues. -- Part 2. Families, schools, and skills: -- Family Problems of at-risk children and youth -- School issues that relate to at-risk children and youth -- Individual characteristics of high-risk and low-risk children and youth. -- Part 3. At-risk categories: -- School dropout -- Substance use and addiction -- Teenage pregnancy, STDs, and risky sexual behavior -- Juvenile delinquency and youth violence -- Youth suicide. -- Part 4. Prevention, intervention, and treatment approaches: -- Prevention, early intervention, treatment framework, and other environmental considerations -- Core components of programs for prevention and early intervention -- Peer interventions -- Family interventions.
"This text provides the conceptual and practical information on key issues and problems you will need to prepare effectively for work with at-risk youth. The authors describe and discuss the latest prevention and intervention techniques that will help you perform your job successfully and improve the lives of young people at risk."--Publisher description.
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