At-Risk Youth - A Comprehensive Response (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

This timely book addresses one of the biggest single problems with children and youth today -- at-risk behavior. 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 professionals -- and this book can set the stage. The authors:
-- Provide up-to-date information and research on five at-risk categories: school dropout, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, delinquency and violence, and teen suicide.
-- Present educational, psychological, and counseling interventions for prevention and treatment of at-risk behaviors, including those appropriate for elementary age and younger children.
-- Use case studies to highlight, apply, and personalize the book's information.

If we do not confront these issues, our society could lose nearly a quarter of its youth to at-risk behaviors -- young people who otherwise might become productive, successful, and happy adults!