Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from January 2005

Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from January 2005

The inside kid: a little light in a dark, dark night.(voices of youth)
January 1, 2005... From the guest editor, Mark Freado." Most troubled kids are best known for their troubling actions. Traditional approaches of education and treatment are preoccupied with disruptive and disturbing behavior of the outside kid. Only as we gain...

"I don't want to get close to anybody ever again".(voices of youth)(Short Story)
January 1, 2005... This first person account opens a window onto the inner world of a troubled youth. It is written in retrospect by Waln K. Brown, Ph.D., who is now president of the William Gladden Foundation and a noted author on resilience. Mom and Sister...

The kid underneath: discovering hidden potential.
January 1, 2005... A youth who is transformed from a troublemaker to a model student offers his advice on what it takes to reclaim kids like himself. The Outside Will The 14 year-old, ninth-grade boy was clearly struggling underneath the facade of droopy...

"I know I can do it".
January 1, 2005... The process of growth often takes many years and is characterized by progress interrupted with setbacks. Beneath the most troubled exterior, one can find youth with great potential. This account by a gang youth and his mentor tracks the rocky...

Controlling behavior or reclaiming youth? Creating a behavior management system based on the circle of courage.
January 1, 2005... Many programs serving troubled youth struggle with behavior management systems that are not focused on treatment and do not provide the skills needed by youth to transition back to their communities. Looking outside the boundaries of...

Turning your life around: tips from an ex-juvenile delinquent.
January 1, 2005... A former troubled youth who is now an expert on resilience shares his experience and provides youth a guided exercise in turning their own lives around. Being a kid is tough, but feeling as though the whole world is against you is too...

Cyber-bullying: creating a culture of respect in a cyber world.(crisis prevention briefs)
January 1, 2005... In the 1990s, many incidents revolved around student-on-student violence, usually involving guns. Schools implemented many programs to keep guns and gangs out of schools. In the 21st Century, school violence is taking on a new and more...

When kids seek help on-line: Internet chat rooms and suicide.
January 1, 2005... Many youth in conflict are reaching out to the Internet for virtual support and guidance. This is a brief alert about this new risk confronting children with suicidal ideations. In most countries, mortality from suicide is the second or...

An evaluation of the effects of Life Space Crisis Intervention on the challenging behavior of individual students.(research into practice)
January 1, 2005... This study assessed the effects of Life Space Crisis Interventions on the challenging behavior of four students with learning handicaps attending a special school in Germany. Students were in seventh and tenth grades and exhibited an array of...

Chaotic thinking, challenging behavior: a reality rub.(life space crisis intervention)
January 1, 2005... This intervention targets distortions in thinking which contribute to conflict with students and staff. Background After numerous assault charges in her school, June was placed in residential treatment. During her first sixty days, she...

The art of kid whispering: connecting with adult-wary youth.
January 1, 2005... Monty Roberts is a real life "horse whisperer" who creates connections between horses and humans. This article extends these concepts to the challenge of connecting with guarded, distrustful youth. Humans can be either fight or flight...

Inside.(poem)(Poem)
January 1, 2005... Inside Inside you're all alone, no one knows just how much On the outside, fear of one's own mind, false confidence as a crutch. I plague one's self so, with rejection of my whole being When I am loved,...

No Easy Answers: the truth behind death at Columbine. (reclaiming youth library.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... By Brooks Brown with Rob Merritt For the sake of clarity, it should be noted that we approached Brown and Merritt's No Easy Answers with some preconceived notions due to our respective experiences. On September 24, 2004, we recognized the...

Reclaiming youth seminars.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... Black Hills Seminars Life Space Crisis Intervention [LSCI] Spearfish Canyon Lodge Spearfish Canyon June 19-24, 2005 No Disposable Kids [NDK] Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn Rapid City, South Dakota June 25-28, 2005 Response...

Starr commonwealth training.(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... Health Training Date Event Location March 1 & 2, 2005 LSCI (Part 1 of 3) Starr March 10 & 11, 2005 LSCI (Part 2 of 3) Starr March 17 & 18, 2005 LSCI (Part 3 of 3)...

Other training.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Seminars and training in Discipline with Dignity, Motivation, and Working with Difficult Students with Dr. Allen Mendler and Dr. Richard Curwin are offered throughout the school year. For details, contact Discipline Associates at 800/772-5227....

Crisis prevention Institute, Inc (CPI).(Brief Article)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... CPI is the world's leading training organization specializing in the safe management of disruptive and assaultive behavior. For more information call toll-free at 800/558-8976 or visit online at www.crisisprevention.com Nonviolent Crisis...