Over 600,000 copies sold! Socially, mentally, and spiritually, teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these pressures, it is still parents who can influence teens the most, and The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers equips parents to make the most of that opportunity.
In this adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller ......
Offers social workers with research-based information necessary to develop successful teen pregnancy prevention programs. This title draws upon multi-disciplinary literature from psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, medicine, and public health to provide 'best practice' applications for effective social work intervention.
This workbook is an initial approach for helping teenagers become aware, both cognitively and emotionally, of the negative consequences of their drug and/or alcohol use. It is hoped that by seeing for themselves how not using can make their life better, teenagers will become motivated toward beginning treatment. This is a package of 5.
Reflects on what is promising in working with the suicidal adolescent and provides information relevant to theory, practice, and intervention. This volume provides empirically based findings that can be easily translated for practical use by the clinician. It includes discussion of malpractice risk management, and an extensive list of references.
America's latest war, according to renowned social critic Henry Giroux, is a war on youth. While this may seem counterintuitive in our youth-obsessed culture, Giroux lays bare the grim reality of how our educational, social, and economic institutions continually fail young people. Their systemic failure is the result of what Giroux identifies as ......
America's latest war, according to renowned social critic Henry Giroux, is a war on youth. While this may seem counterintuitive in our youth-obsessed culture, Giroux lays bare the grim reality of how our educational, social, and economic institutions continually fail young people. Their systemic failure is the result of what Giroux identifies as ......
Offers scientifically validated guidance to help you raise your tween, teen, or young adult on the autism spectrum. The book contains advice for finding medical and psychiatric care, helping your teen learn executive functioning and social skills to navigate middle and high school, and talking to your teen about sexual development and activity.
Bringing together leading experts, this book presents effective practices for helping people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to thrive in adulthood. As individuals with ASD mature, their needs change as well. The book reviews the growing research base and describes ways to support adolescents and adults in succeeding in higher education and ......
This is a view of teenage girls. It reviews and assesses research on girls from a variety of racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, searching or commonalties and differences.
An essential guide for anyone who is bisexual, and those looking for more information about bisexuality. With first-hand accounts and advice on coming out, dating, sex, activism, gender identity, and biphobia, this empowering book is a manifesto for bisexual people everywhere.
The participatory politics and civic engagement of youth in the digital age. Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org There is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional, public trust in core institutions is eroding, and little is likely to emerge from traditional politics that will shift those ......
The participatory politics and civic engagement of youth in the digital age. Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org There is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional, public trust in core institutions is eroding, and little is likely to emerge from traditional politics that will shift those ......
An anthology which explores how American children have been defined and continuously redefined throughout history. It ranges from 17th-century ministers to Drs Benjamin Spock and Barry Brazelton, and from the poems of Anne Bradstreet to the writings of young people today.
The family lies at the centre of public debates over work, parenthood, welfare, and values. In the media, this debate is critically about your children, their present welfare and future prospects. Still, the subject of childhood has received little systematic attention. This title explores how children have been defined throughout history.
The American media has recently discovered children's experiences in present-day wars. This book shows that boys and girls have routinely contributed to war efforts, armies have accepted under-aged soldiers for centuries, and war-time experiences have affected the ways in which grown-up children of war perceive themselves and their societies.
The American media has recently discovered children's experiences in present-day wars. This book shows that boys and girls have routinely contributed to war efforts, armies have accepted under-aged soldiers for centuries, and war-time experiences have affected the ways in which grown-up children of war perceive themselves and their societies.
Public Administration and the Legacies of Mao's Rustication Program
During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled seventeen million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception to its termination.
This book is an introduction to the worlds, lives, and struggles of diverse kinds and communities of girls that ministers and youth leaders are likely to encounter in the church. Issues such as spirituality, family relationships, sexuality, and school are explored from a cultural and contextual perspective.
There are growing numbers of youth who identify as transgender, and as a result, clinicians and counselors are in need of an informed resource that covers the basics of gender identity and expression. This book responds to that need by setting out clear advice and support on working with transgender and non-binary youth with regard to their ......
The book reviews research and clinical observations on this timely topic. The authors look at attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder, all of which are common among youths and often share similar symptoms of impulse control problems.
Compiles a collection of chapters that cover a range of topics from relationships with parents to views about love, sex, and marriage; from experiences in college to those in the work place; and more. This book portrays the lives of young Americans between adolescence and young adulthood, a stage that the editor describes as emerging adulthood.
Although many parents use spankings and other forms of corporal punishment to discipline their children, research shows that the practice harms children and is ineffective at changing their behaviour. This book presents 15 effective interventions designed to prevent and stop parents from physically punishing their children.
Developmental psychologist Way interprets first-person accounts of what it means to be among the nearly 40 percent of poor and/or ethnic minority adolescents in the 1990s, drawing upon 71 interviews (protocols appended) with a sample of the 95-plus percent who do not meet the media stereotypes of d
Drawing on interviews with over 100 young men and women, and five years of research, the author explores the fast-paced world of kids and their cars. She reveals a world where cars have incredible significance for kids, as a means of transportation and thereby freedom to come and go, as status symbols and as a means to express their identities.
Drawing on interviews with over 100 young men and women, and five years of research, the author explores the fast-paced world of kids and their cars. She reveals a world where cars have incredible significance for kids, as a means of transportation and thereby freedom to come and go, as status symbols and as a means to express their identities.
