Intervention with Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Perspective - Softcover

Allen-Meares Ph.D., Paula; Fraser Ph.D., Mark W.

9780205341962: Intervention with Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205341969 ISBN 13: 9780205341962

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Using a risk and resilience orientation, Intervention with Children and Adolescents distills evidence-based studies into practice guidelines for designing and implementing interventions across a wide range of social and health problems in childhood and adolescence. Leading scholars from nearly two dozen fields of practice share their wisdom as they critically review literatures in child maltreatment, youth violence, drug abuse, school dropout, pregnancy, serious mental disorders, gang involvement, and other areas of practice. This book is distinguished by detailed interdisciplinary perspective reviews on the impact of culture, gender, sexual orientation, and poverty on child development and developmental pyschopathology. This is a path-finding book for practitioners, students, parents, and scholars. It is compelling reading on how we can change systems and services to make positive changes in child outcomes. Intervention is grounded in the latest data on prevalence, theories, empirical evidence on intervention, factors/conditions that protect and/or increase risk for negative outcomes, and social/cultural factors unique to various racial and ethnic groups. Case illustrations, additional reading lists, charts/tables on various interventions, and practice guidelines set this book apart from other literature in this area.

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Intervention with Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Paula Allen-Meares, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Mark W. Fraser, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Using a risk and resilience orientation, this text offers a diverse interdisciplinary perspective and practice guidelines for designing and implementing interventions across a wide range of social and health problems in childhood and adolescence for practitioners, students, and parents. Leading scholars from a variety of academic, political, and professional disciplines critically review literature in physical abuse, drugs, pregnancy, gangs, mental disorders, and other areas of child and adolescent practice to advocate change in child outcomes.

Highlights:

Case illustrations, additional reading lists, charts/tables on various interventions, and practice guidelines set this book apart from its competitors.
All chapters review the essential topics of risk and resilience orientation, the incidence and prevalence of social and health problems, gender and culture sensitive intervention, and protective factors and strengths.
Introductions to every chapter, end-of-chapter problems, and correlated readings introduce and allow students to further explore each issue of child and adolescent intervention.

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