Risk and resilience in childhood : an ecological perspective /
Mark W. Fraser, editor.
- Washington, D.C. : NASW Press, c1997.
- xi, 295 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Table of contents
1. The ecology of childhood: A multisystem perspective 1 2. Risk and resilience in childhood 10 3. Methods in the analysis of risk and protective factors: Lessons from epidemiology 34 4. Risk and protective factors in child maltreatment 50 5. Attention deficiency and hyperactivity 73 6. School failure: An ecological-interactional developmental perspective 95 7. Risk and productive factors for alcohol and other drug use in childhood and adolescence 117 8. Risk and protective factors in the development of delinquency and conduct disorder 140 9. Preventing sexually transmitted infections among adolescents 171 10. Adolescents pregnancy: Multisystem risk and protective factors 195 11. Childhood depression: A risk factor perspective 220 12. Promoting the development of young children with disabilities 244 13. Toward a resilience-based model of practice 265 Index 277 About the editor 291 About the contributor 293
Includes bibliographical references and index.
087101274X (pbk.)
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Problem children--United States. Social work with children--United States.