At risk youth : a comprehensive response : for counselors, teachers, psychologists, and human service professionals / J. Jeffries McWhirter, Benedict T. McWhirter, Ellen Hawley McWhirter and Robert J. McWhirter

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-414) and indexes.

Part. 1. At-risk children and youth : the ecology of problems -- 1 An introduction to at-risk issues -- 2 Environmental/societal factors that contribute to risk -- 3 Legal and ethical issues. Part 2. Families, schools, and skills -- 4 Family Problems of at-risk children and youth -- 5 School issues that relate to at-risk children and youth -- 6 Individual characteristics of high-risk and low-risk children and youth. Part 3. At-risk categories -- 7 School dropout -- 8 Substance use and addiction -- 9 Teenage pregnancy, STDs, and risky sexual behavior -- 10 Juvenile delinquency and youth violence -- 11 Youth suicide. Part 4. Prevention, intervention, and treatment approaches -- 12 Prevention, early intervention, treatment Framework, and other environmental considerations -- 13 Core components of programs for prevention and early intervention -- 14 Peer interventions -- 15 Family interventions.

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