Understanding Troubled and Troubling Youth (SAGE Focus Editions)

Book Overview

Substance abuse, deviant behavior, emotional disorders, peer pressure--all are problems faced by today′s youth, and all are problems confronting school psychologists, educators, counselors, and other professionals. Now, in a radical departure from past studies on the problems of youth, a diverse group of scholars provides a much needed, long overdue look into the numerous ways in which we can conceptualize, research, and ultimately respond to troubled and troubling youth. Viewed as a whole, the contributors suggest that reliance on any one set of ideas for understanding troublesome behavior offers an incomplete picture of the problem. They provide penetrating insights into a number of key issues, including learning disabilities, special education students who are at risk, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, and the development of antisocial behavior. Understanding Troubled and Troubling Youth is must reading for professionals and students in the fields of education, school psychology, criminal justice, and social work. "Not since the publication of Hobbs′ and Rhodes′ classic texts on classification of children have we had such a novel treatment of the topic of deviance in school children. Dr. Leone′s text provides more than just an extension and an update on these issues; it provides an interdisciplinary perspective based on a foundation of some of the most recent and creative interactive theories in this area."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803934432
• ISBN13: 9780803934436
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.5"