1st Edition
Nurturing An Endangered Generation Empowering Youth with Critical Social, Emotional, & Cognitive Skills
By Rosemary Thompson
Copyright 1998
358 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
358 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
358 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
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The statistics are pretty grim - the young people of the US face an ever increasing tide of poverty, alcohol, and drug abuse, violence, suicide, and family dysfunction. However, society's response has been slow. Too many young people do not receive consistent, positive, and realistic validation of themselves from the adults on whom they depend. The problems facing today's youth demonstrate the... Read more
PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, PART I: RATIONALE AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE SKILLS DEFICITS: ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, CHAPTER 2: EMPOWERING YOUTH: SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUNSELING AND MULTIMODAL INTERVENTIONS, CHAPTER 3: PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL GROUPS IN INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS, PART II: MANIFESTATIONS OF BEHAVIOR AND RELATED SKILLS, CHAPTER 4: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE, CHAPTER 5: UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AND HIGH-RISK SEXUAL ACTIVITY, CHAPTER 6: LOSS, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE, CHAPTER 7: CONFLICTED YOUTH, DELINQUENCY, AND VIOLENCE, CHAPTER 8: ALIENATION, UNDERACHIEVEMENT, AND DROPPING OUT, CHAPTER 9: ISOLATION, VICTIMIZATION, AND ABUSE, PART III: CREATING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH EMPOWERMENT OF OTHERS, CHAPTER 10: EMPOWERING YOUTH, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES, EPILOGUE, REFERENCES, INDEX, ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Thompson, Rosemary
