Troubled Children and Youth : Turning Problems into Opportunities

by Brendtro, Larry; Shahbazian, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780878224890
• ISBN10: 0878224890
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Research Pr Pub

Summary

In Troubled Children and Youth: Turning Problems into Opportunities, clinicians, teachers, youth professionals, mentors, and parents are presented with research-based strategies that will help them improve their relationships with youth, including those who have been ignored, discarded, and branded as incorrigible. While opening the door to a positive, strength-based approach to helping youth, the book reinforces a vital principle that tribal communities have embraced for centuries. Every child is precious, and even those who are lost and marginalized can and should be reclaimed by society.

Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Challenges	p. 1
Crisis and courage	p. 3
Coping with conflict	p. 25
Pathways to problems	p. 47
The dance of disturbance	p. 71
Solutions	p. 89
Relationship beachheads	p. 91
Cultivating strengths	p. 113
Crisis as opportunity	p. 135
The developmental audit	p. 159
"The courage to trust"	p. 187
A life space crisis intervention	p. 193
References	p. 205
Index	p. 229
About the authors	p. 251
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