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Promoting Community Resilience in Disasters: The Role for Schools, Youth, and Families
Ronan, Kevin, Johnston, David
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Description for Promoting Community Resilience in Disasters: The Role for Schools, Youth, and Families
Hardcover. Offers both clinicians and researchers guidance on hazard preparation efforts as well as early response and intervention practices. This title emphasizes an evidence- and prevention-based approach that is geared toward readiness, response, and recovery phases of natural and human-made disasters. Num Pages: 210 pages, 23 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
A myriad of models are available to guide practice before, during, and following disasters. As emphasized in this book, we value the role of research in informing our assessment, education, and intervention efforts in this area. Keeping an eye on those elements that have research backing certainly assists with quality control generally. However, more specifically, we also stress the idea that there is evidence to support a role for hope and positive expectations in the motivation and engagement process. In addition, the more that people, including youth and adults, actively participate in efforts designed to help, the more benefits they ... Read more
A myriad of models are available to guide practice before, during, and following disasters. As emphasized in this book, we value the role of research in informing our assessment, education, and intervention efforts in this area. Keeping an eye on those elements that have research backing certainly assists with quality control generally. However, more specifically, we also stress the idea that there is evidence to support a role for hope and positive expectations in the motivation and engagement process. In addition, the more that people, including youth and adults, actively participate in efforts designed to help, the more benefits they ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387238203
SKU
V9780387238203
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Ronan, Kevin, Johnston, David
Kevin Ronan has been working in the hazards and disasters area for the past decade. He has an ongoing interest in community resilience and prevention work in this and other areas (e.g., conduct disorder and delinquency in youth and families). He has been the Director of Clinical Psychology Training at Massey University for a number of years and stresses evidence-based ... Read more
Reviews for Promoting Community Resilience in Disasters: The Role for Schools, Youth, and Families
From the reviews: "The premise of this book is that two of the groups most vulnerable to disaster are children and their family members. As such, this book is designed to assist those charged with helping these groups respond to and rebound from major traumas (e.g., school psychologists and counselors, emergency managers and planners, and ... Read more