Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from June 2003

Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from June 2003

Real alternatives.
June 22, 2003... This issue of Reclaiming Children and Youth discusses the topic of "real alternatives" through the examination of current theories, models, and methods of program implementation impacting alternative education and treatment programming. The...

Demystifying alternative education: considering what really works.
June 22, 2003... The effectiveness of alternative programs requires an understanding of both research and practice. Essential components of alternative educational programs must include opportunities to build and foster resilience in our youth. Program elements...

Pathways of hope for the students left behind: the sagas of two students.(Anne Arundel's services)
June 22, 2003... The Pathways Schools--Anne Arundel serves adolescents with emotional disabilities using a one-to-one, community-based model. The instructional, behavioral, and vocational support is provided by paraprofessionals under the direction of certified...

Memories of developmental therapy.(voices of youth)(Reprint)
June 22, 2003... The following story is written by a former student who spent half of his middle school years in an alternative program which operated under the Developmental Therapy-Teaching Model. (See article on page 105.) When I was an elementary...

Principle-centered discipline.(respectful discipline)
June 22, 2003... The author contrasts system-centered and principle-centered disciplines and provides examples of effective strategies that use discipline encounters to build strengths in children and youth. ********** In working with troubled and...

Restorative justice in everyday life: beyond the formal ritual.
June 22, 2003... Restorative justice provides a promising alternative to punitive models in justice and education. Most programs to date have focused on "conferencing," where victims and offenders are brought together for mediation and reconciliation. This...

A "cool pose": cultural perspectives on conflict management.(crisis prevention briefs)
June 22, 2003... Individuals and organizations doing cross-racial and cross-cultural reclaiming often encounter tensions related to these differences. Such issues are rarely considered in crisis intervention training programs. This article examines issues of...

Alternatives to punishment: words and ice.(life space crisis intervention)
June 22, 2003... Alternative programs need to offer troubled and troubling students alternatives to punishment, expedient control, and rejection. This article demonstrates how the alternatives of building trusting relationships and effective, empathic...

The North Star Model of alternative education.
June 22, 2003... Drawing on experience in developing and administering alternative settings, the author describes a strength-based approach for reaching students who too often fall through the cracks. The North Star psycho-educational model addresses academic,...

Opportunity at the Turning Point.(educational programming for children with emotional difficulties )
June 22, 2003... The authors examine the developmental process by which a reclaiming environment was created in an alternative program for students designated emotionally disturbed. Efforts to identify the impetus for change, specific actions, and the ongoing...

An "Oasis of hope": the power of thinking developmentally.(alternative education)
June 22, 2003... Programs desiring to offer true alternatives for troubled children and youth can focus efforts through a developmental lens. Adults who focus their intervention decisions through beliefs based on healthy social-emotional developmental theory...

Positive Education Program's day treatment centers.
June 22, 2003... The Positive Education Program in Cleveland, Ohio, is grounded in the Re-EDucation philosophy and serves more than 700 students with emotional and behavioral disorders in eight day treatment centers. The centers blend special education with...

When successful alternative students "disengage" from regular school.(research into practice)
June 22, 2003... This study explored factors that lead alternative education program completers eventually to drop out of school. When compared with alternative school peers who went on to graduate, certain differences emerge. Those disengaging are more likely...

Inside Full-Service Community Schools.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... Joy Dryfoos and Susan Maguire Dryfoos, J., & Maguire, S. (2002). Inside Full-Service Community Schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc. ISBN: 0761945113. 233 pages. Available from the publisher. Inside Full-Service Community...

Teaching Our Children to Think.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... John Langrehr Langrehr, J. (2001). Teaching Our Children to Think. Bloomington, IN: National Education Service. ISBN: 1879639769. 168 pages. Available from the publisher. Teachers, parents, and even upper elementary or middle school...

Alternative education programs Milwaukee.(crisis prevention briefs)
June 22, 2003... There are many reasons a student may become disinterested in academics and many ways they can fail in school and in society. Most educators will quickly admit nothing is more fulfilling than seeing a troubled student succeed in school and earn...

World of children.(reclaiming worldwide)(Fifth Annual Kellogg's Hannah Neil World of Children Awards)
June 22, 2003... On November 16, 2002, the Fifth Annual Kellogg's Hannah Neil World of Children Awards ceremony was held in Columbus, Ohio. Honorees were selected from a pool of 161 nominees from 27 countries for three separate awards. The $100,000...

Calendar.(Calendar)
June 22, 2003... August 2003 * August 11-16. "Connecting to Kids in Conflict" Life Space Crisis Intervention Training. Spearfish Canyon, South Dakota. For more information, contact Charity Helleson: 800 / 647-5244 or 605 / 647-5244; e-mail:...