Handbook of Prevention And Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls

by LeCroy, Craig Winston; Mann, Joyce Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780471677963
• ISBN10: 0471677965
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-02
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls presents the latest research, programs, and approaches that respond to the needs of today's adolescent girls. In this practical guide, editors Craig LeCroy and Joyce Mann have brought together a notable team of contributors to produce a resource with both diverse coverage and practical applications. Filled with helpful examples, this is an indispensable, hands-on resource for practitioners and students in mental health, education, and public policy.

Author Biography

Craig Winston Lecroy, PHD, MSW, is Professor of Social Work at Arizona State University in Tucson, Arizona, and is the author of several social work texts, including Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Multidimensional Perspective, Third Edition.

Joyce Elizabeth Mann, MA, MSW, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Tucson, Arizona, specializing in issues of adolescent girls.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction: Adolescent Girls and the Pathway to Adulthood	p. 1
Universal Prevention for Adolescent Girls: The Go Grrrls Program	p. 11
Developing Friendships and Peer Relationships: Building Social Support with the Girls Circle Program	p. 41
A Dissonance-Based Intervention for the Prevention of Eating Disorders and Obesity	p. 81
Preventing Depression in Early Adolescent Girls: The Penn Resiliency and Girls in Transition Programs	p. 123
Preventing HIV among African American Female Adolescents: Development and Evaluation of a Gender and Culturally Congruent Prevention Intervention	p. 163
Manifesting the Strengths of Rural Latina Girls	p. 187
Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives: Harm Reduction/Health Promotion Program for Female High School Athletes	p. 205
Teens with Anorexia Nervosa: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment	p. 241
Incarcerated Female Teens and Substance Abuse: The Holistic Enrichment for At-Risk Teens (HEART) Program	p. 269
Empirically Validated Approaches to Family Treatment for Adolescent Girls	p. 305
Mentorship: The GirlPOWER! Program	p. 325
Author Index	p. 367
Subject Index	p. 383
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