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Korpi recognizes the need for young adults to be included in decisions and discussions about their future. The first part of the book shows how families can adapt everyday routines to develop the young adult's life skills. The second part provides information on support services, and stresses the importance of devising an effective transition plan.
Parent and teenager. --- Teenagers with disabilities --- Teenagers with disabilities. --- Services for.
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This second edition provides key information, updated program ideas, and practical tips that will help library workers feel more prepared to serve members of this prevalent population.
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Adolescents with developmental disabilities are a complex population who require specialised treatment and care. This interdisciplinary text examines the processes involved in working with this client group in forensic settings, and explores the ways in which their needs differ from those of other young people who engage in high risk behaviour.
Teenagers with disabilities. --- Forensic psychology. --- Teenagers with disabilities --- Handicapped teenagers --- Physically handicapped teenagers --- Teenagers --- Youth with disabilities --- Juridical psychology --- Juristic psychology --- Legal psychology --- Psychology, Forensic --- Forensic sciences --- Psychology, Applied --- Services for.
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By summarising and integrating theory and research on adolescents from a diversity of backgrounds, this text presents a picture of these understudied and misunderstood adolescents by focusing on the positive, healthy development of minorities.
Adolescence --- Minority teenagers --- Teenagers with social disabilities --- Teenagers --- Socially handicapped teenagers --- People with social disabilities --- Teenagers with disabilities --- Minority youth --- Social conditions.
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The book describes two similar and successful models of youth mentoring used by two acclaimed urban high schools that have consistently achieved exceptional graduation rates. Providing a detailed description of their methods - based upon extensive observation, and interviews with teachers, students, administrators, and parents - this book makes a major contribution to the debate on how to reduce the achievement gap. Using similar teacher-as-youth mentor and youth advising models, these two inner city schools - Fenway High School in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Kedma School in Jerusalem - hav
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Reflecting the views of parents, professionals and those with AS themselves, this book tackles issues that are pertinent to all teenagers, such as sexuality, depression and friendship, as well as topics like disclosure and therapeutic alternatives that are more specific to those with AS. This book is an essential survival guide to adolescence.
Asperger's syndrome. --- Autistic children. --- Teenagers with mental disabilities. --- Teenagers --- Mentally handicapped teenagers --- Teenagers with disabilities --- Youth with mental disabilities --- Autism in children --- Children with autism --- Autistic people --- Children with autism spectrum disorders --- AS (Psychiatry) --- Asperger syndrome --- Asperger's disorder --- Autistic psychopathy --- High-functioning autism --- Psychopathy, Autistic --- Autism spectrum disorders --- Syndromes --- Mental health. --- Patients
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This book is based on extensive interviews with adolescents diagnosed with AS. It includes six life stories, which present an authentic and fascinating look at the lives of the teenagers and how AS has shaped their growing identities. The stories provide the basis for a discussion of common themes and issues facing teenagers with AS.
Asperger's syndrome --- Teenagers with mental disabilities --- Teenagers --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Youth --- Mentally handicapped teenagers --- Teenagers with disabilities --- Youth with mental disabilities --- AS (Psychiatry) --- Asperger syndrome --- Asperger's disorder --- Autistic psychopathy --- High-functioning autism --- Psychopathy, Autistic --- Autism spectrum disorders --- Syndromes --- Patients --- Mental health
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This practical resource for work with vulnerable adolescents shows ways of promoting resilience and encouraging pro-social behaviour. Discussing concerns associated with adolescence such as peer pressure and moral responsibility, the authors suggest ways for practitioners to support young people who may have social or family problems.
Children with social disabilities. --- Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence. --- Resilience (Personality trait) in children. --- Social work with children. --- Social work with teenagers. --- Teenagers with social disabilities. --- Socially handicapped teenagers --- People with social disabilities --- Teenagers with disabilities --- Teenagers --- Children --- Child psychology --- Adolescent psychology --- Socially handicapped children --- Children with disabilities
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Presents the experiences of pregnant young women in public care and examines how they were prepared and supported once became a parent
Teenage mothers --- Teenage pregnancy --- Teenagers with social disabilities --- Foster children --- Foster home care --- Socially handicapped teenagers --- People with social disabilities --- Teenagers with disabilities --- Adolescent pregnancy --- Pregnancy, Adolescent --- Pregnancy, Teenage --- Pregnancy in adolescence --- Teen pregnancy --- Pregnancy --- Foster youth --- Children --- Adolescent mothers --- School-age mothers --- Schoolgirls as mothers --- Mothers --- Teenage parents --- Sexual behavior --- Institutional care
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