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Successful Prevention and Youth Development Programs
Ferrer-Wreder, Laura (Pennsylvania State University Capital College, Middletown, Usa); Stattin, Hakan; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Tubman, Jonathan G. (Fl
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Description for Successful Prevention and Youth Development Programs
Hardback. Explores the incidence of problem youth behaviors and scrutinizing the efficacy of the prevention programs. This volume includes interventions designed to promote youth development or to minimize the long-term consequences of problem behaviors from violence and criminality, substance use and abuse, teen pregnancy and hazardous sexual behaviors. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 768.
From a European Perspective This book charts territory that is profoundly important, and yet rarely fully understood. The authors have attempted a task that has relevance to the widest possible range of professionals working with children and adolescents. In describing and assessing the fields prevention and promotion they have performed an immense service to researchers in this field, but also to practitioners across the spectrum, from mental health nurses and doctors to teachers and psychologists, from social work professionals to psychiatrists and youth counselors. There are two other key elements that should be emphasized from the outset. The first is ... Read more
From a European Perspective This book charts territory that is profoundly important, and yet rarely fully understood. The authors have attempted a task that has relevance to the widest possible range of professionals working with children and adolescents. In describing and assessing the fields prevention and promotion they have performed an immense service to researchers in this field, but also to practitioners across the spectrum, from mental health nurses and doctors to teachers and psychologists, from social work professionals to psychiatrists and youth counselors. There are two other key elements that should be emphasized from the outset. The first is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306481765
SKU
V9780306481765
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Ref
99-15
About Ferrer-Wreder, Laura (Pennsylvania State University Capital College, Middletown, Usa); Stattin, Hakan; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Tubman, Jonathan G. (Fl
Reviews for Successful Prevention and Youth Development Programs
"It should be required reading for anyone concerned with the emotional health and well-being of young people. The authors are to be congratulated on their achievement, and I am proud to have been associated with this endeavour." (John Coleman, OBE, Ph.D., FBPsS, Director, Trust for the Study of Adolescence) "Youth Development Programs: Across Borders fills a substantial gap for ... Read more