Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from June 2005

Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from June 2005

The danger of disconnection.(social aspects of fatherless boys)(Editorial)
June 22, 2005... When this journal commenced thirteen years ago, the first issue was titled Gangs, Guns, and Kids (Long & Brendtro, 1992). Early in 2005, the First Lady of the United States launched a major youth initiative with particular attention to boys at...

Helping America's Youth.(Laura Bush leads federal government initiative)
June 22, 2005... As First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush is leading the Helping America's Youth initiative of the federal government. She articulates the goal of enlisting public and volunteer resources to foster healthy growth by early intervention and...

A tragedy requires focus, not finger pointing.(a case study of juvenile delinquency)
June 22, 2005... He is the first Native American teenager to unleash his anger by opening fire on his teachers and classmates. Yet his face and his profile are all too familiar. The mass shootings by a boy on the Red Lake Reservation have triggered simplistic,...

The worst school violence.(a case study of juvenile delinquency)
June 22, 2005... We can never know the full reasons behind the dramatic school killings at Colorado's Columbine High School in 1999 or at Minnesota's Red Lake Reservation in 2005. In both cases, the young perpetrators killed themselves. But, measured by loss of...

Kids without family privilege: mobilizing youth development.(systems theory)
June 22, 2005... While many youth are disconnected from adults, we seem clueless as to what to do about this serious problem. The quality of connections is directly related to the quality of the total interpersonal environment. This article takes a systems...

Raising respectful children.
June 22, 2005... In contemporary cultures, large numbers of youth are disconnected from adults. The author contends that we will be able to raise responsible children only by rediscovering long understood truths about the deep respect that must exist between...

Connecting with youth in crisis.(adult-child relations)
June 22, 2005... The two most powerful forces for directing change in troubling young people are trust and relationship. The degree to which they are present between youth and adult is the degree to which positive change is possible. This article draws upon...

Mentoring the least of these.(Duncan Campbell's Friends of the Children)(Interview)
June 22, 2005... Duncan Campbell was raised in an impoverished urban environment and went on to become a lawyer and successful Portland, Oregon, businessman. He founded Friends of the Children, a faith-based program, to provide permanent paid mentors for the...

Keeping students and schools safe.(security measures for school terrorism)(Interview)
June 22, 2005... This article is based on an interview with a noted expert on school violence who recently co-authored the book Targeting Innocence--When Terrorism Comes to School. Central to school safety are supportive bonds with adults who help create school...

A changing vision of education.
June 22, 2005... Young people are growing up at a time when issues of domestic and international conflict and a myriad of problems are increasingly intertwined. What is the role of schools in preparing students to resolve conflicts peaceably, rather than...

Building strengths in the neighborhood.(Woodland Hills's Neighborhood Youth Services )
June 22, 2005... The Neighborhood Youth Services (NYS) program is a community-based program created by Woodland Hills, a residential program for troubled adolescents in Duluth, Minnesota. Principles for building respectful adult and peer relationships developed...

Strengths for coping with family conflict.(parent-child relations management )
June 22, 2005... Maltreatment in the family occurs through a variety of forms of abuse and neglect. These risks are particularly prevalent in families with parents who abuse substances. The author describes connections between parental addiction and coping...

Beyond the behavior.(educating metally ill children)
June 22, 2005... Research continues to reinforce the desirability on non-punitive environments for children. The following describes a school for severely emotionally impaired children that was transformed from a coercive climate to empowering children to...

Resiliency: What We Have Learned.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... In her book, Resiliency: What We Have Learned (2004), Bonnie Benard creates a thorough review and synthesis of resilience research. During the last two decades, we have witnessed a healthy paradigm shift. Instead of weaknesses, we search for...

Life-long connections: reflections of a Juvenile Court judge.(adult child relations management)
June 22, 2005... Drawing on perspectives from extensive experience in juvenile justice, the author inventories essential wisdom for providing all young persons with caring adults who support them through life-long connections. A hundred years from now...

Response ability pathways: a curriculum for connecting.(research into practice)
June 22, 2005... This article describes a new training curriculum for educators, youth workers, and mentors which draws from research and best practices in positive youth development and positive behavior support. Response Ability Pathways or RAP focuses on...

Our hope for the future.(reconciliation of children and youth)(Reprint)
June 22, 2005... The leader of the reconciliation movement in the new democratic South Africa provides a spiritual perspective on the deep reverence adults must have for children if they are to creatively draw out the positive qualities that exist in all young...

Calendar.
June 22, 2005... Reclaiming Youth Seminars Hudson Valley Seminars Circle of Courage Pre-Conference Workshop Stony Point, New York October 8, 2005 No Disposable Kids [NDK] Stony Point, New York October 8-11, 2005 Response Ability Pathways [RAP]...