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Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from January 2008
A quarterly publication that provides teachers and others involved in education with articles offering strategies and solutions to many issues facing youth today. Studies used tested models to present techniques for positive youth development.
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Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from January 2008
The virtues of delinquent children (1).(voices of pioneers)(Reprint)
January 1, 2008... Fritz Redl (1902-1988) was born in Austria where he received his early training in psychology and education from August Aichhorn and Anna Freud. He came to the United States before World War II and conducted pioneering research with aggressive...
Behind the veil of conduct disorder: challenging current assumptions in search of strengths.(Disease/Disorder overview)
January 1, 2008... Advances in neuroscience are providing fresh insights about emotional and behavioral problems of children and youth. However, the flood of brain-related articles is a mixed blessing. Some popular authors on the brain, as well as certain...
Respect is my compass.(response ability pathways)
January 1, 2008... Building bonds of respect is difficult with students who present disruptive and intimidating behavior in the classroom. The author describes how RAP principles were used over a period of a school year to create positive connections with such a...
He had her by the throat--a Red Flag Reclaiming Intervention.(life space crisis intervention)(Case study)
January 1, 2008... Red Flag Reclaiming Interventions are used with students who import problems from the home or community and display them in another setting. This article describes how an incident of violence in the community created a crisis in the classroom....
The meaning of behavior.(crisis prevention briefs)
January 1, 2008... The theme of this issue--discovering virtues in delinquents--is an excellent reminder of the power of perception. "Virtue" and "delinquents" are two words that do not seem to belong in the same sentence, and by positioning them together, we are...
Tools for building on youth strengths.(Report)
January 1, 2008... While rhetoric about strength-based approaches abounds, this perspective has not penetrated the front lines of practice. Many programs serving troubled youngsters are still mired in a deficit and deviance orientation. This article provides...
Process evaluation of a bullying prevention program: a public school-county health partnership.
January 1, 2008... In this article, a process evaluation of a school-based, violence intervention program is presented. The program was modeled after bullying prevention programs described by Daniel Olweus (1993) whose components were implemented to achieve...
Conflict in the Classroom.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Long, N. J., Morse, W. C., Fecser, F. A., & Newman, R. G. (Eds.). (2007). Conflict in the classrom (6th Ed.). Austin, TX: PRO-ED. ISBN: 1-4164-0250-0. Price: $48.00, 732 pages.
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"Character" building: using literature to connect with youth.
January 1, 2008... This article describes a bibliotherapy program where graduate students work with students with emotional and behavioral disabilities. The following article illustrates how literature can be used as a medium to connect with children and...
Calming together: the pathway to self-control.(brain and behavior)(Report)
January 1, 2008... Neuroscience shows that humans develop their abilities for emotional self-regulation through connections with reliable caregivers who soothe and model in a process called "co-regulation." Since many troubled young people have not experienced a...
Promoting social competence and inclusion: taking alternative paths.(reclaiming youth worldwide)(Report)
January 1, 2008... Trilhos Alternativos (Alternative Paths) is a community-based program that aims to integrate African-Portuguese urban youth from low-income families into Portuguese society. This article describes the first year of the program and presents...
How young people story their lives: "why are we here, dude?".(voices of youth)
January 1, 2008... This is the first of two articles which will explore how written personal stories promote creativity, competence, belonging, self-expression, and a sense of purpose among students who, for a variety of reasons, have been labeled "at risk" or...