Full Description
This text provides the conceptual and practical information on key issues and problems that you will need to prepare effectively for work with at-risk youth. Each chapter has resources that direct you to interesting and informative You Tube, TEDTalk, and research sites to expand upon and illustrate the written information. The authors describe and discuss the latest research-supported, evidence-based prevention and intervention techniques that will help you perform your job successfully and improve the lives of young people at risk.
Contents
Part I: AT-RISK CHILDREN AND YOUTH: THE ECOLOGY OF PROBLEMS.
1. An Introduction to At-Risk Issues.
2. Environmental/Societal Factors That Contribute to Risk.
Part II: FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, SKILLS.
3. Family Problems of At-Risk Children and Youth.
4. School Issues That Relate to At-Risk Children and Youth.
5. Individual Characteristics of High-Risk and Low-Risk Children and Youth.
Part III: AT-RISK CATEGORIES.
6. School Dropout.
7. Substance Use and Addiction.
8. Risky Sexual Behavior: Teenage Pregnancy and STDs.
9. Youth Violence: Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency, and Youth Gangs.
10. Youth Suicide.
Part IV: PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND TREATMENT APPROACHES.
11. A Prevention/Early Intervention/Treatment Framework and Other Environmental Considerations.
12. Core Components of Programs for Prevention and Early Intervention.
13. Peer Interventions.
14. Family Interventions.
