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University of California Press Balancing Acts
Book SynopsisAn examination of children of immigrants in New York and London. Using ethnographic, survey, and interview data in two racially diverse, low-achieving high schools, it analyzes seemingly oppositional styles, tastes in music, and school behaviors and finds that most teens try to find a balance between success with peers and success in school.Trade Review"[A book that] pushes boundaries in ethnography on urban youths by examining culture beyond 'values' and 'codes'." -- Victor Rios American Journal Of Sociology
£27.00
Wiley Adolescent Development
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Wiley Bwell Hnbk Adolescence
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a team of psychologists to provide an overview of adolescent development. The contributions cover a wide range of topics, including those of most importance to basic or applied research and policy formulation.Trade Review"Including contributions by both venerated scholars in the field and promising up-and-coming researchers, this well organized volume presents dense summaries of current research in specific areas of adolescent development ... Another bonus: contributors include sociologists and social workers; the editors note that such colloborations are necessary to conduct good research and influence public policy. Summing Up: Essential. All collections supporting work at the upper-division undergraduate level and above." S. K. Hall, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Choice, December 2003 "With the strong emphasis in the book on theory and reviewing the research literature, students and trainees in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines should find it very useful." Ali El-Hadi, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, January 2004Table of ContentsList of Contributors viii Introduction by the Editors xxi Part I: Biological and Genetic Processes 1 1 Behavior Genetics and Adolescent Development: A Review of Recent Literature 3Joseph Lee Rodgers and David E. Bard 2 Pubertal Processes and Physiological Growth in Adolescence 24Andrea Bastiani Archibald, Julia A. Graber, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Part II: The Social Context of Adolescence 49 3 Religious Development in Adolescence 51Geoffrey L. Ream and Ritch C. Savin-Williams 4 The Family Ecology of Adolescence: A Dynamic Systems Perspective on Normative Development 60Isabela Granic, Thomas J. Dishion, and Tom Hollenstein 5 Enhancing Adolescent Development through Sports and Leisure 92Steven J. Danish, Tanya E. Taylor, and Robert J. Fazio 6 The World of Work and Careers 109Fred W. Vondracek and Erik J. Porfeli 7 Schools as Developmental Contexts 129Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Robert W. Roeser 8 College as a Transition to Adulthood 149Marilyn J. Montgomery and James E. Cote Part III: Developmental Patterns and Processes 173 9 Autonomy Development during Adolescence 175Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck and W. Andrew Collins 10 Identity Development during Adolescence 205Jane Kroger 11 Cognitive Development during Adolescence 227James P. Byrnes 12 Moral Development during Adolescence 247Judith G. Smetana and Elliot Turiel 13 Emotional Development in Adolescence 269Gianine D. Rosenblum and Michael Lewis 14 Self-Concept and Self-Esteem Development 290Jerome B. Dusek and Julie Guay McIntyre Part IV: Personal Relationships 311 15 Dating and Romantic Experiences in Adolescence 313Heather A. Bouchey and Wyndol Furman 16 Friendships, Cliques, and Crowds 330B. Bradford Brown and Christa Klute 17 Relationships Outside the Family: Unrelated Adults 349Nancy Darling, Stephen F. Hamilton, and Katherine Hames Shaver 18 Adolescent Sexuality: Behavior and Meaning 371Lisa J. Crockett, Marcela Raffaelli, and Kristin L. Moilanen 19 The Intimate Relationships of Sexual-Minority Youths 393Lisa M. Diamond and Ritch C. Savin-Williams Part V: Problem Behaviors 413 20 Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing 415Brent C. Miller, Bruce K. Bayley, Mathew Christensen, Spencer C. Leavitt, and Diana D. Coyl 21 Alcohol and Other Substance Use and Abuse 450Michael Windle and Rebecca C. Windle 22 Understanding Conduct Problems in Adolescence from a Lifespan Perspective 470Deborah M. Capaldi and Joann Wu Shortt 23 Leaving Home: The Runaway and the Forgotten Throwaway 494Thomas P. Gullotta 24 Crime, Delinquency, and Youth Gangs 502Daniel J. Flannery, David L. Hussey, Laurie Biebelhausen, and Kelly L. Wester 25 Eating Disorders in Adolescence 523Janet Polivy, C. Peter Herman, Jennifer S. Mills, and Heather B. Wheeler 26 Depression and Suicide during Adolescence 550Alesha D. Seroczynski, Farrah M. Jacquez, and David A. Cole 27 Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Adolescents: Risk Factors, Antecedents, and Prevention Strategies 573Ralph J. DiClemente and Richard A. Crosby Author Index 606 Subject Index 634
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Harvard University Press The Kindness of Children
Book SynopsisVisiting a London nursery school, Paley observes the schoolchildren's reception of another visitor, a handicapped boy named Teddy. A predicament arises, and the children's response offers Paley the purest evidence of kindness she has ever seen.Trade ReviewIn this book about the kindness of children, witnessed by Paley in classrooms from a remote rural community on Lake Superior to London, she captures the urgency and precision in the stories they tell in her program...Paley tells these stories to her 97-year-old mother, who likens them to Hasidic storytelling, in which the author recounts stories of holy men doing mitzvoth or good deeds. "Children are eager," Paley writes, "to take part in another's stories so that they may fill in the empty spaces." Paley is a fine writer who has learned in her life of observation how to let the subject drive the story and how to be a vulnerable player as well. It's hard to live up to the sheer nobility of children, but Paley is its scholar. -- Susan Salter Reynolds * Los Angeles Times Book Review *Paley's method is to weave intimate stories about her story-filled classroom. The vignettes that result are ideally suited to her subject. Her classroom scenes, by capturing with precision the 3-foot-high child's-eye view, bring down to earth what risks sounding like a romantically sweeping credo about salvation through narration. Actual kindergartners swapping tales makes for more interesting and credible confusion than that. In Paley's pages, the familiar chatter of childhood becomes a quilt, scrappy but well sewn together, of journeys into a world that bewilders but also beckons children to join it...In The Kindness of Children, Paley...showcases a collection of...polished gems about children's "spontaneous acts of goodness," which she has gathered and retold as she goes about her emeritus career of lecturing and visiting schools. The tales in themselves are often quite moving--the paraplegic boy radiant at being included in a pretend game of "store"; the tough boy who whispers saving advice to a child on the brink of collapse; the girl who is suddenly overwhelmed with a feeling of generosity on a crowded bus. -- Ann Hulbert * New York Times Book Review *Vivian Paley, an author and former kindergarten teacher whose latest book, The Kindness of Children, is an exploration of children's impulsive goodness, contends that although each child comes into the world with an instinct for kindness, it is a lesson that must be reinforced at every turn. -- Barbara Mahany * Chicago Tribune *Paley, the author of numerous popular books and the recipient of a MacArthur genius grant, tells stories about children that will make you see kids in a new light. This book is filled with evidence of the surprising goodness of little boys and girls. A delightful read. -- Susan K. Perry * L. A. Parent *Vivian Gussin Paley's The Kindness of Children is the kind of book that once occupied a place on student teachers' shelves, where now you find only textbooks about the mechanics of the craft. It starts with an encounter in a London nursery between the children and a visiting child who has a severe disability. They display astonishing kindness, not to say inventiveness, in the way they include him in their play. Through the rest of the book the author tells how she went from town to town in Britain and the US, telling the story and receiving a host of interesting and moving reactions. This is one for half-term, a recharger of spiritual batteries. -- Gerald Haigh * Times Educational Supplement *This book will appeal to those who have followed Paley's writing throughout the years, and to teachers and professionals who work with young children. It reveals the important ways in which children can have an impact on our lives. It is also an important reminder, to all of us, of the power of mitzvot, good deeds, and the wonderful things that can happen with an act of kindness. * Harvard Educational Review *Whether she's reflecting on a rural Michigan boy who pretends for an entire year to be a truck or talking with her mother, who delights in making a new friend at the retirement home, Paley is a thoughtful reporter and commentator on human interaction and its inevitable sidekick, emotional growth. * Mercury News *[Paley] is surely one of our best teachers, one who has never stopped learning. * hipMama.com *In this enchanting and edifying book, [Paley] revels in what she has seen happen in schools when she has given children the chance to make up stories and have their classmates dramatize them. Paley observes: "these spontaneous storytellers create little homes for one another where everyone can imagine playing a role and no one is left out." Using a variety of the children's tales as examples, the author celebrates the ability of kids to create moments of happiness and hopefulness for each other. * Spirituality and Health Online *[The Kindness of Children] is a subtle, psychologically and imaginatively rich guide to one of the important ways in which children learn how to be more fully human: namely, kindness. Paley, a former kindergarten teacher, a MacArthur Award recipient, and the prolific author of many books about children and education, describes how very young students transform themselves and one another by taking in, narrating, and sometimes dramatically acting out tales of kindness and other acts of goodness. * Kirkus Reviews *This is an extraordinarily suggestive book, written for all of us who are interested in children and their educational lives. The author is an American treasure. -- Robert Coles, Harvard University
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Harvard University Press Stand by Me
Book SynopsisThis book describes the extraordinary potential that exists in youth mentoring relationships, and discloses the ways in which nonparent adults are uniquely positioned to encourage adolescent development. Yet the book also exposes a rarely acknowledged risk: unsuccessful relationships can actually harm at-risk youth.Trade ReviewEveryone who cares for and worries about today's youth--parents, teachers, program operators, policy makers, funders and citizens who want to make a difference--should read this book. It not only provides useful advice about mentoring programs, but reminds us of the essential role that relationships with outsiders play in successful human development. -- Gary Walker, President, Public/Private VenturesStand by Me provides the clearest presentation of mentoring theory and research I have seen. And importantly, it gives practical guidelines for increasing mentoring's impact on youth. I highly recommend this engaging and readable book not only to mentors and mentoring organizations, but also to all adults who work with our nation's youth. -- Peter L. Benson, President, Search InstituteJean Rhodes' Stand by Me is an important, insightful, creatively integrative, and engagingly written book. Rhodes has discussed with great precision the breadth and depth of academic theory and research pertinent to youth mentoring. In addition, she conveys a sophisticated understanding of the forces within the policy making community and among youth-serving professionals that, together, place a great burden on mentoring to provide a solution to the challenges to healthy development confronting America's young people. -- Richard M. Lerner, Tufts UniversityStand by Me is a treasure trove of ideas for adults who want to make a difference in the lives of young people. Jean Rhodes' research and synthesis of the "do's and don'ts" of mentoring will help create the types of meaningful bonds between young people and others that will help them thrive, not simply survive. The book contains useful, important information about when and why mentoring works. She explains the quality of relationships needed to create the types of bonds that matter. -- Karen Hein, M.D., President, William T. Grant FoundationThis extraordinary book is a must read for anyone involved in youth mentoring. Jean Rhodes' wonderfully lucid writing and wise reflections on years of research illuminate how mentoring works---and how it can be improved. -- Judith Vredenburgh, Executive Director and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of AmericaEveryone who cares about expanding the availability of quality mentoring should read this book. It reaffirms that we must continue to seek creative ways to meet the wide array of mentoring needs that exist among this country's wonderful young people. -- Geoffrey T. Boisi, Chairman, National Mentoring PartnershipWith over two million young people now involved in an adult volunteer program and further growth expected, mentoring is an important topic. Here Rhodes...well summarizes the results of her decade-long analysis, as well as other studies...of what exactly makes youth mentoring programs effective...Demonstrating strong research and writing skills, Rhodes also defines mentoring, discusses some of the social and political factors that have heightened interest in mentoring, reviews the risks of these relationships, highlights some of the lessons from behavioral therapy that might be profitably applied to mentoring, and makes recommendations for further research. Highly recommended. -- Dale Farris * Library Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Inventing a Promising Future 2. How Successful Mentoring Works 3. The Risks of Relationship 4. Going the Distance 5. Mentoring in Perspective Notes Acknowledgments Index
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Harvard University Press Working and Growing Up in America
Book SynopsisShould teenagers have jobs while they're in high school? Doesn't working distract them from schoolwork, cause long-term problem behaviors, and precipitate a precocious transition to adulthood? This report from a longitudinal study of 1,000 students, followed from the beginning of high school through their mid-twenties, answers, resoundingly, no.Trade ReviewMortimer…reports here on the findings from her multiyear longitudinal study, which followed the lives of 1000 students from their first year of high school to their mid-twenties… The study does convincingly demonstrate that part-time employment not only supplements a teen’s learning process but also bolsters self-confidence, socialization, time-management skills, career exploration, and responsibility… This book is readable and interesting and will likely serve as the underpinning for research in an array of disciplines. -- Mark Alan Williams * Library Journal *Mortimer found that high-schoolers who work in moderation, on average 20 hours or less a week during the school year, were more likely to go on to college and receive a degree compared with both their peers who did not work and those who worked more than 20 hours a week. She also concludes that a part-time job can increase confidence, teach teenagers how to manage time and help them think about what kind of work they want to do as adults. In the academic and public policy debates about the value of teenage work, her book offers support for what many parents have long suspected: A job often can be a good thing. -- Maja Beckstrom * St. Paul Pioneer Press *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Should Adolescents Work? 2. The Youth Development Study 3. Time Allocation and Quality of Work 4. The Ecology of Youthwork 5. Precursors of Investment in Work 6. Working and Adolescent Development 7. The Transition to Adulthood 8. Working and Becoming Adult Appendix: Panel Selection Notes References Index
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Harvard University Press Assessing Child Survival Programs in Developing
Book SynopsisAssessing Child Survival Programs in Developing Countries provides local health system managers with basic principles for rapid precise program monitoring and evaluation in difficult tropical conditions.
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Harvard University Press A Doctor of Their Own
Book SynopsisThe first book to trace the history of adolescent medicine, A Doctor of Their Own draws on oral histories of physicians in the field, patient records from adolescent medical facilities, medical and popular advice literature, and letters from teenagers and their parents.Trade Review[Prescott] reviews the social and medical events that focused the national agenda on addressing problems unique to teenagers, and she relates the early work of the founder of adolescent medicine, J. Roswell Gallagher, and his clinic at the Boston Children's Hospital in 1952. The final chapter tracks the conceptual changes in adolescent medicine since the 1960s up to its establishment as a board-certified medical subspecialty of pediatrics in 1991. A well-written analysis and clear narrative of the development of adolescent medicine. -- G. Eknoyan * Choice *In her fascinating study of the emergence of adolescent medicine, Heather Munro Prescott describes...the history of medicine from the perspective of social history...[She] reveals much about experts' views of adolescence and the role of medicine in coping with youthful angst, illness, and rebellion in the twentieth century...Prescott's thoughtful rendering of the interplay between teens, their parents, and medical professionals further underscores the relevance of the history of medicine to the social history of childhood and adolescence. -- Julia Grant * H-Net Reviews *Prescott's strengths lie in her clarity, thoroughness and willingness to expand from her case study to cover the entire century. Throughout, she pays appropriate attention to the social context within which adolescent medicine developed, so readers are taken not only through the politics of the profession but into the culture of early-twentieth-century anti-modernism and the critiques of post-Second World War suburbia. -- Matthew Hilton * Medical History *
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Harvard University Press Older and Wiser
Book SynopsisAdult volunteers try to do their part by mentoring young people in need, but ample empirical research shows that their efforts rarely pay off. Psychologist Jean Rhodes offers evidence-based suggestions for better mentorship. Above all, she argues, mentors should focus on building rapport while also teaching useful skills.Trade ReviewRhodes has demonstrated why she is regarded as the foremost authority on youth mentoring in the U.S. and internationally. Her singularly broad and deep knowledge of the science and her unparalleled understanding of the program and policy implications of mentoring research are crystallized magnificently in this important and timely book. Accessible to scholars, practitioners, students, parents, and other caregivers, this book will quickly be seen as a classic. -- Richard M. Lerner, Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts UniversityRhodes is not only a pioneer in mentoring research but she has always looked around corners for where the power of relationships can be harnessed most effectively so our young people can thrive and strive. She sheds light on innovative approaches that can amplify and refine mentoring to do what it has the potential to do at its best: provide the connections that meet young people where they are with the personalized support we all need for healthy development. -- David Shapiro, CEO, MENTOR: The National Mentoring PartnershipThe definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. In Older and Wiser, Rhodes forces us to slam the brakes on ineffective practices; not to blame or criticize but to prove and improve an industry that is devoted to the potential of our nation’s children. We’re thrilled to watch how this candid new research and the author’s concrete recommendations will disrupt and redefine how to build social capital and create new pathways to opportunity for youth in greatest need. -- Michael D. Smith, Executive Director, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, and Director of Youth Opportunity Programs, The Obama FoundationThis engaging and well-written book is a significant advance in our understanding of when and how mentoring matters. Mentoring is widely recommended as a strategy to help disadvantaged kids get a fairer start in life, but research has often failed to support that strategy, because of conceptual confusion about what ‘mentoring’ means. Jean Rhodes’s new book clears away this confusion and lays the foundations for an approach to mentoring that is both rigorous and rich in new ideas. -- Robert D. Putnam, author of Our Kids: The American Dream in CrisisA wonderfully thoughtful, engaging, and interesting read. With a lifetime devoted to the study of mentoring, Rhodes delivers a powerful assessment of what is needed to best help young people today. She challenges us to consider a supportive accountability model focused on technology-delivered interventions that may significantly improve outcomes for mentees. -- Pam Iorio, President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
£15.15
Harvard University Press Divided Families
Book SynopsisThis text argues that despite the upset children experience after parental separation, most adapt successfully provided the mother is secure both financially and psychologically, and conflict between parents is low. The usual casualty of divorce is a declining relationship between father and child.
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Princeton University Press Jabotinskys Children Polish Jews and the Rise of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Scholarship""Winner of the 2018 J.I. Segal English Non-fiction Award on a Jewish Theme, Jewish Public Library""Winner of the 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Modern Jewish History and Culture: Europe and Israel, Association for Jewish Studies""Heller has used rare archival sources in Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew to reclaim little-known events in Poland before the Shoah and to produce a highly original work. Jabotinsky's Children is a tremendous contribution to our understanding of the origins of the Zionist Right."---Colin Shindler, Times Literary Supplement"This is a most provocative, solid scholarly work on a heretofore little-explored topic in 20th-century Polish-Jewish and Zionist history." * Publishers Weekly *"A meticulously researched and elegantly crafted monograph, not the least virtue of which is its deep mining of sources in several languages across several continents."---Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher Education"Heller works tirelessly to uncover the voices of ordinary Betar members through their letters and diaries and autobiographies in an attempt to understand the distinctively Polish roots of right‐wing Zionism and how it developed between the two world wars in Poland under Jabotinsky's leadership."---Elaine Margolin, Jerusalem Post"Heller's account offers a corrective, shining new light on how Jews, especially Jewish youth, in Poland actually perceived their political and social options, and how they made sense of their shifting world."---Sarah Zarrow, Yiddish Studies"This book really does shine something of an illuminating light on the spectre of ever increasing right-wing fundamentalism throughout Europe and the U.S. . . . Jabotinsky's Children will undoubtedly trigger much debate, which, to varying degrees, can only be a good thing."---David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews"Drawing on a broad array of impressive sources, including private correspondence, party journals and publications, police reports, and autobiographies, Heller provides a new and refreshing approach to Zionist history by focusing on Jabotinsky’s followers, rather than the man himself."---Rachel Rothstein, H-Poland"[Heller’s] objective tone throughout the volume assures the reader of his analytical talent and gives the reader confidence that the author’s future work will be as comprehensive and compelling."---Sean Martin, H-Net Reviews"An excellent study. . . . The author emerges as an extremely skilled historian with a penchant for acute analysis and objective interpretation of facts. His work deserves the highest praise."---Piotr Puchalski, Polish ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Note on Terms xiii Introduction 1 1 Jabotinsky Encounters Polish Jewish Youth 28 2 Little Fascists? 68 3 Obedient Children, Reckless Rebels 104 4 Poland, Palestine, and the Politics of Belonging 133 5 Taming the Shtetl 167 6 Terror 201 Epilogue 237 Notes 255 Bibliography 291 Index 313
£29.75
Princeton University Press Jabotinskys Children
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Scholarship""Winner of the 2018 J.I. Segal English Non-fiction Award on a Jewish Theme, Jewish Public Library""Winner of the 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Modern Jewish History and Culture: Europe and Israel, Association for Jewish Studies""Heller has used rare archival sources in Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew to reclaim little-known events in Poland before the Shoah and to produce a highly original work. Jabotinsky's Children is a tremendous contribution to our understanding of the origins of the Zionist Right."---Colin Shindler, Times Literary Supplement"This is a most provocative, solid scholarly work on a heretofore little-explored topic in 20th-century Polish-Jewish and Zionist history." * Publishers Weekly *"A meticulously researched and elegantly crafted monograph, not the least virtue of which is its deep mining of sources in several languages across several continents."---Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher Education"Heller works tirelessly to uncover the voices of ordinary Betar members through their letters and diaries and autobiographies in an attempt to understand the distinctively Polish roots of right‐wing Zionism and how it developed between the two world wars in Poland under Jabotinsky's leadership."---Elaine Margolin, Jerusalem Post"Heller's account offers a corrective, shining new light on how Jews, especially Jewish youth, in Poland actually perceived their political and social options, and how they made sense of their shifting world."---Sarah Zarrow, Yiddish Studies"This book really does shine something of an illuminating light on the spectre of ever increasing right-wing fundamentalism throughout Europe and the U.S. . . . Jabotinsky's Children will undoubtedly trigger much debate, which, to varying degrees, can only be a good thing."---David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews"Drawing on a broad array of impressive sources, including private correspondence, party journals and publications, police reports, and autobiographies, Heller provides a new and refreshing approach to Zionist history by focusing on Jabotinsky’s followers, rather than the man himself."---Rachel Rothstein, H-Poland"[Heller’s] objective tone throughout the volume assures the reader of his analytical talent and gives the reader confidence that the author’s future work will be as comprehensive and compelling."---Sean Martin, H-Net Reviews"An excellent study. . . . The author emerges as an extremely skilled historian with a penchant for acute analysis and objective interpretation of facts. His work deserves the highest praise."---Piotr Puchalski, Polish Review
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Representations of Youth
Book SynopsisRepresentations of Youth examines the various constructions of 'youth' and 'adolescence' in recent British and North American research. Mainstream and radical approaches have presented a series of 'crises' about young people in relation to, among other things, unemployment, 'teenage pregnancy' and 'delinquency'.Trade Review".A wide-ranging review.clearly written and largely succesful in simplifying what are often far from simple arguments." Youth and Policy. "Engaging with a strong challenging text shakes up complacency and encourages the clarification of ideas. This book will facilitate such an exercise and for this reason alone should be considered essential reading for students of sociology, education, psychology and cultural studies. ... The compilation of so many research studies concerning young people, drawn from such different academic perspectives, means that the book also provides an invaluable resource for cross-disciplinary exploration of the many issues that impinge on both gender and education." Gender and Education . "It provides a review of most of the major research efforts in [Britain and America] in the last decade. More importantly it places that effort in both a political and a theoretical context. In doing so it challenges the assumptions underlying both mainstream and radical discourses." Gary Easthorpe, University of Tasmania . "Her presentation of youth research as discourses with ideological implications is thoughtful and scholarly written. ... An important book...." Educational Review .Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Starting Points and Reservations: A Century of Adolescence: From 1880 to 1980 2. Schooling for the Scrap-heap: Research on the 'Transition from School to Work' 3. Constructing the Crisis: The Impact of Youth Unemployment 4. Bad Boys and Invisible Girls: Youth, Crime and 'Delinquency' 5. The Threat of 'Unstructured Free Time': Young People and Leisure in the 1980s 6. Young People and the 'Private Sphere': Family Life and Sexuality 7. Recovery and Survival: Youth Research after Thatcher and Reagan Glossary References
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Youth
Book SynopsisAn original presentation of the concept of youth - an exciting rethinking of the social construction of 'youth' that explores new ways of theorizing youth without prejudice or lumping 'young people' together as one uniform category.Trade Review"Youth usefully embeds the category of youth within wider debates in the social sciences, indicating how they have either addressed the question of youth, or could be extrapolated to have something to add to theoretical approaches to youth." British Journal of Sociology of Education "The particular value of Jones' approach is that it moves easily between social, cultural and psychoanalytical theorists to reveal what nuggets of value they hold in relation to young people." Shane Blackman, Canterbury Christ Church University for Sociology "It's all here, including the kitchen sink. Everything you ever wanted to know about youth and a few other things you hadn't thought of can be found between the pages of this book." Mary Jane Kehily, The Open University for Sociology "A very handy little book for anyone who wants a simple but comprehensive introduction to the social scientific study of youth." Tracy Shildrick, University of Teeside for Sociology "An excellent textbook that will be used at many levels of study (and, I imagine, teaching!)." Howard Williamson, University of Glamorgan for Sociology “In the latest of what has been a series of path-breaking discussions of the subject, Gill Jones cuts through the complexity of ‘youth’ to give an easily accessible account of the evolving theories in the field and the evidence that can be marshalled in support of each of them. The breadth of her scholarship draws upon the wider framework of globalisation, and the social, demographic and cultural upheavals in the context of young people’s lives.” John Bynner, University of London "Jones has written a much-needed book that will help take the burgeoning field of youth studies to a more mature and intellectually stimulating level. Her book will become THE text to use in advanced courses as students and teachers co-construct the various issues and debates that have emerged as academics have attempted to come to grips with the thorny issues inherent in understanding the changing nature of youth in changing societies." James Côté, University of Western Ontario "After over twenty years of empirical research and thoughtful analysis on the subject of this book Professor Jones has distilled her considerable experience into an authoritative text that will help countless students to write their essays and, I suspect, many of their teachers to prepare their lectures. Gill Jones has established herself as the doyenne of the sociology of youth." Ray Pahl, University of EssexTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vi 1 What is ‘Youth’? 1 2 Youth as Action 30 3 Youth as Identity 58 4 Youth as Transition 84 5 Youth and Inequality 112 6 Youth and Dependence 140 7 Youth in Society 164 Notes 184 References 188 Index 214
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Youth Cultures in China
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast? What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of intense globalization and exposure to different cultures? This fascinating and informative book explores the lives of Chinese youth and examines their experiences, the ways in which they are represented in the media, and their interactions with old and, especially, new media. The authors describe and analyze complex entanglements among family, school, workplace and the state, engaging with the multiplicity of Chinese youth cultures. Their case studies include, among others, the romantic fantasies articulated by pop idols in TV dramas in contrast with young students working hard for their entrance exams and dream careers. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of youth culture, the sociology of youth and China studies more broadly. By showing how Chinese youth negotiate these regimes by carving out their own temporary spaces from becoming a goldfarmer in a virtual economy to performing as a cosplayer this book ultimately poses the question: Will the current system be able to accommodate this rapidly increasing diversity?Trade Review“Using an innovative methodology including interviews and ethnographic studies, the authors have given us a complex study of youth cultures. They do an excellent job of examining important and understudied issues such as media representations of youth in contemporary popular and digital culture.”Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California “In this interrogation of the multiplicity of youth cultures in China, the authors ditch familiar stereotypes of China’s youth to explore how young urban people are charting challenging paths for China’s future. Based largely on ethnographic research, this book will appeal to non-specialist readers as well as students of contemporary Chinese culture and society.”Harriet Evans, University of Westminster "Jeroen de Kloet and Anthony Y. H. Fung provide a sophisticated and erudite account of how appropriations and localisations of international digital technologies, music trends and fashion styles enable Chinese youth to experiment with "spontaneous" and "unpredictable" identities and embodiments as they navigate through cultural spaces [… They] surmise that Chinese youth can think, feel and act imaginatively and critically so as to anticipate and aspire to a politics of the future as difference […] which could have political consequences in years to come."Journal of Contemporary AsiaTable of Contents Map Chronology Acknowledgements Introduction: Youth in China No More Revolution Youth Scapes Changing Youth Values The Chapters Creative Warfare Chapter 1: Youth and Power: Education, Family, and the State Introduction Political Values and Party Membership Family and Familism Pedagogy and Education Conclusion Chapter 2: Dressing up the Future: Chinese Youth Today Introduction Global Inauthenticities Fashion Styles Sonic Styles Digital Styles Conclusion Chapter 3: Localization of Regional Culture Introduction Localizing TV format from without Regional TV Formats and Class Re-imagination Running Man: The Turn to Gamification Popular Music and Fandom The Chinese AKB48: irrelevance to politics TFBoys and Korean Imagination Conclusion Chapter 4 Chinese Heteronormativity and Its Discontents Introduction Chinese Genders? Heteronormative Aspirations I: Survey Findings Heteronormative Aspirations II: Media Representations Unsettling Heteronormativity I: Romance Comedy Unsettling Heteronormativity II: Queer China Unsettling Heteronormativity III: Sex and Feminism Conclusion Chapter 5: Mobility, Marginalization and Desire Introduction Migrant Youth, Representation and Desire Migrant Youth as Media Producers Migrant Youth and New Media Technologies Gaming and Immaterial Labour Goldfarming versus Farming From Village to Art Village: New Spaces and Mobility Conclusion Conclusion: Youth and Hope References
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Youth Cultures in China
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast? What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of intense globalization and exposure to different cultures? This fascinating and informative book explores the lives of Chinese youth and examines their experiences, the ways in which they are represented in the media, and their interactions with old and, especially, new media. The authors describe and analyze complex entanglements among family, school, workplace and the state, engaging with the multiplicity of Chinese youth cultures. Their case studies include, among others, the romantic fantasies articulated by pop idols in TV dramas in contrast with young students working hard for their entrance exams and dream careers. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of youth culture, the sociology of youth and China studies more broadly. By showing how Chinese youth negotiate these regimes by carving out their own temporarTrade Review“Using an innovative methodology including interviews and ethnographic studies, the authors have given us a complex study of youth cultures. They do an excellent job of examining important and understudied issues such as media representations of youth in contemporary popular and digital culture.”Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California “In this interrogation of the multiplicity of youth cultures in China, the authors ditch familiar stereotypes of China’s youth to explore how young urban people are charting challenging paths for China’s future. Based largely on ethnographic research, this book will appeal to non-specialist readers as well as students of contemporary Chinese culture and society.”Harriet Evans, University of Westminster"Jeroen de Kloet and Anthony Y. H. Fung provide a sophisticated and erudite account of how appropriations and localisations of international digital technologies, music trends and fashion styles enable Chinese youth to experiment with "spontaneous" and "unpredictable" identities and embodiments as they navigate through cultural spaces [… They] surmise that Chinese youth can think, feel and act imaginatively and critically so as to anticipate and aspire to a politics of the future as difference […] which could have political consequences in years to come."Journal of Contemporary AsiaTable of Contents Map Chronology Acknowledgements Introduction: Youth in China No More Revolution Youth Scapes Changing Youth Values The Chapters Creative Warfare Chapter 1: Youth and Power: Education, Family, and the State Introduction Political Values and Party Membership Family and Familism Pedagogy and Education Conclusion Chapter 2: Dressing up the Future: Chinese Youth Today Introduction Global Inauthenticities Fashion Styles Sonic Styles Digital Styles Conclusion Chapter 3: Localization of Regional Culture Introduction Localizing TV format from without Regional TV Formats and Class Re-imagination Running Man: The Turn to Gamification Popular Music and Fandom The Chinese AKB48: irrelevance to politics TFBoys and Korean Imagination Conclusion Chapter 4 Chinese Heteronormativity and Its Discontents Introduction Chinese Genders? Heteronormative Aspirations I: Survey Findings Heteronormative Aspirations II: Media Representations Unsettling Heteronormativity I: Romance Comedy Unsettling Heteronormativity II: Queer China Unsettling Heteronormativity III: Sex and Feminism Conclusion Chapter 5: Mobility, Marginalization and Desire Introduction Migrant Youth, Representation and Desire Migrant Youth as Media Producers Migrant Youth and New Media Technologies Gaming and Immaterial Labour Goldfarming versus Farming From Village to Art Village: New Spaces and Mobility Conclusion Conclusion: Youth and Hope References
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Caught in the Middle
Book SynopsisTakes a hard look at the consequences of intense conflict between divorced parents This book explores both the causes and consequences of high-level, stressful conflict between divorced parents on their children''s development. It also provides concrete advice to help parents work together to the benefit of all involved, most importantly the children.Trade Review"A timely, practical book. It is clearly written; comples family dynamics are well illustrated and made understandable...a valuable source book for legal and mental health professionals, as well as parents themselves." --Janet R. Johnston, Ph.D., Center for the Family in Transition and co-author of Impasses of DivorceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments v 1 Introduction 1 2 Why Work It Out? 11 3 Understanding Conflict Developmentally 29 4 How to Assess Conflict 41 5 Normal Visitation versus Conflict Visitation 51 6 Identifying and Understanding Parental Alienation 65 7 A Comprehensive Intervention Model for Parental Alienation 83 8 Creating a Parenting Plan for High-Conflict Divorce 101 9 Implementing the Parenting Plan 127 Appendix A: Parenting Plan 155 Appendix B: Parenting Checklist 162 Appendix C: Parenting Coordinator Agreement 168 References 173 Bibliography 178 Index 181
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Angry Young Men How Parents Teachers and
Book SynopsisOffers practical advice for parents, teachers, counselors, community leaders, and justice professionals those who wants to help at risk boys become strong, productive, caring, and compassionate men.Trade Review“…presented several ideas worthy of consideration…” (Youth & Policy, No. 83)Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Bad Boys. Living in a House on Fire. Slipping Through the Cracks at School. Mean Streets. Juvenile Injustice. Drugs and Criminalization. Youth Corrections and Gangs. The American Gulag. From Bad Boys to Good Men. Honoring the Spirit of Young Men. Notes. Electronic Resources. About the Author. Index.
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Baker Publishing Group Adoptive Church
Book SynopsisOutreach 2019 Recommended Resource of the Year (Youth and Children)Teens and emerging adults don''t feel at home in the church because they are not fully included in the church body. How can congregations nurture young adults, welcome them as siblings into God''s household, and empower them to become fully embedded contributors within and to their faith community?Integrating the latest research on adolescent faith and young adult ministry for the local church, this book presents a new way of thinking about youth ministry. Chap Clark offers today''s youth leaders highly practical principles based on his extensive experience, showing how they can implement a sustainable youth ministry program in their local church. He presents the adoptive youth ministry model as a way to help congregations see youth ministry as a bridge to inclusion, participation, and contribution in the body of Christ. Clark''s comprehensive plan for designTable of ContentsContentsForeword Steven ArgueWelcome to the Adoptive Church1. Creating an Adoptive Youth MinistryPart 1: The Goal of an Adoptive Church2. Adoptive Youth Ministry: From Me to Us3. Creating Environments Where Faith Families Flourish4. Making Disciples among Siblings: The Adoptive Process of Christian Formation5. The Goal of Ministry in an Adoptive ChurchPart 2: The Structure of Adoptive Youth Ministry6. Implementing Adoptive Youth Ministry7. The Power of Partners8. Building Your Ministry TeamPart 3: The Fundamental Practices of Adoptive Churches9. Nurture and the Ministry of Going10. Beyond Participation: The Power of Empowerment11. Adoptive Youth Ministry and the Challenge of ChangeAppendix: Adoptive Church 101Index
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University of Toronto Press Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth
Book SynopsisTimely in subject and original in perspective, Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth challenges what popular media refer to as a 'youth problem.'
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University of Toronto Press Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth
Book SynopsisMichael Ungar''s Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth is the first text in its field to examine resilience as a social construct; it offers a comprehensive theory of resilience and a model for the application of this theory to direct practice with high-risk youth in clinical, residential, and community settings.Ungar''s analysis of resilience and approach to intervention focuses on the unique group of youth who are labeled dangerous, deviant, delinquent, and disordered. He explores how these youth discover and maintain well-being through discursive empowerment: using detailed case studies, Ungar finds that high-risk youth explain their problematic behaviours, such as gang affiliations and drug and alcohol use, as strategic ways to compose healthy stories about themselves that bring them experiences of control and acceptance. Unlike most extant literature on risk and resiliency, Ungar''s text provides a novel and fresh approach to the resiliency construct and,
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Stanford University Press Passionate Uprisings
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mahdavi's Tehran orgy signals a profound shift in post-revolutionary Iran, as young adults in a young world (two-thirds of the Iranian population consists of urbanites under 30) challenge the regime, although not by anything so political as street rebellion or samizdat pamphleteering. Their preferred methods of protest are sexual adventurism -- the orgy or drug and booze-fuelled party -- and sexual self-expression of a more subtle kind: skimpy underwear, worn beneath the hijab, sends a f..k-you message to the morality police and plants a sly inward smile on the face of the wearer. Passionate Uprisings will...dispel the ignorance in the West about Iran, its people and their tragedy. It should also check any residual sympathy anti-American Westerners may hold for the regime simply on account of its belligerence towards President George W. Bush. This is a cruel regime, loathed by its young citizenry, but it will not prove easy to dislodge." —The Australian"The book is in essence an academic work but it will attract the general reader with its occasionally titillating subject matter (she does not shy away from describing sexual encounters and orgies). For Mahdavi's thesis is that the changes in sexual practices and in the sartorial choices of Iran's youth indicate a 'revolution' of conscious resistance to the regime." —Financial Times"Part academic treatise, part titillation, Mahdavi's work argues that the social and sexual practices of the urban young adults 'who comprise two-thirds of Iran's population' constitute a form of political dissent and rebellion. While the punishments for premarital sex, drinking and dancing are severe, the author, a journalist and assistant professor of anthropology at Pomona College, captures a hedonistic, postadolescent and pure pop culture spirit, reflecting the interests and activities of the 'highly mobile, highly educated... underemployed' and secular young Tehranis she followed over a seven-year period." —Publishers Weekly"Passionate Uprisings offers a unique and amazing look into the ongoing Iranian sexual revolution. That's right—hot sex in the Islamic Republic! Mahdavi documents the secret parties, trysts, and even orgies of rebellious Iranian youth, constantly asking whether a sexual revolution can evolve into a political one. As a close friend of her informants and often a participant in their high-jinks, she's the perfect companion on this unlikely journey—sympathetic, knowledgeable and super-smart!" —Barbara Ehrenreich, best-selling author of Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream (2005)"Passionate Uprisings carves a clear trail through the jungle of ideology about life in modern-day Iran, and breaks new ground to show how sex is used by young people in a Muslim country to resist political oppression. A fascinating book unlike any other." —Sally Guttmacher, New York University"The controversial change in sexual attitudes and mores the author documents is real, present, and a major factor in the transformation of Iranian life. I particularly welcome Mahdavi's sincere portrayal of Iranian women as strong, in control of their destinies, and able to make decisions for themselves, even if those decisions fly in the face of conventional morality. The book is exceptionally true and honest." —William Beeman, University of Minnesota"Kudos to Pardis Mahdavi for shining the light on the most taboo subject in the Iranian culture, sex. Her book shows the degree to which the Islamic government has failed the younger generation—how the constant presence of the Morality Police and the accompanying lack of personal freedoms has led to a breakdown in morals. Mahdavi's work brings to the forefront the long-term consequence of this high-risk sexual behavior and the importance of basic personal freedoms, even under an Islamic government."—Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America"Mahdavi's best and most groundbreaking material has to do with the public health implications of this rift between generations and between acknowledged and unacknowledged behaviors, as well as the society's slow and patchy but often ingenious educational response." —The Nation"Passionate Uprisings dispels the one-dimensional and overly simplified view of Iran and its people through the oft-recycled image of women in veils." —Women's Review of Books
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Stanford University Press Between Movement and Establishment
Book SynopsisThis volume examines how organizations advocating on behalf of youth maneuver between grassroots social movements pressing for reform and the established systems of power and authority to improve conditions for youth in urban communities.Trade Review"Drawing on leading-edge organizational and social movement theories, this seminal work illuminates the nitty-gritty, street-level struggles of advocacy groups and community organizations promoting youth development. It sets the standard for scholarship in this area for years to come." —Dennis Shirley, Boston College"This study is grounded in the complexities of the real world, and gives close attention to the wider context in which movements seek to make their mark. It makes a much needed connection between organization theory and social-movement scholarship. This is the kind of book that inspires." —Clarence Stone, George Washington University"Hats off!! The authors have pulled back the curtain to shine a spotlight on what advocates do to move the dial for and with young people in the places where they live. They have parsed the fledgling field of youth development advocacy into precise pieces and given us a multifaceted view of these organizations contexts, dimensions, targets and tactics. As one who has labored in the space between movement and establishment at the national level for my entire career, I found every chapter absorbing and every frame useful. McLaughlin is dead on when she asserts that the real action is at the local level. This is where discourse, by necessity, sheds its partisan, big-claim cloak and gets concrete and specific. This is where advocacy organizations, especially those with finely honed skills like the three organizations profiled, can deftly define effective counterframes, strategically seize political opportunities, mobilize and empower new constituencies and truly measure the impact of their efforts." —Karen Pittman, Executive Director, the Forum for Youth Investment
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Stanford University Press Global Futures in East Asia
Book SynopsisThis volume seeks to go beyond single-country area studies to draw together analyses of how globalization and neoliberalism are affecting youth and, as a result, their identities and their futures, in China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.Trade Review"Global Futures in East Asia brings together various ethnographic studies on the condition of young people in a post-miracle era . . . [T]he book's well-written introduction foregrounds the key concept of 'life-marking': the act of investing in oneself to ensure a 'forward career progression as embodied human capital' . . . [Y]oung people, as the chapters themselves show in different ways, do not simply succumb to alienation or delinquency, but are actively involved in navigating their uncertain times."—Jayeel Serrano Cornelio, Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale"Global Futures in East Asia is a notable achievement. The book is methodologically solid and empirically rich. This is a volume to be read by students of international political economy in general as well as those who study East Asia."—Kazuya Fukuoka, Pacific Affairs"Taken as a whole, Global Futures provides important insights, generated as a consequence of ethnography, which undoubtedly add to the literature relating to contemporary societies in East Asia."—Alex Cockain, The China Journal"Global Futures in East Asia is a sophisticated set of ethnographic explorations of what it means to be a young person in contemporary East Asia, seeking a place in a world in motion. A lively and important read."—Tamara Jacka, author of Rural Women in Urban China: Gender, Migration and Social Change"Global Futures in East Asia is the first cross-national, collaborative attempt to think through and ethnographically detail contemporary transformations in economy, value, labor, affect, and subjectivity in neoliberalized East Asia. This is a groundbreaking, necessary, and exciting work for anthropologists and all others who study East Asia today."—Marilyn Ivy, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University
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Stanford University Press Global Futures in East Asia
Book SynopsisThe East Asian economic miracle of the twentieth century is now a fond memory. What does it mean to be living in post-miracle times? For the youth of China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, the opportunities and challenges of the neoliberal age, deeply shaped by global forces in labor markets, powerfully frame their life prospects in ways that are barely recognizable to their parents. Global Futures in East Asia gathers together ethnographic explorations of what its contributors call projects of life-making. Here we see youth striving to understand themselves, their place in society, and their career opportunities in the nation, region, and world. While some express optimism, it is clear that many others dread their prospects in the competitive global system in which the failure to thrive is isolating, humiliating, and possibly even fatal.Deeply engaged with some of the most significant theoretical debates in the social sciences in recent years, and rich with rarTrade Review"Global Futures in East Asia brings together various ethnographic studies on the condition of young people in a post-miracle era . . . [T]he book's well-written introduction foregrounds the key concept of 'life-marking': the act of investing in oneself to ensure a 'forward career progression as embodied human capital' . . . [Y]oung people, as the chapters themselves show in different ways, do not simply succumb to alienation or delinquency, but are actively involved in navigating their uncertain times."—Jayeel Serrano Cornelio, Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale"Global Futures in East Asia is a notable achievement. The book is methodologically solid and empirically rich. This is a volume to be read by students of international political economy in general as well as those who study East Asia."—Kazuya Fukuoka, Pacific Affairs"Taken as a whole, Global Futures provides important insights, generated as a consequence of ethnography, which undoubtedly add to the literature relating to contemporary societies in East Asia."—Alex Cockain, The China Journal"Global Futures in East Asia is a sophisticated set of ethnographic explorations of what it means to be a young person in contemporary East Asia, seeking a place in a world in motion. A lively and important read."—Tamara Jacka, author of Rural Women in Urban China: Gender, Migration and Social Change"Global Futures in East Asia is the first cross-national, collaborative attempt to think through and ethnographically detail contemporary transformations in economy, value, labor, affect, and subjectivity in neoliberalized East Asia. This is a groundbreaking, necessary, and exciting work for anthropologists and all others who study East Asia today."—Marilyn Ivy, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University
£22.49
LSU Press A Girls Life in New Orleans
Book SynopsisPresents the diary of Ella Grunewald, an upper-middle-class teenager in New Orleans at the end of the nineteenth century. Grunewald, the daughter of one of New Orleans’ leading music dealers, used her journal to record the major events of her day-to-day life, documenting family, friendships, schooling, musical education, and social activities.
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John Wiley & Sons A Walk in Their Kicks Literacy Identity and the
Book SynopsisThrough research data and conversations among teachers, readers will explore the impact trauma has on the lives of African American students, examine how their own identities and perceptions of these students influence their text selections and instruction, and identify the conditions needed to engage African American male students in literacy.Table of Contents Foreword Elizabeth Birr Moje ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 How This Book Is Organized 10 How to Use This Book 11 PART I: NOTES ON THE STATE OF . . . Detroit . . . Education . . . Race . . . Schooling . . . Literacy . . . Socialization 13 . . . on the state of the west side 13 1. His Story: The History of School and Literacy Development of African American Males 15 Segregation, Jim Crow, and African American Academic Achievement 20 School Desegregation 22 The Great Migration 25 School Busing 27 2. Hustle and Flow: Student Literacy, Flow, Agency, and Motivation 31 Flow Theory 31 Learning and Literacy as Social Constructs 32 Agency and Identity 39 3. Black Boy Fly: The Black Male Literacy Paradigm as an Instructional Framework 43 The Black Male Literacy Paradigm 43 Home Versus School Language 45 Contextual Understanding 47 Culture and Socialization 48 Teacher Perceptions 56 Power, Agency, and Identity 57 Teacher Preparedness 58 Summary of the Black Male Literacy Paradigm 59 Literacy Assessment Instruments and Literacy Development 60 4. We’ve Got the Power: Culture and Socialization 68 Power and Contextual Understanding and the Relationship to Literacy 68 The Academic Achievement Gap Versus the Education Debt 70 Student Socialization 77 5. You Mean I Can’t Even Be Black in the Hallway?!?: Discourse Communities and the Relationship Between Power, Agency, and Identity 84 Student Identities 84 Disidentification with School 87 Student Social Power and Valuing Students’ Identities in School 92 PART II: NOTES ON THE STATE OF . . . Black boys 99 educator’s oath 99 6. Where I’m From: Teacher Identities and the Impact on African American Male Students 101 Understanding Literacy Through a Sociocultural Paradigm 101 Meet the Teacher Participants 103 Teacher Identities and the Roles They Play in Building Student Literacy 108 7. A Walk in Their Kicks: Understanding the Literacies of African American Males 117 Engaging African American Males in Literacy 117 Teachers’ Recognition of the Importance of Students’ Connections to Teachers, School, and Texts 118 A Deeper Look at Turmoil: Home-Based and School-Based Adversities That Impact Student Learning Outcomes 142 8. Literacy Is . . . : Looking at Literacy Through a Different Lens 150 Teachers’ Expansions of Their Definitions of Literacy 150 The Necessity of Teachers’ Use of Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies 157 Teachers’ Improved Understandings of Students’ Literacy Practices 158 9. The Choice is Yours: “Giving a Damn” as a Strategy for Improving Student Outcomes 162 10. Are We on Ten Yet?: Reconceptualizing Schools for African American Students 168 Teachers’ Recognition of the Importance of and Relationship to Students’ Connections to Teachers, School, and Texts 169 Teachers’ Expansions of Their Definitions of Literacy 170 Teachers’ Improved Understandings of Students’ Literacy Practices 171 The Necessity of Teachers’ Use of Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies 172 The Education Debt . . . Revisited 172 Recommendations 177 Implications 178 Challenges to This Work 180 . . . until we meet again 181 Epilogue 184 Afterword Jay B. Marks 187 References 189 Index 197 About the Author
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John Wiley & Sons Teens Choosing to Read Fostering Social
Book SynopsisIn a sea of troubling reporting about education, teaching, reading, and the wellbeing of teens, Ivey and Johnston bring some good news that shows what happens when we stop underestimating young people. This accessible book offers an engaging account of a 4-year study of adolescents who went from reluctant to enthusiastic readers.Table of Contents Contents (Tentative) Acknowledgments Part I. Engaging Reading, a Social Phenomenon 1. Young Adults Reading Literature (or Not) Teens Can Be Enthusiastic, Engaged ReadersEngaging BooksThe Subtleties of Supporting Teen Development 2. Choosing to Read Good (Meaningful) BooksDisturbing BooksAutonomyTalk About Books 3. Talk to Me—Cultivating Peer Relationships Supportive Peer RelationshipsClose FriendshipsLearning RelationshipsWhen Positive Relationships Are AbsentThe Solution? Engaged Reading 4. Re-seeing Family Families ReadingFamilies and TalkFamilies, Minds, and TransformationDisturbing Books and Difficult TopicsParent Perspectives on Students' Reading Part II. The Breadth of Teen Development 5. Social-Emotional Development The Social Hub of DevelopmentTalking About Thoughts and FeelingsOn ReflectionTo Summarize 6. Who Will I Be? Building a Life Narrative Living Into a CharacterA Reflective MetaphorNarrative as a Cautionary TaleSynthesizing PrinciplesSelf-RegulationReconstructing the Socialized SelfWho Am I? Who Do I Want to Be? 7. Moral Development Developing the Moral SelfMoral JudgmentsRecognizing Language as a Potential Act of ViolenceMultiple Perspectives and Moral ReachSo . . . 8. Happiness, Wellbeing, and Other Trivial Matters GratefulnessLoss and GriefMore Healing OpportunitiesPositive Emotions and WellbeingFeeling, Heard, Understood, and Cared ForSources of Happiness and Wellbeing 9. Reading Competence Reading StrategicallyReading Strategically, on SteroidsComprehending SociallyReading CloselyReading: No Solo ActReading Competently Part III. Negotiating Literature, Teaching, and Teen Development 10. What Do We Think We're Doing? Fizzling Out of EngagementUnraveling of the Social ThreadMore Teaching ChangesKnowing Books and IndividualsNegotiating Relationships and Relational Capital 11. Seamless Teaching SeamlessnessCharacters and ChangeInferring, Especially Thoughts and FeelingsLiterature, Themes, and Life's DilemmasTeaching About How Words Capture and Shape Thoughts and FeelingsTeaching for Intellectual Flexibility 12. Inquiry, Learning, and Authority Foundations of Collaborative Dialogic InquiryDistributing Authority, Distributing TeachingTeaching for Identity ShiftsTeaching: More Than the Sum of its Parts 13. Heckling Concerns of Intellectuals, Philosophers, and the LikeParents' (and Thus Teachers') Concerns 14. The Alchemy of Young Adults' Engagements Among Books EvidenceThe Work of ConversationsThe Work of ELA Teachers and Their BooksThe Socialness of ReadingWhat Do We Want? Appendix A The Study Appendix B Young Adult Books and Other Trade Books Mentioned Index About the Author
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University of Pennsylvania Press Migrant Youth Transnational Families and the State
Book SynopsisEach year, more than half a million migrant children journey from countries around the globe and enter the United States with no lawful immigration status; many of them have no parent or legal guardian to provide care and custody. Yet little is known about their experiences in a nation that may simultaneously shelter children while initiating proceedings to deport them, nor about their safety or well-being if repatriated. Migrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State examines the draconian immigration policies that detain unaccompanied migrant children and draws on U.S. historical, political, legal, and institutional practices to contextualize the lives of children and youth as they move through federal detention facilities, immigration and family courts, federal foster care programs, and their communities across the United States and Central America.Through interviews with children and their families, attorneys, social workers, policy-makers, law enforcement, aTrade Review"This timely study shows the contradictions and complexities of the way children are treated under both immigration and family law, giving serious attention to their agency, and bringing their voices to life." * Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, University of California, Los Angeles *
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University of Pennsylvania Press Human Rights and Adolescence
Book SynopsisHuman Rights and Adolescence presents a multifaceted inquiry into the global circumstances of adolescents, focused on the human rights challenges and socioeconomic obstacles young adults face.Trade Review"Through in-depth analysis of existing international legal norms and implementation gaps, this volume makes a compelling case for a conscious adoption of a rights-based approach toward adolescents. Carefully balanced contributions from very different horizons reflect perfectly the complexity of the issue. Their message confirms the editor's call for a deliberate international focus on the rights, challenges, and opportunities for these children on the verge of adulthood." * Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography *"A timely and important volume, Human Rights and Adolescence brings together work by a diverse array of global scholars and practitioners to provide a much needed understanding of a rights-based approach to adolescence. By placing an adolescent rights agenda at the core, Human Rights and Adolescence adds a nuanced contribution to the emergent field of adolescent research and policy. This interdisciplinary volume will be useful for students of law, policy, and public health." * Martha Brady, Senior Associate, Population Council *Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Importance of a Rights-Based Approach to Adolescence —Jacqueline Bhabha PART I. UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENCE DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1. Protecting and Promoting Adolescent Rights: The Contribution of International Law and Policy —Jean Zermatten Chapter 2. Transitions to Adulthood in Contemporary Italy: Balancing Sociocultural Differences and Universal Rights —Elena Rozzi Chapter 3. The Science of Adolescent Brain Development and Its Implications for Adolescent Rights and Responsibilities —Laurence Steinberg Chapter 4. Building Capability and Functioning: Reframing the Rights Agenda for Adolescents Through the Lens of Disability Rights —Victor Pineda Chapter 5. Adolescent Social and Emotional Development: A Developmental Science Perspective on Adolescent Human Rights —Clea McNeely and Krishna Bose PART II. GROWING UP WITH VIOLENCE: ADOLESCENT TRAUMA, STIGMA, AND RESILIENCE Chapter 6. Poverty, Armed Conflict, and Organized Crime: The Impact of Violence on Young People in Colombia —Christian Salazar Volkmann Chapter 7. Coming of Age in the Context of War: Reframing the Approach to Adolescent Rights —Theresa S. Betancourt, Katrina Hann, and Moses Zombo Chapter 8. Wings of the Phoenix: The Legacy of Violence for Adolescents in Postconflict Reconstruction —Elizabeth Gibbons Chapter 9. Adolescents in the Colombian Armed Conflict: Recruitment Realities and Important Lessons for Their Successful Reintegration —Katie Naeve PART III. SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS: STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO ADOLESCENT RIGHTS Chapter 10. Young Arabs and Evolving Realities: Linking Social and Economic Rights —Jocelyn DeJong and Mary Kawar Chapter 11. The Challenges Facing India in Advancing Secondary Education Attainment Among Adolescent Girls —Orla Kelly and Elizabeth A. Newnham Chapter 12. Rights and Realities for Vulnerable Youth in Urban Brazil: Challenges in the Transition to Adulthood —Irene Rizzini and Malcolm Bush Chapter 13. Youth Unemployment: Facing and Overcoming Obstacles in Partnership —Glaudine Mtshali Chapter 14. Confined by Narrow Choices: The Stories of Roma Adolescents —David Mark and Margareta Matache Chapter 15. Beginning in the Middle: Ending the Exploitation of Adolescents in India —Shantha Sinha Chapter 16. Indian Adolescence and Its Discontents: Transformational Solutions Through Education, Skill Development, and Employment —Neera Burra Chapter 17. Emerging from the Shadows: Adolescents with Disabilities Claim Their Rights Under International Law —Kerry Thompson List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
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Rutgers University Press Pleasures and Perils Girls Sexuality in a
Book Synopsis Pleasures and Perils follows a group of young girls living on Nevis, an island society in the Eastern Caribbean. In this provocative ethnography, Debra Curtis examines their sexuality in gripping detail: why do Nevisian girls engage in sexual activity at such young ages? Where is the line between coercion and consent? How does a desire for wealth affect a girl''s sexual practices? Curtis shows that girls are often caught between conflicting discourses of Christian teachings about chastity, public health cautions about safe sex, and media enticements about consumer delights. Sexuality''s contradictions are exposed: power and powerless¡ness, self-determination and cultural control, violence and pleasure. Pleasures and Perils illuminates the methodological and ethical issues anthropologists face when they conduct research on sex, especially among girls. The sexually explicit narratives conveyed in this book challenge not only the reader''s own thoughts onTrade Review"Pleasures and Perils is an accessible yet theoretically astute introduction to theories of sexual subjectivity, discourse, and mediation. It is also a compellingly written story about an island in transition and about the girls who are coming to adulthood as these shifts take place." * New West Indian Guide *"Pleasures and Perils is an accessible yet theoretically astute introduction to theories of sexual subjectivity, discourse, and mediation. It is also a compellingly written story about an island in transition and about the girls who are coming to adulthood as these shifts take place." * New West Indian Guide *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Globalizing Nevis: Radical Shifts from Subsistence to Consumerism 3. Competing Discourses and Moralities at Play 4. Consuming Global Scripts: Media, Sex, and Desire 5. The State and Sexualities 6. Rethinking Sexual-Economic Exchange 7. Theorizing Sexual Pleasure 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Rutgers University Press We Fight to Win Inequality and the Politics of
Book SynopsisIn an adult-dominated society, teenagers are often shut out of participation in politics. We Fight to Win offers a compelling account of young people''s attempts to get involved in community politics, and documents the battles waged to form youth movements and create social change in schools and neighborhoods.Hava Rachel Gordon compares the struggles and successes of two very different youth movements: a mostly white, middle-class youth activist network in Portland, Oregon, and a working-class network of minority youth in Oakland, California. She examines how these young activists navigate schools, families, community organizations, and the mainstream media, and employ a variety of strategies to make their voices heard on some of today''s most pressing issuesùwar, school funding, the environmental crisis, the prison industrial complex, standardized testing, corporate accountability, and educational reform. We Fight to Win is one of the first books to focus onTrade Review"This book provides much insight into youth activism. We Fight to Win is written in lively prose and demonstrates that many youth are determined to engage inactivism to live out their convictions, even when adults attempt to stand in their way. I highly recommend it." -- Kraig Beyerlein * Social Forces *"Gordon successfully broadens our understanding of the salience of age as it is ordered by race, class, and gender to the formation of political consciousness, political action, civic engagement and participation in social movements. She makes visible the rich dimensions involved in understanding how youth come to participate in the public sphere and in social movement, but also how forces conspire to preclude such participation." -- Amy L. Best * author of Fast Car, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars *"Well researched, the book challenges readers to rethink the involvement and engagement of youth in society. Highly recommended." * Choice *
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Embodying the Problem The Persuasive Power of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves." -- Barbara Tomlinson * author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument *“This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice.” -- Adela C. Licona * Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona *" A considerably impressive work of original and erudite scholarship." * Midwest Book Review *"Draws on feminist and rhetorical theory in a study of the creation, circulation, and reception of often-stigmatizing discourse on teenage pregnancy and motherhood; also analyzes the narratives, in resistance, of teen mothers themselves." * Chronicle *"Far From ‘Tragic’: Author Jenna Vinson on the Misrepresentation of Young Mothers" by Gloria Malone * Rewire *"Jenna Vinson's Embodying the Problem" spotlight * The Page 99 Test *"Jenna Vinson's Book Counters Doom-and-Gloom Narrative" by Katharine Webster QA with author * UMass Lowell News *"English professor publishes new book on shaming young mothers" by Jessica Kergo feature on book * UMass Lowell Connector *"Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson’s work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time." * Rewire *"Vinson’s book reveals how feminist rhetorical activism shifts conversations at local and national levels about what society considers to be an “appropriate” age for motherhood and in doing so, provides a rewarding reading experience both for scholarly purposes and for the simple pleasure of enjoying a well-written and carefully researched book." * Rhetoric Society Quarterly *"All in all, Embodying the Problem is a powerful and important contribution to feminist rhetorical studies and to medical rhetoric." * Rhetoric Review *"A strong contribution to feminist work in the field... Embodying the Problem engages with theory in an accessible way, carefully guiding readers toward an understanding of the theoretical context in both how she sets up and concludes her analyses. This book will be a valuable text in a graduate or upper-level undergraduate class on reproduction, women’s studies, health rhetorics, rhetorics of age, and/or rhetorical or qualitative methodology." * Peitho *Table of ContentsPreface: Embodying the Problem 1. The Role of the Teen Mother in Narratives of Teenage Pregnancy 2. Seeing Is Believing: How Visual Representations of Women Established the Problem of Teenage Pregnancy 3. Challenging Experts, Commonplaces, and Statistics: Teen Mothers’ Counter-narratives 4. Resisting Stigmatizing Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives: The #NoTeenShame Campaign 5. Confronting the Stranger on the Street: Embodied Exigence in Everyday Rhetorical Situations Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes Bibliography Index
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Embodying the Problem The Persuasive Power of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves." -- Barbara Tomlinson * author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument *“This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice.” -- Adela C. Licona * Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona *" A considerably impressive work of original and erudite scholarship." * Midwest Book Review *"Draws on feminist and rhetorical theory in a study of the creation, circulation, and reception of often-stigmatizing discourse on teenage pregnancy and motherhood; also analyzes the narratives, in resistance, of teen mothers themselves." * Chronicle *"Far From ‘Tragic’: Author Jenna Vinson on the Misrepresentation of Young Mothers" by Gloria Malone * Rewire *"Jenna Vinson's Embodying the Problem" spotlight * The Page 99 Test *"Jenna Vinson's Book Counters Doom-and-Gloom Narrative" by Katharine Webster QA with author * UMass Lowell News *"English professor publishes new book on shaming young mothers" by Jessica Kergo feature on book * UMass Lowell Connector *"Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson’s work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time." * Rewire *"Vinson’s book reveals how feminist rhetorical activism shifts conversations at local and national levels about what society considers to be an “appropriate” age for motherhood and in doing so, provides a rewarding reading experience both for scholarly purposes and for the simple pleasure of enjoying a well-written and carefully researched book." * Rhetoric Society Quarterly *"All in all, Embodying the Problem is a powerful and important contribution to feminist rhetorical studies and to medical rhetoric." * Rhetoric Review *"A strong contribution to feminist work in the field... Embodying the Problem engages with theory in an accessible way, carefully guiding readers toward an understanding of the theoretical context in both how she sets up and concludes her analyses. This book will be a valuable text in a graduate or upper-level undergraduate class on reproduction, women’s studies, health rhetorics, rhetorics of age, and/or rhetorical or qualitative methodology." * Peitho *Table of ContentsPreface: Embodying the Problem 1. The Role of the Teen Mother in Narratives of Teenage Pregnancy 2. Seeing Is Believing: How Visual Representations of Women Established the Problem of Teenage Pregnancy 3. Challenging Experts, Commonplaces, and Statistics: Teen Mothers’ Counter-narratives 4. Resisting Stigmatizing Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives: The #NoTeenShame Campaign 5. Confronting the Stranger on the Street: Embodied Exigence in Everyday Rhetorical Situations Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes Bibliography Index
£105.40
New York University Press Corridor Cultures Mapping Student Resistance at
Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which school spaces are culturally produced, offering insight into how urban students engage their schoolingTrade ReviewDickar’s analysis is sophisticated without resorting to jargon-laden prose, and should be relevant to and consumable by students, teachers, administrators, policy makers and academics interested in urban education reform, critical analyzes of race, class and gender, and domination and resistance. Above all, this work has important implications for understanding the processes by which urban youth and their schools negotiate their relationship. * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *Provides an insightful analysis of the ways in which space and social relationships interact to produce school cultures. Dickar's detailed analysis of this urban high school contains important lessons about the limits and possibilities of school reform. This potent study is valuable reading for policy makers and educators searching for ways to promote meaningful and lasting reform in our nation's urban schools. -- Pedro A. Noguera,author of The Trouble with Black Boys: And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public EducationThe rich evidence and introduction of new analytic tools make Dickar’s work an intriguing contribution to educational research. * Book Notes *A unique perspective on the problems facing schools in urban centers. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Student Resistance and the Cultural Production of Space 1 "The Covenant Made Visible": The Hidden Curriculum of Space 2 "In a way it protects us and in a way ... it keeps us back": Scanning, School Space, and Student Identity 3 "It's just all about being popular": Hallways as Thirdspace 4 "If I can't be myself, what's the point of being here?" Language and Contested Classroom Space 5 "You have to change your whole attitude toward everything": Threshold Struggles and Infrapolitical Resistance 6 "You know the real deal, but this is just saying you got their deal": Public and Hidden Transcripts 7 A Eulogy for Renaissance: Looking Forward Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
£19.94
New York University Press PeerImpact Diagnosis and Therapy
Book SynopsisA practical professional guide for how to approach and aid troubled teens by understanding the influence of peer interactions on development and on behaviourTrade Review"An excellent guide for clinicians in their treatment of adolescents and young adults. Seltzer outlines a clear and practical road map to address both specific behavioral problems, as well as the normal struggles of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. . . . An invaluable addition to any therapists library of treatment resources." -- Daniel J. Sonkin,author of Learning to Live Without ViolenceTable of ContentsContents Introduction Part I 1. Dealing with Development. Four Domains of Adolescent Growth 2. Dynamic Functional Interaction (DFI). A Revisionist and Sequential Model of Adolescent Development and Behavior3. Adolescents Who Are Minorities 4. Adolescents Who Are Gay 5. Parenting Adolescents Part II 6. Defining and Detecting Defensive Glitches 7. Understanding Specific Defensive Glitches Part III 8. Getting to Know the Adolescent: An Introduction to PAR Protocols 9. Phase I: Basic Questions, Basic and Circumstance-Specific Auxiliary Protocols 10. Phase I Continued: Supplementary Protocols for Further Exploration 11. Phase II: Defensive Glitch Protocols Part IV 12. Working Together: Peer-Arena Lens (PAL) Group Therapy 13. PAL Group Therapy in Action: Two Case Studies 14. PAL and the Professional: The Story of Desperate Davey
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New York University Press Becoming Bicultural Risk Resilience and Latino
Book SynopsisExplores the individual psychology, family dynamics, and societal messages behind bicultural developmentTrade Review"This book masterfully captures the stories of Mexican immigrants from the well-established communities in the Southwest as well as from newer communities in the Southeast. It documents a common voice of resiliency and hope and provides an insightful review of the challenges experienced by acculturating youth and their families as they pursue the American dream. A must read for practitioners and researchers interested in understanding the contemporary immigrant experience and its mental health implications." -- Flavio F. Marsiglia,Arizona State University"This is easily the best, and certainly the most empathic and insightful, treatment of the process of becoming bicultural in the United States that I have read. There is something for everyone in this book—researchers will find scientific evidence, clinicians will find insights to deepen their work, and all readers will find a teenager in its pages whose story will inform them and touch their hearts. Writing in a style that makes reading effortless, Smokowski and Bacallao render the bicultural experience accessible to all of us." -- Luis H. Zayas,Washington University, St. LouisTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments 1 From Melting Pot to Simmering Stew: Acculturation, Enculturation, Assimilation, and Biculturalism in American Racial Dynamics 2 Enculturation after Immigration: How Latino Family Systems Change and How They Stay the Same during the Diffuse, Bifurcated Stage of Acculturation Contact 3 From Contact to Conflict: How Assimilation Mechanisms Underpin the Exploration and Adaptation Stage in Bicultural Development 4 Balancing between Two Worlds: The Integration Stage of Bicultural Development 5 Cultural Adaptation Styles and Health: Risks of Staying Separate or Assimilating 6 The Benefits of Biculturalism: Savoring the Flavors in the Simmering Stew 7 Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds: A Bicultural Skills Training Prevention Program to Help Immigrant Families Cope with Acculturation Stress References Index About the Authors
£22.79
LUP - University of Georgia Press A Boy from Georgia Coming of Age in the Segregated South
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£26.19
LUP - University of Georgia Press Growing Up America Youth and Politics since 1945
Book SynopsisBrings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following the Second World War. Growing Up America places young people - and their representations - at the centre of key political trends.
£37.46
University of Pittsburgh Press Socialist Fun
Book SynopsisMost narratives depict Soviet Cold War cultural activities and youth groups as drab and dreary, militant and politicized.Trade Review...this monograph provides a remarkable contribution to the new scholarship on Cold War history in terms of both theory and empirics. It is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the everyday life of young people in the Soviet Union and beyond, but can also be recommended for students and scholars of contemporary state–youth interaction in the former Soviet Union. After all, winning hearts and minds at home and abroad is just as important today as it was during the Cold War." - Europe-Asia Studies
£42.75
SPCK - Kregel Congratulations Youve Got Tweens Preparing Your
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John Wiley & Sons Outreach Services for Teens
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£43.20
Edward Elgar Publishing Young People in Digital Environments
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Diagnosing and Treating Children and Adolescents
Book SynopsisA guide to treating mental health issues in children and adolescents Diagnosis and Treatment of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals is a resource tailored to the particular needs of current and future counselors, behavioral healthcare clinicians, and other helping professionals working with this vulnerable population. With in-depth content broken into two sections, this book first provides a foundation in the diagnostic process by covering the underlying principles of diagnosis and treatment planning, and then applies this framework to the DSM-5 categories related to children and adolescents. With research continually reshaping our understanding of mental health, it is critical mental health professionals make decisions based on evidence-based pathways that include the specialized research around children and adolescents. The leading experts who contributed to this book share contemporary perspectives on developmental considerations, assesTable of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgements xiii About the Editors xv List of Contributors xvii PART I STAGES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS 1 CHAPTER 1 CONCEPTUALIZING DSM-5 DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 3Brandé Flamez, Jason H. King, and Joshua D. Francis Introduction 3 Defining a Mental Disorder 4 The Clinical Significance Criterion in Diagnosis 7 The Developmental Process 8 Age-Related Factors 11 Neurodevelopment and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 14 Changes in Diagnostic Categories from the DSM-IV-TR to the DSM-5 20 Summary 25 References 26 CHAPTER 2 EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSING DSM-5 DISORDERS 28Joshua D. Francis and Laura R. Haddock Introduction 28 Diagnostic Challenges and Special Consideration When Working with Children and Adolescents 28 Classification Models 33 Identifying Sources of Information 35 Assessment Strategies 38 Establishing Diagnostic Validity 44 Assessment Instrument Validity and Reliability 46 Conducting a Differential Diagnosis 47 Clinical Case Formulation 48 Comprehensive Case Study 49 Summary 51 References 52 CHAPTER 3 DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING CLIENT TREATMENT PLANS 55Laura R. Haddock, Michelle Perepiczka, and Ruth Ouzts Moore Introduction 55 Assessment Measures for Children (6–17) in the DSM-5 55 Case Conceptualization 63 Diagnosing 64 Components of a Comprehensive Treatment Plan 68 Challenges in the Treatment Planning Process 71 Strategies to Maximize Treatment Plan Effectiveness 75 Treatment Plan Development 76 Summary 78 References 79 CHAPTER 4 ADDRESSING CLIENT DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS 81Jacob J. Levy and Shawn L. Spurgeon Introduction 81 Culture and Multiculturalism 81 Culture and Diagnostic Decision Making 83 Cultural Concepts of Distress 86 Culture and the DSM 87 The Process of Multicultural Assessment 88 Case Example: Alon 92 Summary 96 References 97 PART II DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 101 CHAPTER 5 AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER 103Joshua John Diehl, Christina G. McDonnell, and Kristin Valentino Introduction 103 Description of the Disorder 103 Differential Diagnosis 110 Assessment Strategies 112 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 115 Evaluation Strategies 117 Diagnostic Challenges 118 Summary 120 References 122 CHAPTER 6 ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER 128Jason D. Kushner Introduction 128 Description of the Disorder 131 DSM-5 Criteria 132 Differential Diagnosis 134 Assessment Strategies 135 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 137 Evaluation Strategies 141 Diagnostic Challenges 143 Summary 145 References 146 CHAPTER 7 SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS 148Tara Chandrasekhar, Lindsey M. Hazzard, and Linmarie Sikich Introduction 148 Description of Disorder 149 DSM-5 Criteria 156 Differential Diagnosis 161 Assessment Strategies 165 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 167 Psychosocial Interventions 169 Evaluation Strategies 173 Diagnostic Challenges 173 Summary 174 References 175 CHAPTER 8 BIPOLAR AND RELATED DISORDERS 177Gregory T. Hatchett and Nicole R. Motley Introduction 177 Description of the Disorders 179 DSM-5 Criteria 180 Differential Diagnosis 184 Assessment Strategies 191 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 193 Evaluation Strategies 195 Diagnostic Challenges 196 Summary 197 References 199 CHAPTER 9 DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS 203Carlos P. Zalaquett and SeriaShia Chatters-Smith Introduction 203 How to Distinguish between Childhood Moodiness and Depression 206 Description of Depressive Disorders 206 Differential Diagnosis 216 Assessment Strategies 216 Treatment and Intervention Strategies 223 Evaluation Strategies 226 Diagnostic Challenges 227 Summary 228 References 229 CHAPTER 10 ANXIETY DISORDERS 235Dee C. Ray, Hayley L. Stulmaker, and Sue C. Bratton Introduction 235 Description of Anxiety Disorders 236 DSM-5 Criteria 237 Differential Diagnosis 246 Assessment Strategies 247 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 250 Evaluation Strategies 253 Diagnostic Challenges 254 Summary 255 References 256 CHAPTER 11 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS 259Nicole R. Hill, Torey Portrie-Bethke, Brooks Bastian Hanks, and Holly H. Wagner Introduction 259 Description of the Disorder 260 DSM-5 Criteria 264 Differential Diagnosis 268 Assessment Strategies 270 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 276 Evaluation Strategies 280 Diagnostic Challenges 281 Summary 282 References 283 CHAPTER 12 TRAUMA- AND STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS 286Gerard Lawson, Ryan M. Cook, and Claudia E. Howell Introduction 286 Description of the Disorders 286 Adjustment Disorders 288 DSM-5 Criteria 288 Differential Diagnosis 296 Assessment Strategies 297 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 305 Acute Stress Disorder 309 Evaluation Strategies 309 Diagnostic Challenges 310 Summary 311 References 312 CHAPTER 13 FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS 315Laura H. Choate and Gary G. Gintner Introduction 315 Description of Disorders 316 DSM-5 Criteria 317 Differential Diagnosis 325 Assessment Strategies 325 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 328 Evaluation Strategies 334 Diagnostic Challenges 335 Summary 336 References 337 CHAPTER 14 SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS 340Carl J. Sheperis, Tracy K. Calley, Kathleen Jones-Trebatoski, and Lisa A. Wines Introduction 340 Description of the Disorders 342 DSM-5 Criteria 344 Differential Diagnosis 352 Assessment Strategies 353 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 356 Evaluation Strategies 360 Summary 360 References 361 CHAPTER 15 GENDER DYSPHORIA 366Anneliese A. Singh and Varunee Faii Sangganjanavanich Introduction 366 TGNC Children and the History of Gender Dysphoria 367 Description of Gender Dysphoria 370 DSM-5 Criteria 373 Differential Diagnosis 374 Assessment Strategies 376 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 379 Evaluation Strategies 381 Diagnostic Challenges and Other Specified and Unspecified Designations 382 Summary 383 References 384 CHAPTER 16 DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE-CONTROL, AND CONDUCT DISORDERS 386A. Stephen Lenz and Chloe Lancaster Introduction 386 Oppositional Defiant Disorder 387 Intermittent Explosive Disorder 391 Conduct Disorder 396 Antisocial Personality Disorder 401 Pyromania 401 Kleptomania 404 Other Specified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder 407 Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder 407 Considerations for Assessment and Treatment 407 Summary 408 References 409 CHAPTER 17 SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS 413Carl J. Sheperis, Timothy M. Lionetti, and Joy-Del Snook Introduction 413 Description of the Disorders 413 DSM-5 Criteria 414 Differential Diagnosis 427 Assessment Strategies 428 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 429 Evaluation Strategies 430 Diagnostic Challenges 434 Summary 434 References 435 CHAPTER 18 MAJOR AND MILD NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS DUE TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 441Gregory S. Hupp, Richard J. Cicchetti, and Gary M. Szirony Introduction 441 Description of the Disorder 442 DSM-5 Criteria 443 Differential Diagnosis 445 Assessment Strategies 447 Evaluation Strategies 449 Treatment Strategies and Interventions 454 Diagnostic Challenges 456 Summary 461 References 463 CHAPTER 19 OTHER CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE A FOCUS OF CLINICAL ATTENTION WHEN WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 465K. Michelle Hunnicutt Hollenbaugh, Julia L. Whisenhunt, and Lee A. Teufel-Prida Introduction 465 Using Z Codes with Children and Adolescents 465 Differential Diagnosis 466 Focus and Progress of Treatment Related to Other Conditions 469 Description of the Clinical Issues 469 Child Maltreatment and Neglect Problems 472 Housing and Economic Problems 474 Treatment 482 Evaluation 487 Summary 487 References 488 AUTHOR INDEX 493 SUBJECT INDEX 505
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Great Myths of Adolescence
Book SynopsisA research-based guide to debunking commonly misunderstood myths about adolescence Great Myths of Adolescence contains the evidence-based science that debunks the myths and commonly held misconceptions concerning adolescence. The book explores myths related to sex, drugs and self-control, as well as many others. The authors define each myth, identify each myth's prevalence and present the latest and most significant research debunking the myth. The text is grounded in the authors' own research on the prevalence of belief in each myth, from the perspective of college students. Additionally, various pop culture icons that have helped propagate the myths are discussed. Written by noted experts, the book explores a wealth of topics including: The teen brain is fully developed by 18; Greek life has a negative effect on college students academically; significant mood disruptions in adolescence are inevitable; the millennial generation is lazy; and much more. This important resource: ShattTable of ContentsForeword x Preface xvii Introduction 1 1 Development of the Body, Brain, and Mind 7 1 Adolescence ends at 18 years old 8 2 Girls are universally experiencing puberty sooner in recent years 16 3 The teen brain is fully developed by age 18 24 4 Anorexia treatment usually requires teens to be separated from their parents 33 5 Technology has made teens better at multitasking 38 Mini myths for development of the body, brain, and mind 46 6 Pubertal "early bloomers" fare better than "late bloomers" 46 7 Teens can study better while listening to music 48 8 The "Freshman 15": College students gain 15 pounds their freshman year 50 9 Horses are helpful in the treatment of eating disorders, autism spectrum, and more 51 10 The onset of puberty is very upsetting to most teens 52 11 Male teens are much less likely than females to be preoccupied with their physical appearance 54 12 Most teens hardly ever engage in leisure reading these days 55 13 Greek life has a negative effect on college students academically 56 14 Paying for prep courses is the best way to make large gains on the SAT 57 2 Development of the Self 59 15 Significant mood disruptions in adolescence are inevitable 60 16 Teens should have a job in high school to build character 64 17 Risky behavior in adolescence is inevitable 68 18 Taking care of an infant simulator doll increases abstinence from sexual activity 72 19 College placement tests are useless at predicting academic success in college 77 Mini myths for development of the self 82 20 College students' lives are full of random hook]ups 82 21 Teaching teens about contraception makes them more likely to engage in sexual activity 84 22 Abstinence]only sex education programs are effective at keeping teens abstinent 85 23 The HPV vaccine increases teen sex 86 24 The millennial generation is lazy 87 25 High school football players are more likely to become seriously injured than cheerleaders 88 26 Offenders hide sexual interest when using the internet to initiate sex offenses against teens 90 27 Conversion therapy effectively turns homosexual teens into straight teens 91 28 Teens underestimate the consequences of risky behavior and adults do not 94 3 The Social Environment 96 29 More quality time with teens can make up for less quantity of time 96 30 Successful transition from adolescence to adulthood is achieved through detachment from parents 98 31 Popular teens are usually mean 107 32 Peer pressure only causes teens to make bad decisions 112 33 Boys only use sticks and stones to hurt while girls use words instead 117 Mini myths for the social environment 121 34 Most teens have a strained relationship with their parents 121 35 Asking teens if they have thought about suicide "plants a seed" and makes them more likely to actually attempt suicide 123 36 Teens only listen to their peers 125 37 When girls are sexually assaulted it is usually by a stranger 125 38 Most college students graduate in 4 years 126 39 College is the happiest time of one's life 127 4 Problems in Modern Society 130 40 Teens these days are worse behaved than those of previous generations 130 41 School violence is on the rise 139 42 Boot camps get teens "on the right path" 149 43 Most teens party with drugs or alcohol on weekends 154 44 DARE programs prevent teen drug use 158 45 Listening to heavy metal or rap music makes teens more likely to defy authority 165 Mini myths for problems in modern society 173 46 Teens have the highest suicide rate 173 47 Goggles mimicking drunkenness help prevent impaired driving 174 48 Teens can be "scared straight" 176 49 Sexting is only a teen problem 177 50 Traditional High School Driver education courses have a strong record of making teens safe drivers 178 Index 180
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Personal Persistence Identity Development and
Book SynopsisThis Monograph demonstrates that disruptions to young people's developing conceptions of personal or cultural persistence begin to explain the suicide rates among Aboriginal Canadian and non-Aboriginal Canadian youth.Table of ContentsPart I: Contents:. Abstract. 1. Introduction. 2. The Antimony of Sameness and Change. 3. On Self-Continuity and its Developmental Vicissitudes-What Young People Have to Say about the Paradox of Sameness and Change. 4. Self-Continuity and Youth Suicide. 5. From Self-Continuity to Cultural Continuity-Aboriginal Youth Suicide. 6. Culture as a Set Point in the Choice between Narrativist and Essentialist Self-Continuity Warranting Practices. 7. Conclusions. 8. Appendix: Sample Questions from the Personal Persistence Interview. Part II: Commentary:. 9. Treading Fearlessly: A Commentary on Personal Persistence, Identity Development, and Suicide: James E. Marcia (Simon Fraser University). Contributors. Statement of Editorial Policy
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence
Book Synopsis* A state-of-the-art overview of adolescent development. * Leading experts provide cutting-edge reviews of theory and research. * Covers issues currently of most importance in terms of basic and/or applied research and policy formulation. * Discusses a wide range of topics from basic processes to problem behavior.Trade Review"Including contributions by both venerated scholars in the field and promising up-and-coming researchers, this well organized volume presents dense summaries of current research in specific areas of adolescent development ... Another bonus: contributors include sociologists and social workers; the editors note that such colloborations are necessary to conduct good research and influence public policy. Summing Up: Essential. All collections supporting work at the upper-division undergraduate level and above." S. K. Hall, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Choice, December 2003 "With the strong emphasis in the book on theory and reviewing the research literature, students and trainees in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines should find it very useful." Ali El-Hadi, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, January 2004Table of ContentsList of Contributors viii Introduction by the Editors xxi Part I: Biological and Genetic Processes 1 1 Behavior Genetics and Adolescent Development: A Review of Recent Literature 3 Joseph Lee Rodgers and David E. Bard 2 Pubertal Processes and Physiological Growth in Adolescence 24 Andrea Bastiani Archibald, Julia A. Graber, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Part II: The Social Context of Adolescence 49 3 Religious Development in Adolescence 51 Geoffrey L. Ream and Ritch C. Savin-Williams 4 The Family Ecology of Adolescence: A Dynamic Systems Perspective on Normative Development 60 Isabela Granic, Thomas J. Dishion, and Tom Hollenstein 5 Enhancing Adolescent Development through Sports and Leisure 92 Steven J. Danish, Tanya E. Taylor, and Robert J. Fazio 6 The World of Work and Careers 109 Fred W. Vondracek and Erik J. Porfeli 7 Schools as Developmental Contexts 129 Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Robert W. Roeser 8 College as a Transition to Adulthood 149 Marilyn J. Montgomery and James E. Côté Part III: Developmental Patterns and Processes 173 9 Autonomy Development during Adolescence 175 Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck and W. Andrew Collins 10 Identity Development during Adolescence 205 Jane Kroger 11 Cognitive Development during Adolescence 227 James P. Byrnes 12 Moral Development during Adolescence 247 Judith G. Smetana and Elliot Turiel 13 Emotional Development in Adolescence 269 Gianine D. Rosenblum and Michael Lewis 14 Self-Concept and Self-Esteem Development 290 Jerome B. Dusek and Julie Guay McIntyre Part IV: Personal Relationships 311 15 Dating and Romantic Experiences in Adolescence 313 Heather A. Bouchey and Wyndol Furman 16 Friendships, Cliques, and Crowds 330 B. Bradford Brown and Christa Klute 17 Relationships Outside the Family: Unrelated Adults 349 Nancy Darling, Stephen F. Hamilton, and Katherine Hames Shaver 18 Adolescent Sexuality: Behavior and Meaning 371 Lisa J. Crockett, Marcela Raffaelli, and Kristin L. Moilanen 19 The Intimate Relationships of Sexual-Minority Youths 393 Lisa M. Diamond and Ritch C. Savin-Williams Part V: Problem Behaviors 413 20 Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing 415 Brent C. Miller, Bruce K. Bayley, Mathew Christensen, Spencer C. Leavitt, and Diana D. Coyl 21 Alcohol and Other Substance Use and Abuse 450 Michael Windle and Rebecca C. Windle 22 Understanding Conduct Problems in Adolescence from a Lifespan Perspective 470 Deborah M. Capaldi and Joann Wu Shortt 23 Leaving Home: The Runaway and the Forgotten Throwaway 494 Thomas P. Gullotta 24 Crime, Delinquency, and Youth Gangs 502 Daniel J. Flannery, David L. Hussey, Laurie Biebelhausen, and Kelly L. Wester 25 Eating Disorders in Adolescence 523 Janet Polivy, C. Peter Herman, Jennifer S. Mills, and Heather B. Wheeler 26 Depression and Suicide during Adolescence 550 Alesha D. Seroczynski, Farrah M. Jacquez, and David A. Cole 27 Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Adolescents: Risk Factors, Antecedents, and Prevention Strategies 573 Ralph J. DiClemente and Richard A. Crosby Author Index 606 Subject Index 634
£56.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Adolescent Depression
Book SynopsisIncorporating the latest research from the field of adolescent psychiatry, this guide answers questions that many parents have, including: what are the symptoms of depression in teenagers? How is depression diagnosed? What is the difference between depression and bipolar disorder, and which does my child have?Trade ReviewIf you have a depressed teen in your household, this book is a must-read. Examiner.com Because of its specialization, this book will provide significantly more applicable information than any general psychology text that covers a variety of mental health disorders. American Reference Books Annual The book is comprehensive and thorough at almost 400 pages, providing a wealth of information on depression and its relevance to this vulnerable group. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I1. DepressionNormal and Abnormal MoodsThe Symptom of DepressionThe Syndrome of DepressionAssociated Symptoms of DepressionMood DisordersThe Chemistry of Mood2. Normal Adolescence and Depression in AdolescenceMore on SymptomsMore on AdolescenceWhen Is Depression "Serious"?3. The Mood Disorders of AdolescencePsychiatric DiagnosisMajor Depressive DisorderDysthymic DisorderPremenstrual Dysphoric DisorderBipolar DisorderControversies Surrounding Bipolar Affective Disorder in ChildrenDisruptive Mood Dysregulation DisorderMore on DiagnosisThe Importance of Treatment4. Mood DisordersWhat Is the DSM?A Multiaxial Diagnostic SystemMood Disorder Categories in the DSMControversies in the Use of the DSMPart II5. Medication Issues in AdolescencePharmaceuticals and the FDADose Adjustments and Other Differences for Young PeopleHow Psychiatric Medications Work6. Antidepressant MedicationsTricyclic AntidepressantsSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsOther, New, AntidepressantsMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsAntidepressant Therapy7. Mood-Stabilizing MedicationsLithiumValproate (Depakote)Carbamazepine (Tegretol)Lamotrigine (Lamictal)Other Mood StabilizersWhat Do Mood Stabilizers Treat?Why, and How, to Use Mood Stabilizers in Depression8. Other Medications and TreatmentsAntipsychotic MedicationsControversiesBenzodiazepinesSt. John's WortOmega-3 Fatty Acids and Fish OilExercise"Medical" MarijuanaElectroconvulsive TherapyOther New Treatments9. Counseling and PsychotherapyThe "Biology-Psychology" Split in PsychiatryIs Psychotherapy Alone Sufficient?Is Psychotherapy Always Necessary?Matching the Psychotherapy to the PatientChoosing a Therapy and a TherapistThe Psychiatrist-PsychotherapistPart III10. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderWhat Is ADHD?Treatment IssuesMood Disorders and ADHDOther MedicationsTreatment for Your Child11. Autism, Asperger's, and Related DisordersAutismSymptoms of AutismAutism versus Asperger's SyndromeAutism and Mood DisordersApproaches to Treatment of the Child Who Has Autism12. Alcohol and Drug AbuseAdolescent Substance AbuseAlcohol AbuseMarijuana AbuseAmphetamines (Crystal Meth, Ecstasy, and "Club Drugs")Mood Disorders and Substance AbuseTreatment Issues13. Eating DisordersAnorexia NervosaBulimia NervosaUnderstanding Eating DisordersMood Disorders and Eating Disorders14. "Cutting" and Other Self-Harming BehaviorsSelf-MutilationAdolescent Suicide15. The Genetics of Mood DisordersGenes, Chromosomes, and DNAGenetic DiseasesWhat We KnowThe Search ContinuesPart IV16. Strategies for Successful TreatmentDiagnosis, Diagnosis, DiagnosisChoosing the Treatment TeamEliminating Pathological Influences17. The Role of the FamilyRecognizing SymptomsGetting Involved in TreatmentSafety IssuesArranging Hospitalization and Involuntary TreatmentGetting the Support You Need18. Planning for EmergenciesKnow Whom to Call for HelpInsurance IssuesMore on Safety19. Looking AheadResourcesSuggested ReadingSupport and Advocacy OrganizationsInternet ResourcesNotesIndex
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