At-Risk Youth: A Comprehensive Response - Softcover

McWhirter, J. Jeffries; McWhirter, Benedict T.; McWhirter, Anna M.; McWhirter, Ellen Hawley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534345808 ISBN 13: 9780534345808

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 1997

Synopsis

This timely book addresses one of the biggest single problems facing society today--at-risk behavior in one quarter of our nation's youth--and provides strategies for prevention and treatment that can be implemented in the schools, in the homes, and by helping professionals in a variety of settings. Whether the term "at risk" is associated with a local school district's problems with child and adolescent suicide and school dropouts, the correction system's concerns about juvenile delinquency, or the health system's concerns with teen pregnancy, child abuse, and AIDS, the individuals labeled at-risk need the ongoing help of professional--and this book can set the stage.

About this title

About the Author:

J. Jeffries McWhirter holds a diplomate in counseling psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Academy of Counseling Psychology, and the Association of Specialists in Group Work. He is a professor in the Division of Psychology in Education at Arizona State University. He has also maintained a small private practice for nearly 30 years. Jeffries is Benedict and Robert's father, and Benedict and Ellen are married.

Review:

"This is a great text. One of my graduate students said about the first edition, 'this is one of the few books I think I'll hang on to,' and the second edition is even better. . . . It offers excellent coverage of the topic from identification of the many categories of being at risk, through current research, to suggested solutions."

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0534345808
• ISBN 13: 9780534345808
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 381