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This book describes an approach to developing and testing effective community-based programs for at-risk children and youth. Elements of risk and resilience, positive youth development, and organizational collaboration are used to develop a comprehensive intervention framework called the Integrated Prevention and Early Intervention (IPEI) Model. The IPEI is applied to a community-based after-school program called the Bridge Project to illustrate how...
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In this video, adolescent medicine specialist Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, explains the importance of understanding ACEs when caring for children and teens who have experienced trauma. Topics include: the roots of trauma; trauma prevention; nature vs. nurture, and the effects of stress hormones on the brain. From The American Academy of Pediatrics publication "Reaching Teens: Strength-Based Communication...
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"Almost weekly it seems that we're bombarded with gruesome headlines of horrific criminal acts committed by young people - adolescents shoot their peers in the schoolyard; a teenager gives birth at her prom, kills the baby, and rejoins the dance; two boys allegedly kill a girl for her bicycle. Are children today more violent and remorseless than in the past? Is this the advent of a youth crime wave? What's the best option to fight juvenile crime -...
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This book is the culmination of a body of research covering what works in the field of child welfare. Quite often we know that some programs benefit the children and families served, but rarely do we know how or why they work. What Works is written in a style accessible to all audiences and attempts to bridge the gap between researchers and policymakers. It is divided into six major sections: family preservation and support services, child protective...
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