Social work with multicultural youth / / Diane de Anda, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Haworth Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7/089
• Soggetto topico: Social work with youth - United States; Social work with minorities - United States; Minority youth - Services for - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: De AndaDiane
• Note generali: "Has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of ethics & cultural diversity in social work, volume 11, numbers (1/2) and (3/4) 2.2."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Social Work with Multicultural Youth; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; A Profile of Adolescent Health: The Role of Race, Ethnicity and Gender; Latina Students: Translating Cultural Wealth into Social Capital to Improve Academic Success; From Problems to Personal Resilience: Challenges and Opportunities in Practice with African American Youth; Hispanic and African American Youth: Life After Foster Care Emancipation ; Parent Involvement as Parental Monitoring of Student Motivation and Parent Expectations Predicting Later Achievement Among African American and European American Middle School Age StudentsAdolescent Violence: With Whom They Fight and Where; Perception of Substance Use Problems in Asian American Communities by Chinese, Indian, and Vietnamese American Youth; Ties That Protect: An Ecological Perspective on Latino/a Urban Pre-Adolescent Drug Use; Reproductive Attitudes and Behavior Among Latina Adolescents ; The GIG: An Innovative Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infection in a Latino CommunityIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Explore the cultural, familial, and community resilience and protective factors that are available to different youth populations in the U.S.! The face of American youth is changing. In 2000, ethnic minority youth constituted one third of the adolescent population; by mid-century, the combined ethnic minority youth population will exceed the white adolescent population. This vital book illustrates the diversity within the adolescent population, examines the factors that serve as barriers and as facilitators to development, and identifies strengths and protective factors contributing t
• Titolo autorizzato: Social work with multicultural youth
• ISBN: 1-136-41519-X; 0-203-05001-0; 1-283-96849-5; 1-136-41512-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910305547203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II