Children in the urban environment: linking social policy and clinical practice
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Springfield, Ill. Charles C Thomas c2006
Ausgabe:2nd ed
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Since the first edition of this book, American cities have experienced great changes with revitalization and enrichment by ever-increasing and diverse immigrant groups from around the world. As in the past, cities become home to those seeking new opportunities while also harboring those suffering economic deprivation. The chapters in this book discuss the cost in human terms of some of the missing opportunities for urban children and youth, and guide practitioners in their attempts to understand the impact of social policy and social service agencies on clinical practice. Key social factors, e
Includes bibliographical references and index
Section I: Introduction -- - Growing up in the urban environment: opportunities and obstacles for children - Norma Kolko Phillips -- - Section II: Social and economic factors impacting on urban children -- - Urban children living in poverty - Johnnie Hamilton-Mason and Gladys Gonzalez-Ramos -- - Immigrant children in the United States - Graciela M. Castex -- - Health issues affecting urban children - Diane Mirabito and Chrishana Lloyd -- - Mental health issues affecting urban children - Dorinda N. Noble and Sally Hill Jones -- - Urban youth gangs - Gregory Acevedo -- - Section III: Familial factors impacting on urban children -- - Children in out-of-home placements - Richard Holody -- - Children in substance-abusing families - Meryl Nadel and Shulamith L.A. Straussner -- - Children of incarcerated parents - Carl Mazza -- - Urban teen parents - Martha G. Roditti -- - Urban street youth: sex, drugs and HIV - Adele Weiner and Daniel Pollack -- - Epilogue: the role of the community -- - It takes a village: mobilizing urban communities for improved child welfare services - Hilda Rivera and Stephen Burghardt
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 287 p.)
ISBN:0398084742
9780398084745

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