Research Catalog

Title

Building supportive communities for at-risk adolescents : it takes more than services / Martha R. Burt, Gary Resnick, and Emily R. Novick.

Author

Burt, Martha R.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, c1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Novick, Emily R.
• Resnick, Gary.

Description

x, 314 p.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Adolescent Health Services
• Teenagers > Services for > United States
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Service integration, adolescents, and risk -- An overview of integrated services -- The history of comprehensive service integration -- Defining adolescence and risk -- A new conceptual framework for understanding risk -- Service integration initiatives -- II. The programs -- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Miami -- Teen Connections -- The Belafonte-Tacolcy Center, Inc. -- Oasis Center -- CHINS UP Youth and Family Services, Inc. -- Houston Communities in Schools -- I Have a Future -- Garfield Youth Services -- Center for Family Life -- III. Cross-Cutting issues -- Service integration and other cross-cutting issues -- Evaluating programs offering integrated services and activities to youth -- Financing integrated service programs -- IV. Conclusion -- An idea whose time has come: conclusions and recommendations.

ISBN

1557984662 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^97032411^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library