Effective Programs for At-risk Adolescents
Effective Programs for At-risk Adolescents

Author: John W. Dougherty

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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Students considered at-risk are defined as students who lack a sense of identity, personal connectedness, and personal power. Another characteristic of at-risk students is the role parents play or fail to play in the at-risk behavior. A case is made for all students being at risk at some point in their lives. Four programs were designed and implemented to help at-risk and marginal students at one junior high school. The four programs include the OK Club, the Quest for Success Skills Program, the I-CANN (Individualized Course Alternative, Now or Never), and the Student Assistance Council. The OK Club is designed to build self-esteem and to provide after school-support and requires a strong parental component. The Quest for Success Skills Program is a transition program which prepares at risk sixth-graders for junior high school. The I-CANN Program provides counseling, development of self-esteem, and a hands-on curriculum. It also has a strong parental component. The Student Assistance Council involves a staff team that assesses the needs of at-risk students and recommends actions to address those needs. A successful program must begin with an attitude of caring. This caring attitude must be reflected by the total school staff toward every student and his or her family. (ABL)

Risk, Resilience, and Positive Youth Development
Risk, Resilience, and Positive Youth Development

Author: Jeffrey M. Jenson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0199755884

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In this innovative book, elements of risk and resilience, positive youth development, and organizational collaboration are used to develop a comprehensive intervention framework, the Integrated Prevention and Early Intervention (IPEI) Model.

Community Programs to Promote Youth Development
Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2002-02-12

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0309072751

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After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. But what do we know about the role of such programs for today's adolescents? How can we ensure that programs are designed to successfully meet young people's developmental needs and help them become healthy, happy, and productive adults? Community Programs to Promote Youth Development explores these questions, focusing on essential elements of adolescent well-being and healthy development. It offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are well designed to meet young people's developmental needs. The book also discusses the features of programs that can contribute to a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. It examines what we know about the current landscape of youth development programs for America's youth, as well as how these programs are meeting their diverse needs. Recognizing the importance of adolescence as a period of transition to adulthood, Community Programs to Promote Youth Development offers authoritative guidance to policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and other key stakeholders on the role of youth development programs to promote the healthy development and well-being of the nation's youth.

Hope at Last for At-risk Youth
Hope at Last for At-risk Youth

Author: Robert D. Barr

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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Provides a review of new information regarding at-risk youth, including a synthesis of current research, evaluation of effective school programs and practices, description of promising practices still being evaluated, and a collection of the author's personal anecdotes and experiences with teachers

Adolescents at Risk
Adolescents at Risk

Author: Nancy Boyd-Franklin

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2019-01-09

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1462536530

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Rich with illustrative case material, this book guides mental health professionals to break the cycle of at-risk behavior by engaging adolescents and their families in home, school, and community contexts. The authors explore the multigenerational patterns that shape the lives of poor and ethnic minority adolescents and present innovative strategies for intervening beyond the walls of the agency or clinic. Grounded in research, the book shows how to implement both home-based family therapy and school-based achievement mentoring to provide a comprehensive web of support. Building on the earlier Reaching Out in Family Therapy, this book reflects the ongoing development of the authors' multisystems approach and many other important changes in the field; the majority of the content is completely new. It is an indispensable resource for beginning and experienced professionals or text for courses on adolescent intervention or adolescent mental health.

Adolescent Decision Making
Adolescent Decision Making

Author: National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-06-14

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 0309064791

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Interest in the role that decision making plays in adolescents' involvement in high-risk behaviors led the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to request the Board on Children, Youth, and Families to convene a workshop on adolescent decision making. The Board on Children, Youth, and Families is a joint activity of the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine. A workshop was held on January 6-7, 1998, to examine what is known about adolescents' decision-making skills and the implications of that knowledge for programs to further their healthy development.

Winning Back Our Boys
Winning Back Our Boys

Author: Chris Cannon

Publisher: Tag Publishing LLC

Published: 2010-12-22

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781599300627

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The author reveals strategies needed to eliminate the disturbing epidemics of youth violence, negative peer pressure, and key issues that weigh heavily on the hearts and minds of millions daily.

Strengths-Based Counseling With At-Risk Youth
Strengths-Based Counseling With At-Risk Youth

Author: Michael Ungar

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2006-03-06

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1483362019

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"An eye-opening and heart-opening book." -Bonnie Benard, Senior Program Associate, WestEd Identify and promote overlooked strengths to cultivate resilience. Now more than ever, counselors, teachers, community youth workers, and parents are striving to prevent individual and school-wide tragedy before it happens. Critical to the success of their efforts is a deep respect for the adolescent experience. In this book, author and social worker Michael Ungar takes a fresh, hopeful approach to challenging youth by looking beyond the surface of "bad" behaviors to understand them as ways of coping with life′s adversities. Strengths-Based Counseling With At-Risk Youth provides the tools both to understand and access strengths buried beneath problem behaviors. It offers specific, effective strategies in working with adolescents to construct positive identities and realistic action plans. Features include Six strategies for youth engagement, covering common problem behaviors such as drug use, violence, delinquency, and promiscuity An entire chapter on bullying An abundance of real-life examples and counseling narratives A Resilient Youth Strengths Inventory to assess resilience and identify areas that need strengthening Sincere application of Ungar′s compassionate and open-minded strategies is sure to transform the lives of countless adolescents in need, and the institutions that serve them.

A Strengths-Based Approach for Intervention with At-Risk Youth
A Strengths-Based Approach for Intervention with At-Risk Youth

Author: Kevin Powell

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-31

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780878226955

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By focusing attention on what is right with youth rather than what is wrong with them, the strengths-based approach to intervening with youth avoids negative outcomes commonly associated with deficit- or problem-based interventions. This book provides an accessible outline of the strengths-based approach and details 41 interventions across several strengths domains.Practitioners in school, clinical, and community settings will find the book's numerous case examples, practical suggestions, and reproducible forms and handouts invaluable in the provision of day-to-day youth services.