Working With High Risk Youth The Case of Curtis Jones

by Taub, Alex A.G.

• ISBN13: 9780761855354
• ISBN10: 0761855351
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-21
• Publisher: Hamilton Books

Summary

Working with High Risk Youth: The Case of Curtis Jones is a work that allows high risk youths to tell their own stories from their point of view. These vignettes are discussed to give students insights into their future work environments and the mental tools they will need to adapt their personalities to their future work realities. Readers are encouraged to imagine themselves in these situations and ask how they would deal with the various characters. This work was reviewed by numerous youths and professionals within their fields to allow for their perspectives to be expressed. By using this approach, past clients have a voice in how future professionals will approach them as people.

Author Biography

Alex A. G. Taub, M.A., teaches anthropology at Wenatchee Valley College in the heart of Washington State. He has worked with high-risk youths for over twenty years in the fields of education, social work, the courts, and diversion. His teaching focuses on how to make difficult topics interesting for students.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Preface	p. vi
Student Introduction	p. xiii
Open Letter to the Instructor	p. xvi
Face to Face	p. 1
The Home Front	p. 19
An Education in Educating High-Risk Youth	p. 33
Morality Centered Questions	p. 42
Welcome to the Hell Complaint Line - Please Take a Number … and Wait	p. 53
Home Court Advantage	p. 64
A Walk in the Park	p. 74
Why Riot?	p. 83
An Incomplete Sentence	p. 96
Gunning for Trouble	p. 105
Trial By Fire	p. 116
Closing Comments	p. 128
The Flow of Money and Authority	p. 129
Glossary	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 133
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