A Guide to Programs Serving At-risk Youth
Author | : Toledo Area Private Industry Council |
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Total Pages | : 83 |
Release | : 1989* |
Genre | : Problem youth |
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Author | : Toledo Area Private Industry Council |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 83 |
Release | : 1989* |
Genre | : Problem youth |
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Author | : Meghan E. McNitt |
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Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2008 |
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Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Youth |
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Author | : American Association of State Colleges and Universities |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1988* |
Genre | : Remedial teaching |
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Author | : Robert C. Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Dropouts |
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This resource guide includes abstracts of 90 papers presented at the conference. Section 1, "Understanding Students At-Risk," includes 17 abstracts that emphasize the need for a comprehensive set of services that can respond to the diverse needs of at-risk students. Section 2, "Preventing and Reducing Incidence of At-Risk," includes 17 abstracts that focus on the need to identify and address those conditions that place a student at risk early in the schooling process. Section 3, "Changing the System," includes 15 abstracts that focus on cooperative, systematic efforts to improve conditions in the home, the school, and the media. Section 4, "Strategies and Programs for Working with At-Risk Youth," includes 22 abstracts that describe unique dropout prevention programs and strategies from preschool through college. Section 5, "Utilizing Community Resources," includes nine abstracts that describe community-based strategies that use businesses, citizens, and parents. Section 6, "Facilitating Parent Involvement," includes 10 abstracts that describe studies and programs focusing on the following types of parent involvement: (1) basic parenting obligations; (2) school obligations; (3) parent involvement at school; (4) parent involvement in learning activities at home; and (5) parent involvement that relates to decision-making or advisory roles. The conference program and a list of presenters is appended. (FMW)
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Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Teenagers |
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Author | : James Klopovic |
Publisher | : Civic Research Institute, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : At-risk youth |
ISBN | : 1887554351 |
Author | : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2019-11-23 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1794763635 |
This guide was created to promote the early identification of children and adolescents with mental health and substance use problems as well as to provide guidance, tools, and resources for early identification-including a compendium of the most developmentally, culturally, and environmentally appropriate screening instruments. SAMHSA developed the guide using the input of the members of the Federal/National Partnership* (FNP) Early Identification Workgroup, chaired by representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Author | : Michael Ungar |
Publisher | : Corwin Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2006-03-06 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1483362019 |
"An eye-opening and heart-opening book." -Bonnie Benard, Senior Program Associate, WestEd Identify and promote overlooked strengths to cultivate resilience. Now more than ever, counselors, teachers, community youth workers, and parents are striving to prevent individual and school-wide tragedy before it happens. Critical to the success of their efforts is a deep respect for the adolescent experience. In this book, author and social worker Michael Ungar takes a fresh, hopeful approach to challenging youth by looking beyond the surface of "bad" behaviors to understand them as ways of coping with life′s adversities. Strengths-Based Counseling With At-Risk Youth provides the tools both to understand and access strengths buried beneath problem behaviors. It offers specific, effective strategies in working with adolescents to construct positive identities and realistic action plans. Features include Six strategies for youth engagement, covering common problem behaviors such as drug use, violence, delinquency, and promiscuity An entire chapter on bullying An abundance of real-life examples and counseling narratives A Resilient Youth Strengths Inventory to assess resilience and identify areas that need strengthening Sincere application of Ungar′s compassionate and open-minded strategies is sure to transform the lives of countless adolescents in need, and the institutions that serve them.
Author | : Angela Craig |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1555707602 |
Working with at-risk teens, including those who are homeless, incarcerated, or in foster care, is a rewarding but often challenging endeavor, especially with a growing number of at-risk teens in both urban and rural areas of the country. Based on best practices and personal experiences from many leaders in the field today, including authors Angela Craig and Chantell L. McDowell, this book shows how libraries and communities can work together to find new ways to serve this population. Packed with accessible and affordable programming ideas, ready-to-use templates, and techniques, this addition to the Teens @ the Library series Demonstrates why serving at-risk teens is important, and offers advice for gaining institutional support for outreach services Shows how to understand the needs of at-risk teens, including a discussion of the factors that place teens at risk Examines diversity within the at-risk population Suggests ways to partner with youth facilities, with real-world examples of working with non-library personnel and caregivers Provides guidance for collection and resource development Gives examples of technology-based programs to promote literacy and connectedness