| Description |
xx, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part. 1. At-risk children and youth : the ecology of problems: An introduction to at-risk issues -- Environmental/societal factors that contribute to risk -- Legal and ethical issues. Part 2. Families, schools, and skills: Family Problems of at-risk children and youth -- school issues that relate to at-risk children and youth -- Individual characteristics of high-risk and low-risk children and youth. Part 3. At-risk categories: School dropout -- Substance use and addiction -- Teenage pregnancy, STDs, and risky sexual behavior -- Juvenile delinquency and youth violence -- Youth suicide. Part 4. Prevention, intervention, and treatment approaches: Prevention, early intervention, treatment Framework, and other environmental considerations -- Core components of programs for prevention and early intervention -- Peer interventions -- Family interventions |
| Notes |
Authors: J. Jeffries McWhirter, Benedict T. McWhirter, Ellen Hawley McWhirter, Robert J. McWhirter |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-414) and indexes |
| Subject |
Youth with social disabilities -- Counseling of -- United States.
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Youth with social disabilities -- United States.
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| Author |
McWhirter, Benedict T., author
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McWhirter, Ellen Hawley, authoe
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McWhirter, Robert James, 1961- author
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| LC no. |
2011944300 |
| ISBN |
0840028598 |
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9780840028594 |
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