Books of At-risk youth

  • Transforming the School-To-Prison Pipeline: Lessons from the Classroom
    Transforming the School-To-Prison Pipeline: Lessons from the Classroom
    By Tonette S. Rocco, Debra M. Pane

    This book is a scholarly study, presented here as a readable story, and practical guide for walking teachers, administrators, and teacher education programs through the process of transforming traditional ways of thinking about classroom ...

  • Learning to Like the Kid in the Mirror
    Learning to Like the Kid in the Mirror
    By Ruth Herman Wells

    ... Temper and Tantrum Tamers Find Work Where Aggression Works Turn Down the Heat at Home Turn On the Turned - Off Student Putting Aside Problems During School Cure the Causes of School Flu ... plus 18 more lessons ... plus 18 more lessons ...

  • Effective Program Practices for At-risk Youth: A Continuum of Community-based Programs
    Effective Program Practices for At-risk Youth: A Continuum of Community-based Programs
    By James Klopovic, Michael Lee Vasu, Douglas L. Yearwood

    Effective Program Practices for At-risk Youth: A Continuum of Community-based Programs

  • Kids, Cops and Communities
    Kids, Cops and Communities
    By Marcia R. Chaiken

    This report is designed to help law enforcement administrators and officers understand and institute a strategy to help prevent violence -- community-oriented policing services carried out in collaboration with youth-serving organizations.

  • On the Margins: The Educational Experience of 'problem' Pupils
    On the Margins: The Educational Experience of 'problem' Pupils
    By John Dwyfor Davies, Mel Lloyd-Smith

    ... black artists in the Cardiff area . She developed a new role as training provider and identified ... photography , drama and South Asian and Afro - Caribbean music during the next two years . The summer of 1990 saw an ambitious carnival ...

  • Grants for At-risk Youth

    This book allows school grantseekers to go directly to local funders--those who offer the most direct link to funds.

  • Positive Youth Development: A New School Curriculum to Tackle Adolescent Developmental Issues
    Positive Youth Development: A New School Curriculum to Tackle Adolescent Developmental Issues
    By Daniel T. L. Shek, Joav Merrick, Hing Keung Ma

    The new curriculum covered in this book is closely related to the emerging adolescent developmental issues in Hong Kong and the global contexts.

  • Problem Children: Special Populations in Delinquency
    Problem Children: Special Populations in Delinquency
    By Robert Hartmann McNamara, Carrie Coward Bucher

    This book, the first of its kind in the field, is a valuable supplement to any traditional delinquency textbook and explores fascinating dimensions of the delinquency population.

  • Wild Child, Waiting Mom: Finding Hope in the Midst of Heartache
    Wild Child, Waiting Mom: Finding Hope in the Midst of Heartache
    By Karilee Hayden, Wendi Hayden English

    "Wild Child, Waiting Mom" is the true story of one family's journey through ten years of poor choices and heartache, uniquely told through the eyes of a mother, Karilee, and her prodigal daughter, Wendi.

  • How to Manage Behaviour in Further Education
    How to Manage Behaviour in Further Education
    By Dave Vizard

    ... Education Business Partnership . LEA employed person who checks on attendance of learners and can provide welfare support ... adult education and courses . A term referring to the necessary reading ... MANAGE BEHAVIOUR IN FURTHER EDUCATION.

  • Representing Youth: Telling Stories, Imagining Change
    Representing Youth: Telling Stories, Imagining Change
    By Lisa Kelly, Kimberly D. Ambrose

    This text begins with a chapter outlining systems basics but quickly transitions into a fictionalized narrative seen through the eyes of the young people, families, communities, and professionals at the center of the child welfare and ...