Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from January 2002

Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from January 2002

Our response to the attack on America: what can it teach children about understanding and revenge?(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... What are the lessons our young people will learn from how adults in their lives deal with the terrorist strikes on the United States? What lessons will be learned about justice, compassion, and revenge? The September 11, 2001 attack on...

From horror to healing: how Columbine impacted student perspectives. (voices of youth).
January 1, 2002... There is no shortage of opinion about school violence. This article taps the expertise of youths themselves. Conversations were held with 95 high school students, both one week and one year following the shootings at Columbine High School in...

Perspectives on sexually reactive youth.
January 1, 2002... Children who sexually offend cause great public concern, yet it is difficult to distinguish specific characteristics for this population and to determine what causes them to act as they do. How do sexually reactive youth differ from other...

From hurt to hope. (voices of youth).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... A group of adolescent girls portray in art and words their journey from trauma and hurt to trust and hope. Each year at the Black Hills Seminars on Reclaiming Youth, a group of young women from Woodland Hills (Duluth, Minnesota) are invited...

Prevention as public policy.(juvenile justice)
January 1, 2002... The former United States Attorney General articulated her vision of how our communities can act in creative ways to choose prevention instead of prisons for our troubled children and youth at the Spirit of Crazy Horse Award Ceremony held July...

Friends of the Children. (spotlight on excellence).
January 1, 2002... Resilience research indicates that one of the strongest protective factors that a child can have is a close relationship with a caring adult who serves as a mentor and role model. Friends of the Children is a not-for-profit organization that...

Using functional assessments to develop effective behavioral interventions.
January 1, 2002... All too often, one behavioral intervention is used universally to handle a variety of problem behaviors, regardless of the function of the misbehavior. This article describes how a functional assessment of behavior can be used to identify the...

Equipped for Life: more than a game. (research into practice).
January 1, 2002... The EQUIP Program teaches antisocial youth to think and behave more pro-socially and addresses the need to motivate the youth to use the tools they have learned. The Equipped for Life game is a motivational tool, which provides students with...

The cyber-library: web-based resources for managing behavior.
January 1, 2002... The World Wide Web is a valuable resource for individuals who wish to research various topics related to behavior management. Using the Internet, one can "browse" through an ever-expanding collection of resources that provide positive and...

The Circle of Courage and Erikson's psychosocial stages. (reclaiming worldwide).(Erik Erikson, models of youth development, South Africa)
January 1, 2002... The transformation in South African society has challenged the validity of prevailing social science theory. This article describes the application of positive youth development principles to the challenges faced by adolescent females in South...

Positive school-wide interventions for eliminating physical restraint and exclusion.(Centennial School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
January 1, 2002... Schools serving students with emotional and behavioral problems can develop adversarial climates that reinforce antisocial behaviors. This article describes one such school where problems of defiance and aggression were met with high levels of...

Empowering students through multiple intelligences.
January 1, 2002... Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences challenges narrow concepts of student talent and ability. This article applies this theory to the challenges of educating students with learning behavior disabilities. Reaching young people who...

New advances in brain research.
January 1, 2002... Recent findings in brain research suggest implementation of contemporary instructional practices is in order for base practices. Incorporating best practice research is critical for our students to be competitive in a global market. ...

Managing the behavior of children with ADD in inclusive classrooms: a collaborative approach.
January 1, 2002... A collaborative approach for managing behavior of children with attention deficit disorders (ADD) developed and implemented in a fourth grade inclusive classroom is outlined in this article. The approach involves general education teacher,...

"It ain't like she's my mother:" Tyanna's red flag intervention. (life space crisis intervention).
January 1, 2002... Children and youth from chronically stressful living environments bring many hidden problems to school. Those who have experienced parental neglect, abuse, loss, or abandonment often hold tightly to a paradoxical powder keg of feelings, which...

Training yields positive results. (crisis prevention briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Facilities share how training can help reduce the need for physical restraints. Among the many challenges of working with youth who are in residential facilities, one of the most difficult is that of managing their behavior. Because youth...

Calendar.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... February 2002 [] February 13-16, 2002. Learning Disabilities Association, Annual Conference. Denver, CO. Contact: 412/341-8077; Website: http://www.ldanatl.org [] February 19-22, 2002. Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc. Nonviolent...