Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future

Van Bockern, Steve; Brokenleg, Martin; Brendtro, Larry K.

ISBN 10: 187963905X / ISBN 13: 9781879639058

Published by Natl Educational Service, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future
• Publisher: Natl Educational Service
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 187963905X
• ISBN 13: 9781879639058
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 11 ounces

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Synopsis

Reclaiming Youth At Risk offers educators and others access to unique strategies for reaching troubled youth. This resource - The roots of discouragement in today s youth, including destructive relationships, learned irresponsibility, and a loss of purpose. - How to create a Circle of Courage to give youth a sense of belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity. - How to mend a circle that has been broken. - How to reclaim youth who are troubled or lost.

About the Author

Larry K. Brendtro, Ph.D., is president of Reclaiming Youth International, a nonprofit organization networking those serving children who are in conflict with family, school, and community. Dr. Brendtro has had broad experience as a psychologist, educator, and youth worker and is past president of Starr Commonwealth in Michigan and Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. The Reverend Canon Martin Brokenleg, Ph.D., is professor of Native American Studies at Augustana College and dean of the Black Hills Seminars on youth at risk. He holds a doctorate in psychology and is a graduate of the Episcopal Divinity School. He has been a director of The Neighborhood Youth Corps, chaplain in a correctional setting, and has extensive experience as an alcohol counselor. He is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe practicing the culture of his Lakota people. Steve Van Bockern, Ph.D., is professor of Education at Augustana College and dean of the Reclaiming Youth Institute, which conducts research on strength-based prevention and intervention. He has directed grants for the National Science Foundation and the Kellogg Foundation. Dr. Van Bockern serves as a co-director for the Black Hills Seminars and is a senior trainer for the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute of Hagerstown, Maryland.