Investing in Children, Families, and Communities

Strengths-Based Research and Policy: An Introduction; Research and Policy for Building Strengths: Processes and Contexts of Individual, Family, and Community Development; Adversities, Strengths and Public Policy; Strengths-Building Public Policy for Children of Divorce; Resilient Outcomes in Abused and Neglected Children: Bases for Strengths-Based Intervention and Prevention Policies; The Strengths, Competence, and Resilience of Women Facing Domestic Violence: How Can Research and Policy Support Them? Enhancing the Developmental Outcomes of Adolescent Parents and Their Children; Fostering Resilience for Children of Alcoholic Parents; Mental Health Services: A Family Systems Approach; Children and Families Coping With Pediatric Chronic Illnesses; Building Protection, Support, and Opportunity for Inner-City Children and Youth and Their Families; Opportunities for Schools in Promoting Resilience in Children and Youth: A Strengths Perspective; The Organization of Schooling and Adolescent Development; Resilience in Children Exposed to Negative Peer Influences; Racial and Ethnic Status: Risk and Protective Processes Among African-American Families; Acculturation and Enculturation among Latino Youths; Community Violence and Children: Preventing Exposure and Reducing Harm; Community Development as a Response to Community-Level Adversity: Ecological Theory and Research and Strengths-Based Policy; A Blueprint for the Future