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A useful guide on education in the field of community research and
action, Education in Community Psychology explores curriculum
issues regarding coursework, field training, the status of
research, and the need for promoting a multidisciplinary
perspective. For your easy reference, it gives you a thorough
overview of the kinds of undergraduate and graduate courses
available and of freestanding and interdisciplinary graduate
programs in both North America and New Zealand. For your
convenience, it also covers the types of knowledge and skills
taught in these courses and programs, the professional roles open
to community graduates, how programs can work with community
organizations, and the steps and issues you should consider when
planning a community psychology course or program. From this book's
helpful pages, you will discover why interdisciplinary programs
hold the most promise for innovation in graduate education, as well
as the greatest potential for developing community research and
action into an interdisciplinary field. If you are interested in
setting up a program that helps students develop a 'systems
perspective'in the way they approach problems and issues in the
community, Education in Community Psychology will help you get
started. To this end, you learn about: the issues and strategies in
teaching community psychology to your students practical steps for
developing your program how to secure viable field placements for
your students how your community psychology program can train
psychologists in nontraditional roles suited to address human and
social problems the ecology of masters'programs selecting required
readings trends in interdisciplinary training using social
functions that include faculty, students, and community agencies to
develop collaborative working relationships the change in APA
guidelinesEducation in Community Psychology provides community
psychology professors and graduate students, psychology
undergraduates intending to go to graduate school, and educators in
human development and social work with a practical overview of the
field of community research and action, its values, ethics,
theories, and methods. With its sample course outlines,
recommendations for faculty planning, and insights on how to
develop community psychology programs, you will be able to extend
your skills beyond the classroom and into the community, where it
counts.
Increase your understanding of the etiology, prevention, and
treatment of delinquency!
This informative book provides you with specific strategies to
assess delinquency and to increase the effectiveness of any
prevention program. In addition, it presents a community peer model
of delinquency with important implications for delinquency
prevention programs and for delinquency research. Examining
specific cultural groups in the United States, including
Caucasians, East Asians, South-East Asians,
Polynesians/Micronesians, and Vietnamese, as well as Japanese
youths in their homeland, this model shows how families, schools,
and neighborhoods affect the formation of peer groups--and how
these groups can facilitate or inhibit delinquency.
Culture, Peers, and Delinquency explores the interplay of
historical, traditional culture with contemporary youth culture. It
also examines the relationship between individual outcome and
community disorganization and illustrates how peer relationships
are conditioned by gender. The book will increase your
understanding of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of
delinquency with examples that show treatment alternatives and
outcomes, focusing on: intercultural differences in major
descriptors of the attitudes and activities of youth the
demographics, economics, and history, as well as a fascinating and
disturbing cultural analysis of the ever-increasing rate of
juvenile delinquency in Japan the influence of peers and culture on
Vietnamese youth gangs in Honolulu gender-difference studies of
mixed-culture incarcerated adolescents--and what these youths have
to say about the detention facility where they go to school a
careful analysis of homes, schools, and neighborhoods in terms of
their dysfunctions and how they increase the likelihood that their
youth will spend time with similar peers and without adult
supervision
Discover the first book on employment opportunities in community
psychology!Employment in Community Psychology: The Diversity of
Opportunity is the first psychology career reference book for
undergraduate psychology majors deciding on graduate schools, for
graduate students in psychology seeking employment, and for
psychology faculty advising their students. This book answers the
questions "What can you do with a graduate degree in community
psychology?" and "Who employs community psychologists?" Employment
in Community Psychology addresses these questions through examples
of graduates educated in community psychology and employed in
diverse applied, research, and academic settings. In Employment in
Community Psychology, you will explore the diversity of community
psychology employment opportunities through the stories of current
graduate students, community psychologists on their first job, and
psychologists who have well-established positions in community
research and action. Each experience is told in a story-telling
style allowing the reader to grasp a deeper understanding of the
employment opportunities that cannot be obtained through abstract
description alone. Some of the experiences that highlight
opportunities in the field include: working in the Institute for
Families in Society at the University of South Carolina as a
Research Associate working as a researcher at the Korea Institute
of Social Psychiatry to determine how primary prevention and action
research can be applied to the promotion of adolescent mental
health in Korean society doctoral studies that developed into the
first community psychology position focusing on the issues of
social justice and reconciliation between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous groups in Australian town non-traditional academic
positions in psychology working as a social worker for Native
non-profit health corporation in Alaska a policy-oriented community
psychologist, or a c.p. in the disabilities field entering a second
career in community psychology at mid-life Employment in Community
Psychology is an essential tool for undergrads and graduate
students considering a career in community psychology. The rich
palette of community psychology experiences that are laid out for
the career researcher and advisor are sure to assist students in
deciding what area of community psychology they would like to
pursue.
A useful guide on education in the field of community research and
action, Education in Community Psychology explores curriculum
issues regarding coursework, field training, the status of
research, and the need for promoting a multidisciplinary
perspective. For your easy reference, it gives you a thorough
overview of the kinds of undergraduate and graduate courses
available and of freestanding and interdisciplinary graduate
programs in both North America and New Zealand. For your
convenience, it also covers the types of knowledge and skills
taught in these courses and programs, the professional roles open
to community graduates, how programs can work with community
organizations, and the steps and issues you should consider when
planning a community psychology course or program. From this book's
helpful pages, you will discover why interdisciplinary programs
hold the most promise for innovation in graduate education, as well
as the greatest potential for developing community research and
action into an interdisciplinary field. If you are interested in
setting up a program that helps students develop a 'systems
perspective'in the way they approach problems and issues in the
community, Education in Community Psychology will help you get
started. To this end, you learn about: the issues and strategies in
teaching community psychology to your students practical steps for
developing your program how to secure viable field placements for
your students how your community psychology program can train
psychologists in nontraditional roles suited to address human and
social problems the ecology of masters'programs selecting required
readings trends in interdisciplinary training using social
functions that include faculty, students, and community agencies to
develop collaborative working relationships the change in APA
guidelinesEducation in Community Psychology provides community
psychology professors and graduate students, psychology
undergraduates intending to go to graduate school, and educators in
human development and social work with a practical overview of the
field of community research and action, its values, ethics,
theories, and methods. With its sample course outlines,
recommendations for faculty planning, and insights on how to
develop community psychology programs, you will be able to extend
your skills beyond the classroom and into the community, where it
counts.
The conference on which this volume is based was one of a series of
symposia initiated by the Department of Psychology at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa on the theory and research
surrounding topics of interest to the faculty and germane to the
Hawaiian community. In order to encourage interaction around
specific themes, the symposium series has assembled a small, select
group of scholars to exchange knowledge, ideas, and enthusiasm with
the resident faculty, students, and the community at large. The
first two symposia concentrated on cross-cultural themes (Marsella,
Tharp, & Ciborowski, 1979; Marsella, DeVos, & Hsu, 1985).
The third one addressed a significant social problem: aggression
and violence in children. At the time that our plan was being
developed, Hawaii, along with mainland states, was experiencing or
at least expressing widespread alarm over the involvement of
children and youth in violent crime, in belligerence at school, as
perpetrators of aggression at home, and as victims of physical
abuse. This symposium was planned around a major area within the
department, the Clinical Studies Program. The Clinical Studies
Program has developed along two interrelated lines of
concentration: one emphasized the foundation of clin cical
psychology in basic science and the other expanded its purview into
the broader community, covering prevention, systems change, and
social networks."
Discover the first book on employment opportunities in community
psychology Employment in Community Psychology: The Diversity of
Opportunity is the first psychology career reference book for
undergraduate psychology majors deciding on graduate schools, for
graduate students in psychology seeking employment, and for
psychology faculty advising their students. This book answers the
questions "What can you do with a graduate degree in community
psychology?" and "Who employs community psychologists?" Employment
in Community Psychology addresses these questions through examples
of graduates educated in community psychology and employed in
diverse applied, research, and academic settings. In Employment in
Community Psychology, you will explore the diversity of community
psychology employment opportunities through the stories of current
graduate students, community psychologists on their first job, and
psychologists who have well-established positions in community
research and action. Each experience is told in a story-telling
style allowing the reader to grasp a deeper understanding of the
employment opportunities that cannot be obtained through abstract
description alone. Some of the experiences that highlight
opportunities in the field include: working in the Institute for
Families in Society at the University of South Carolina as a
Research Associate working as a researcher at the Korea Institute
of Social Psychiatry to determine how primary prevention and action
research can be applied to the promotion of adolescent mental
health in Korean society doctoral studies that developed into the
first community psychology position focusing on the issues of
social justice and reconciliation between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous groups in Australian town non-traditional academic
positions in psychology working as a social worker for Native
non-profit health corporation in Alaska a policy-oriented community
psychologist, or a c.p. in the disabilities field entering a second
career in community psychology at mid-lifeEmployment in Community
Psychology is an essential tool for undergrads and graduate
students considering a career in community psychology. The rich
palette of community psychology experiences that are laid out for
the career researcher and advisor are sure to assist students in
deciding what area of community psychology they would like to
pursue.
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