Kids Who Outwit Adults - Softcover

John Seita; Larry Brendtro

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ISBN 10: 1570354502 ISBN 13: 9781570354502

Publisher: Sopris West, 2002

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Foreword by Matt Damon

The strengths-based interventions described in this groundbreaking book have benefited thousands of kids in trouble, including Dr. Seita himself, who was treated by Dr. Brendtro in 1967 after being abandoned and abused as an adolescent. Today they work together, training hundreds of youth workers each year in their cutting edge techniques.

In Kids Who Outwit Adults, Seita and Brendtro disclose the "private logic" behind kids’ violent and defiant acts. Weaving together an effective, highly rewarding approach based on tried-and-true resilience models, insights from their years of experience, and kids’ own heart-wrenching accounts, the authors identify the "internal strengths" and "external supports" kids need in order to break negative behavior patterns.

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About the Author:

Dr. John Seita is a former youth at risk who beat the odds. He was removed from his mother's home at the age of eight. Abused and neglected as a child, his journey though children's institutions and countless foster homes was a litany of degradation and humiliation. His unrestrained anger at his mother and at the system led to a childhood of anger and loneliness, one during which he fought with adults, counselors, teachers, house parents, childcare workers, and anyone else who crossed his path.

Today he is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Michigan State University where he also has appointments with the MSU Extension/4-H and with the Michigan Agricultural Experimental Station. He is the author of Kids Who Outwit Adults (with Larry Brendtro); God Is in the Kitchen and Other Everyday Miracles; and In Whose Best Interest (with Martin Mitchell and Christi Tobin). He has written extensively in various journals on subjects related to youth development and program evaluation.

Prior to coming to Michigan State, Dr. Seita worked for five years as a program director for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan. He has also worked as a Research Associate and Adjunct Professor at Western Michigan University and has also been a youth worker in several treatment settings.

Dr. Seita attended Western Michigan University, earning his bachelor’s degree in sociology, his master’s degree in educational leadership, and his doctorate of education in educational leadership.

Larry Brendtro, Ph.D., is President of Reclaiming Youth International, a nonprofit organization of networking professionals, policy leaders, and citizens concerned with troubled children. He holds a doctorate in education and psychology from the University of Michigan. He has been a youth worker, teacher, principal, and psychologist. For 14 years, he was the president of Starr Commonwealth. At the University of Illinois, he and Herb Quay developed programs for behaviorally disordered students, and he also taught at Ohio State and Augustana College. He founded the Black Hills Seminars and coedits the journal Reclaiming Children and Youth. He speaks internationally, and his publications are available in several languages. Books include No Disposable Kids, Reclaiming Our Prodigal Sons and Daughters, Reclaiming Youth at Risk, Positive Peer Culture, Re-educating Troubled Youth, and The Other 23 Hours. He is a member of the U.S. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention chaired by the attorney general.

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