Lenette Azzi-Lessing

Gebundenes Buch

Behind from the Start

How America's War on the Poor Is Harming Our Most Vulnerable Children

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780190459031
• ISBN-10: 0190459034
• Artikelnr.: 47864085