Books written by Jerome Beker

Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care

Turner, R.E. (1979). The development of forensic services in Toronto. Canadian Journal of Criminology, 21, 200¥209. Webster, C.D., Menzies, R.J., & Jackson, M.A. (1982). Clinical assessment before trial. Toronto: Butterworth & Co.
The Occupational Experience of Residential Child and Youth Care Workers: Caring and Its Discontents

See, for example, Hammersley and Turner's (1980) theoretical review, in which they present in detail the views of Wakeford (1969), Lacey (1970), Woods (1979), and others who claim in different ways the continued and steady existence of ...
Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Guide to Prevention and Treatment

... Richard Isralowitz, Mark Singer. TABLE 1 SIGNIFICANT (p < .001) PEARSON CORRELATIONS FOR THE POPULATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED PERSONS IN ONE STATE (N=37,829 to 41,643) TABLE 2 SIGNIFICANT (p < .001) PEARSON CORRELATIONS FOR MENTALLY.
Information Systems in Child, Youth, and Family Agencies: Planning, Implementation, and Service Enhancement

Reports should be presented to key program supervisors in much the same manner they would be presented to line staff . Is a report understood ? What are staff reactions to it ? What questions does the group raise ?
Information Systems in Child, Youth, and Family Agencies: Planning, Implementation, and Service Enhancement

Here is a detailed look at the design, development, and successful implementation of a utilization-focused, computerized information system in an agency serving children, youths, and families.
Social Skills Training for Children and Youth

... developed by Kaufmann and Wagner (1972), was modified and used asasimulated task.On apre determined randombasis, staffmembers went up to students and told them that theywere goingto “barb” them. The barb consistedof amildtomoderate ...
Family Perspectives in Child and Youth Services

David H. Olson is affiliated with the Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 290 McNeal Hall, St. Paul, MN 55108. Problems with children either begin or end up in the family. Because the family is both affected by ...
Assessing Child Maltreatment Reports: The Problem of False Allegations

Paradise, J.,Rostain, A.,& Nathanson, M. (1988). Substantiation of sexual abuse charges whenparents dispute custody or visitation. Pediatrics, 81, 835–839. Parton, N.(1981). Childabuse, socialanxiety and welfare.
Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care

James P Anglin, Jerome Beker. REFERENCES Bundy, M. L., & Poppen, W. A. (1986). School counselors' effectiveness as consultants: A ... Parsons, R. D., & Meyers, J. (1984). Developing consultation skills. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Assessing Child Maltreatment Reports: The Problem of False Allegations

These skin conditions can sometimes cause very severe rashes in the genital area which may be misinterpreted as being caused by abuse (Jenny, Kirby, dc Fuquay, 1989). A recent report also deseribes changes in the appearance of the ...
Homeless Children: The Watchers and the Waiters

Family Homelessness: Why Does it Occur? Unpublished. ... Homeless Children: A Neglected Population. ... Mother/Child Interaction Among Homeless Women and Their Children in a Public Night Shelter in Atlanta, Georgia.
Homeless Children: The Watchers and the Waiters

At last, here is a compassionate, humane, and informative volume on the most unique and vulnerable group in our society today--homeless children.
Race Mixing in the Public Schools

Non-Aboriginal material.
Family Perspectives in Child and Youth Services

Issues in Child Care Practice with Families The compatibility between the child care perspective as provided by child care practitioners, and needs of children and their families that can be met by extension of that perspective into ...
Developmental Group Care of Children and Youth: Concepts and Practice

He focuses on the developmental requirements of children and adolescents in relation to the care they receive while they are in no-familial, group living situations and also highlights training for the caregivers in order that they can ...
Being in Child Care: A Journey Into Self

Since it can be understood at many different levels, this book will appeal to the student as much as to the seasoned practitioner. (Fewster says parents can read it too.)
Knowledge Utilization in Residential Child and Youth Care Practice

This monumental, combined effort of more than 19 experts in the field is designed to serve as a much-needed resource of effective, research-based practice. It focuses on the utilization of...
Helping Delinquents Change: A Treatment Manual of Social Learning Approaches

... behavior so that we could help delinquents change? READINGS. 1. Feldman, P. (1983). Juvenile offending: Behavioral approaches to prevention and intervention. Child and Family Behavior Therapy ... Future perspectives. In L. Michelson, M.
Social Skills Training for Children and Youth

One of the most complete sources of information on the development of social skills training with youth, this useful volume integrates current research and practice.
Residential Education as an Option for At-Risk Youth

... of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Hartford, October 1994. Thomas, G. (1994). Travels in the trench between child welfare theory and practice. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc. (Also published as Child & ...