Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls - Hardcover

 
9780471677963: Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471677965 ISBN 13: 9780471677963
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2008

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Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls presents the latest research, programs, and approaches that respond to the needs of today’s adolescent girls. In this practical guide, editors Craig LeCroy and Joyce Mann have brought together a notable team of contributors to produce a resource with both diverse coverage and practical applications. Filled with helpful examples, this is an indispensable, hands-on resource for practitioners and students in mental health, education, and public policy.

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Craig Winston Lecroy, PHD, MSW, is Professor of Social Work at Arizona State University in Tucson, Arizona, and is the author of several social work texts, includingHuman Behavior in the Social Environment: A Multidimensional Perspective, Third Edition.

Joyce Elizabeth Mann, MA, MSW, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Tucson, Arizona, specializing in issues of adolescent girls.

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A contemporary look at the best programs and most positive approaches that work with adolescent girls today

A unique professional reference, Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls compiles the latest research, programs, and approaches that respond to the needs of today's adolescent girls. In this practical guide, editors Craig LeCroy and Joyce Mann have brought together a notable team of contributors to produce a resource with both diverse coverage and practical applications.

Each chapter in this book examines an issue affecting adolescent girls. The authors then describe specific, real-world interventions, presenting actual programs as case studies and providing a detailed look at current approaches and best practices.

The issues covered include:

  • Universal prevention

  • Friendships and peer relationships

  • Eating disorders and obesity

  • Depression in early adolescence

  • HIV prevention among African American girls

  • Leadership training for young Latinas

  • Family treatment for adolescent girls

  • Mentorship

Filled with helpful examples, Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls is an indispensable, hands-on resource for practitioners and students in mental health, education, and public policy.

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Verlag
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0471677965
ISBN 13 
9780471677963
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
391
Herausgeber
Lecroy Craig Winston, Mann Joyce Elizabeth
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