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At-Risk Children and Youth: Resiliency Explored

Niall McElwee

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Description:Discover strategies to reinforce the strengths of the youngest members of society What assistance can be provided to a disadvantaged youngster to help them bounce back to conquer challenges while growing up? At-Risk Childrenand Youth analyzes the results from accumulated research on the risk and resiliency of children and youth in Ireland. Niall McElwee shines a crucial spotlight on the challenges facing children, including poor literacy and numeracy skills, poverty, distrust, and other difficult issues. Practical strategies are presented to help disadvantaged children and youth to overcome societal and self-imposed barriers for improvement. A detailed review and assessment is provided of the efficacy of Irelands Youth Encounter Projects. This important resource focuses on what works and what does not in youth services. At-Risk Childrenand Youth closely examines at-risk factors and what it specifically means to be at-risk. Going further beyond the standard risk factors usually considered such as drug use or dropping-out of school, this probing text explores the full range of factors and coping and healing mechanisms. The author challenges several of the views and beliefs about risk and resiliency generally held by many in child and youth services and in society. This book is extensively referenced and includes helpful figures tables to clearly present information. Topics in At-Risk Childrenand Youth include:detailed breakdown of terms for risk behaviors and predictors of riskthe issues of social class and social exclusionthe impact of school difficulties on students, including truancy and poor academic standingbuilding on student strengthsthe quality of the entirety of the school experience as a determination of successstrategies for interventiona review of various literature on risk and resiliencya relational research model, including methodology and ethical issuesdescription and functions of Youth Encounter Projectsand an assessment of their valueat-risk youth perceptions of risk, in their own wordsresults of risk studies over the past decaderecommended changes in policiesAt-Risk Childrenand Youth is a valuable addition to the libraries of educators, students, and child and youth service providers everywhere.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with At-Risk Children and Youth: Resiliency Explored. To get started finding At-Risk Children and Youth: Resiliency Explored, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 327

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2014

ISBN: 129945898X

Description: Discover strategies to reinforce the strengths of the youngest members of society What assistance can be provided to a disadvantaged youngster to help them bounce back to conquer challenges while growing up? At-Risk Childrenand Youth analyzes the results from accumulated research on the risk and resiliency of children and youth in Ireland. Niall McElwee shines a crucial spotlight on the challenges facing children, including poor literacy and numeracy skills, poverty, distrust, and other difficult issues. Practical strategies are presented to help disadvantaged children and youth to overcome societal and self-imposed barriers for improvement. A detailed review and assessment is provided of the efficacy of Irelands Youth Encounter Projects. This important resource focuses on what works and what does not in youth services. At-Risk Childrenand Youth closely examines at-risk factors and what it specifically means to be at-risk. Going further beyond the standard risk factors usually considered such as drug use or dropping-out of school, this probing text explores the full range of factors and coping and healing mechanisms. The author challenges several of the views and beliefs about risk and resiliency generally held by many in child and youth services and in society. This book is extensively referenced and includes helpful figures tables to clearly present information. Topics in At-Risk Childrenand Youth include:detailed breakdown of terms for risk behaviors and predictors of riskthe issues of social class and social exclusionthe impact of school difficulties on students, including truancy and poor academic standingbuilding on student strengthsthe quality of the entirety of the school experience as a determination of successstrategies for interventiona review of various literature on risk and resiliencya relational research model, including methodology and ethical issuesdescription and functions of Youth Encounter Projectsand an assessment of their valueat-risk youth perceptions of risk, in their own wordsresults of risk studies over the past decaderecommended changes in policiesAt-Risk Childrenand Youth is a valuable addition to the libraries of educators, students, and child and youth service providers everywhere.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with At-Risk Children and Youth: Resiliency Explored. To get started finding At-Risk Children and Youth: Resiliency Explored, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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