Description: At Risk Youth : A Comprehensive Response for Counselors, Teachers, Psychologists, and Human Service Professionals, Paperback by McWhirter, J. Jeffries; McWhirter, Benedict T.; McWhirter, Ellen Hawley; McWhirter, Robert J., ISBN 0840028598, ISBN-13 9780840028594, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US For graduate and undergraduate students in counseling, psychology, social work, human services, and education, McWhirter (counseling and counseling psychology, Arizona State U.) et al. outline information and research on problems experienced by at-risk youth and educational, psychological, and counseling interventions for their prevention and treatment. They discuss key background factors and legal and ethical concerns; family, school, and individual characteristics that influence youth; at-risk categories and treatment and prevention for each (school dropouts, substance use and addiction, teen pregnancy, STDs, and risky sexual behavior, juvenile delinquency and youth violence, and suicide); and family, school, peer group, and individual prevention strategies. Revised, this edition reflects current information and statistics and integrates coverage of new human service material in light of the recent revision of standards by the Council for Standards in Human Service Education. It adds new information on approaches and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer youth; more on stages of change, motivational interviewing, the Race to the Top act, charter schools, English as a second language, Travis Hirsch's control theory, and the family check-up, including the ecofit; clarified material on empowerment and Bronfenbrenner's ecological model; revised and updated information on No Child Left Behind; discussion of the positive educational benefits of electronic media, positive action, functional family therapy, communities that care, the 40 assets framework from the Search Institute, and the good behavior game; sections on incarcerated families, child abuse, intimate partner violence, dating violence, and nonsuicidal self-injury; expanded discussion of cyber and technology, including an expanded section on media influence to include cyberbullying; and added features on the companion website. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: At Risk Youth : A Comprehensive Response for Counselors, Teachers
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Name: At Risk Youth
Language: English
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 1.2 in
Subject: Developmental / Adolescent, Counseling / Crisis Management, Counseling / General, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Item Weight: 24.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Education, Psychology
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Benedict T. Mcwhirter, Robert J. Mcwhirter, Ellen Hawley Mcwhirter, J. Jeffries Mcwhirter
Series: SW 360k Child Abuse and Neglect Ser.
Item Width: 7.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
