Lonnie R. Helton, Mieko Kotake Smith

Mental Health Practice with Children and Youth

A Strengths and Well-Being Model

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Produktbeschreibung

Mental Health Practice with Children and Youth shows how children's rights have slowly evolved over many years, from children's status as property in the 1600s to the twentieth-century innovations that give a child a specific legal status with a certain amount of freedom and self-determination.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 165mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780789015754
• ISBN-10: 0789015757
• Artikelnr.: 21855999

Autorenporträt

Helton, Lonnie R.; Smith, Mieko Kotake

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Chapter 1. The Strengths and Resilience of Children
* The Strengths Perspective
* The Strengths of Children
* Defining Resiliency
* Development of Resiliency
* Conceptual Model of Resiliency
* Person-Environmental Transaction for the Development of Resiliency
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Henry Lester
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 2. The Care of Children in American Society: Historical
Events and Trends
* Early Perceptions and Treatment of Children
* Nineteenth-Century Efforts for Change
* Twentieth-Century Innovations
* Child Welfare Practice
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Cynthia Harper
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 3. Children and Family Relationships
* Children in Biological Families
* Children in Single-Parent Families
* Children in Blended Families
* Children in Gay and Lesbian Families
* Children in Multigenerational Families
* Children in Foster Families
* Children in Adoptive Families
* Children in Residential Settings
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Joanna Brown
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 4. Child Socialization and Peer Relationships
* Family Influences on Socialization
* School and Peer Relationships
* Children in the Community
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Billy Lapahie
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 5. Children and Learning
* Teacher Expectations and Learning
* Elements of Learning and Achievement
* Ethnic and Culturally Different Children
* Children and Special Education
* Home Schooling: An Educational Alternative
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Hannah Carter
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 6. Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
* Self-Esteem and Well-Being
* A Case Scenario of Resilience
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Michiko Tanaka
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 7. Adolescence
* Adolescent Ethnic and Racial Identity
* Gender Roles
* Adolescents and Sexual Orientation
* Transitions to Adulthood
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Zor Hollis
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 8. Child-Centered Practice Approaches: Emphasis on Strength
and Resilience
* Guidelines for Interviewing and Assessing Children
* Guidelines for Interviewing and Assessing Adolescents
* Practice with Children in Child Welfare
* School Social Work and Counseling in School
* Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Ina Abrams
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 9. Media-Directed, Creative Child Therapies
* Play Therapy
* Drawing and Art Therapy
* Puppet Therapy
* Clown Therapy
* Bibliotherapy
* Music Therapy
* Collaboration with Parents
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Helen McGuire
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Practice and Research for Promoting
Children¿s Strengths
* Introduction
* Resilience-Based Programs
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Charles Elliott Maples
* Questions for Discussion
* Chapter 11. Empowerment of Children in the Global Arena
* United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
* International Adoptions
* A Case Scenario of International Adoption
* Conclusion
* Strengths Story: Antun (Tony) Boskovich
* Questions for Discussion
* Epilogue
* Index
* Reference Notes Included