2nd Edition
Nurturing Future Generations Promoting Resilience in Children and Adolescents Through Social, Emotional and Cognitive Skills
By Rosemary A. Thompson, Ed.D.
Copyright 2006
544 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
542 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
544 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The statistics are pretty grim - young people face an ever increasing tide of poverty, alcohol and drug abuse, violence, suicide, and family dysfunction. Society's response has been slow. Too many young people do not receive consistent, positive, and realistic validation of themselves from those adults on whom they depend.
Nurturing Future Generations goes beyond the stilted rhetoric on the... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Rationale and Theoretical Framework. Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Deficits from a Developmental Perspective. The Quest for Resilient Youth. Psychoeducational Groups in Schools, Communities, and Institutional Settings. Part II: Manifestations of Behaviors and Related Skills. Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse.Unintended Pregnancy and High-risk Sexual Activity. Loss, Depression, Suicide, and Self-injury. Violence, Delinquency, Gangs, and Bullying Behavior. Alienation, Underachievement, and Dropping Out. Isolation, Victimization, and Abuse of Children and Adolescents. Sexual Minority Youth (Formerly Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Youth [GLBT]). Part III: Creating Positive Relationships Through Engagement of All Stakeholders. Empowering Youth, Families, Schools, and Communities. Epilogue.
Biography
Rosemary A. Thompson, Ed.D., LPC, NCSC, is Supervisor of Guidance and Counseling for Chesapeake Public Schools in Chesapeake, Virginia, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
“In her second edition of Nurturing Future Generations, Rosemary A. Thompson brings together two of the most important and exciting bodies of developmental-clinical research: studies of resilience and studies validating intervention programs and practices to promote youth well-being. By adopting a systems approach, she helps to link our descriptive understanding of the broad phenomena of resilience with the scientific study of how schools, communities, and service agencies can most effectively intervene to alter the developmental assets and processes that promote resilience in youth. This book is an excellent and comprehensive resource for educators, service providers, researchers, and students interested in enhancing positive youth development and well-being.” - J. Douglas Coatsworth, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
