Caregiver Alliances for At-Risk and Dangerous Youth: Establishing School and Agency Coordination and Accountability - Softcover

Dr. Elaine A. Blechman; Dr. Claire A. Fishman; Dr. Daniel B. Fishman

9780878224395: Caregiver Alliances for At-Risk and Dangerous Youth: Establishing School and Agency Coordination and Accountability

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ISBN 10: 0878224394 ISBN 13: 9780878224395

Publisher: Research Press, 2004

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This groundbreaking work brings schools, agencies, and parents together in a cost-effective, collaborative effort to promote resilience in at-risk and dangerous youths and to deter them from future dangerous behavior. Too often, such youths "fall between the cracks" that exist between the organizations designed to serve them schools, juvenile courts, police departments, health and mental health agencies, and community groups. The authors address this crucial problem by presenting a blueprint for establishing a school-based Caregiver Alliance to facilitate communication and sharing of information across organizational boundaries. Such an alliance can overcome the organizational, legal, technological, and operational obstacles that obstruct school and allied agency cooperation and accountability.

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About the Author

Elaine A. Blechman, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a licensed clinical psychologist. She has published numerous books, chapters, and scientific papers about coping, competence, and resilience promotion among at-risk youth and women. Dr. Blechman currently directs a longitudinal study of juvenile offenders that has yielded unique findings about the relationship between substance abuse and recidivism. In conjunction with this book, she has patented a client-centric Internet information system, the Caregiver Alliance ToolboxTM, to integrate parents, schools, and agencies; protect the public; and elevate the standard of care for at-risk and dangerous youth and for children with special health care needs.

Claire A. Fishman, Ph.D., is a practicing clinical and consulting psychologist and a founding member of the Institute of Behavior and Family Therapy. Her research, publications, and teaching have focused on child and family cognitive-behavior therapy, child psychopathology, psychological assessment and intervention with children with birth defects, sex therapy, and licensing and ethical issues in clinical psychology.

Daniel B. Fishman, Ph.D., is professor of clinical and organizational psychology at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology of Rutgers University. As a practicing clinical and consulting psychologist, he specializes in employee and management conflict, organizational development, and program evaluation. Dr. Fishman s numerous publications and presentations span interests in the case study method, philosophical pragmatism, program planning and evaluation, psychotherapy research, educational reform, community psychology, cognitive behavior therapy, and professional psychology training.

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