Children and Youth - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

While "city life" can be exciting, its problems can be challenging for families and children, particularly when they are members of minority groups. An interdisciplinary team of researchers examines the positive and problematic circumstances that confront children and youth living in cities and identifies the best researched-based solutions for improving or enhancing those circumstances. Divided into three parts--families, schools, and health--this impressive array of scholars explore such topics as: factors that have influenced inner-city life, including migration patterns and middle-class flights from cities and ghettos; the role of coping, resources, and skills in an urban familyÆs successful management of stress; community-university partnerships that offer workable solutions to urban children and their families; the features of homes, schools, and communities that promote academic success and healthy psychological development in adverse circumstances; barriers to urban schoolingùsuch as under funding, dangerous environments, and teacher overload--and promising avenues of reform for effective schools; strategies for preventing violence and substance abuse among city youth; the use of cultural competency training for health care providers so as to overcome the geographic, language, and ethnic barriers to the urban poorÆs access to this care; and the development and implementation of the collaborative programs across disciplines to better serve city children and their families. Clearly written so as to be more accessible to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the fields of developmental psychology, sociology, family studies, social work, counseling, human services, and nursing this book provides readers with the best interdisciplinary information available today on the problems with growing up in a city and ways to solve them.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Issues in Children's and Families' Lives
Release date:	May 1997
First published:	March 1997
Editors:	Herbert J. Walberg • Olga Reyes • Roger P. Weissberg
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7619-0906-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children Promotions
LSN:	0-7619-0906-0
Barcode:	9780761909064

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