Today there are nearly six million children under the age of 5 living in poverty in the world's richest country. Behind from the Start examines what lies behind the stubbornly high rate of poverty among young children in the U.S. and its consequences. It explains the multiple ways in which early-life poverty robs millions of children of a promising future and calls for dramatic changes in how we approach this problem.
Today there are nearly six million children under the age of 5 living in poverty in the world's richest country. Behind from the Start examines what lies behind the stubbornly high rate of poverty among young children in the U.S. and its consequences. It explains the multiple ways in which early-life poverty robs millions of children of a promising future and calls for dramatic changes in how we approach this problem.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lenette Azzi-Lessing, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Division of Social Work, Leadership, and Public Policy at Wheelock College, Boston. She is the founder and director of Wheelock's Graduate Certificate Program in Early Childhood Mental Health and faculty leader of the college's South Africa Partnership for Early Childhood Development. She joined the faculty after more than 25 years as a front-line social worker, CEO, and policy advocate. Dr. Azzi-Lessing founded one of the nation's first programs for drug- and alcohol-affected families in the child welfare system, and was twice awarded the Commissioner's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Inhaltsangabe
* Foreword, Lisbeth Schorr * Chapter 1. Introduction * Chapter 2. Stuck at the Bottom: Poor Policies for Poor Families * Chapter 3. From the War on Poverty to the War on Poor Families * Chapter 4: Poverty is Poison: Multiple Assaults on Young Lives * Chapter 5. It Takes a Firestorm: How the Child Welfare System Harms Children and Perpetuates the Cycle * Chapter 6. The Emperor's Old Clothes: The False Promise of Simple Solutions * Chapter 7. We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Stronger, Better Strategies for Breaking the Cycle * Chapter 8: From Neurons to National Policy: Using What We Know to Break the Cycle of Disadvantage
* Foreword, Lisbeth Schorr * Chapter 1. Introduction * Chapter 2. Stuck at the Bottom: Poor Policies for Poor Families * Chapter 3. From the War on Poverty to the War on Poor Families * Chapter 4: Poverty is Poison: Multiple Assaults on Young Lives * Chapter 5. It Takes a Firestorm: How the Child Welfare System Harms Children and Perpetuates the Cycle * Chapter 6. The Emperor's Old Clothes: The False Promise of Simple Solutions * Chapter 7. We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Stronger, Better Strategies for Breaking the Cycle * Chapter 8: From Neurons to National Policy: Using What We Know to Break the Cycle of Disadvantage
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