Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from March 2003

Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from March 2003

No Disposable Kids. (reclaiming youth library).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... By Larry K. Brendtro, Arlin Ness, and Martin Mitchell At a time when school violence is commonplace and more and more children are being treated as adults in the eyes of the law, we must question whether or not our current practices and...

A Youth's Perspective on No Disposable Kids. (reclaiming youth library).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... By Larry K. Brendtro, Arlin Ness, and Martin Mitchell In their recent book, No Disposable Kids, Larry Brendtro, Arlin Ness, and Martin Mitchell offer a compelling defense of America's young people. The book discusses principles derived from...

The Million Dollar Child.(financial and psychological costs of children in child welfare system)
March 22, 2003... The failure to meet the needs of children and youth results in terrible outcomes, which are highly costly to both the individual and society. The author describes how maltreatment of children is manifest in family abuse, environmental abuse,...

Becoming strong at the broken places *. (voices of youth).(emotionally challenged children who survived)
March 22, 2003... Children with emotional challenges have often been seen as victims, but seldom as survivors. Persons who are able to overcome adversity can be strengthened by this experience as shown in this account of a youth struggling to surmount a...

Frontiers in strength-based treatment. (from the editor).(Editorial)
March 22, 2003... Reclaiming Children and Youth's guest editor introduces this special issue on promising practices employing strength-based approaches to education and treatment. If we are serious about the commitment to "leave no child behind," then we must be...

What is a strength?(analysis of psychological strengths)
March 22, 2003... As the strength-based perspective gains recognition, it is important to describe what constitutes strengths and to develop a specific vocabulary to name them. This article draws on resilience research to help identify specific competencies and...

The science of raising courageous kids. (research into practice).(encouraging strengths using ideas from native Circle of Courage)
March 22, 2003... The Circle of Courage is a holistic approach to reclaiming youth, which is grounded in resilience science and in values of deep respect for the dignity of children and youth. This article identifies the core assumptions of the Circle of Courage...

The circle of courage in practice: the 4-H Club study (1).
March 22, 2003... Research conducted at Cornell University (Rodriguez, Hirschl, Mead, & Goggin, 1999) evaluated the impact of youth development programming, which includes the Circle of Courage elements. The results of the study showed statistically significant...

The colorful evolution of a strength-based treatment model.(Positive Peer Culture treatment modality)
March 22, 2003... For more than 50 years, adolescent peer group treatment has been both glorified and criticized. Quality control has been a problem for the Positive Peer Culture (PPC) treatment modality throughout its history. The following article includes...

Servant leadership for schools and youth programs.
March 22, 2003... The servant leader model of management advocated by R. K. Greenleaf, S. R. Covey, and others in the world of business has direct application to leaders who are seeking to develop strength-based schools and youth serving organizations. ...

Insist or enlist? Adultism versus climates of excellence.
March 22, 2003... Positive climates in youth-serving organizations abandon adversarial encounters and enlist youth as partners in empowerment. The authors describe this approach, drawing from the Cultivating Productive Peer Relationships curriculum in the No...

Recasting problems as potentials in group work.
March 22, 2003... Problem-solving groups can become preoccupied with deficit and deviance, while overlooking potential and resources. This article describes methods for using problems as an entree into the development of strengths and solutions. **********...

Restorative justice as strength-based accountability.
March 22, 2003... This article compares strength-based and restorative justice philosophies for young people and their families. Restorative justice provides ways to respond to crime and harm that establish accountability while seeking to reconcile members of a...

Using restorative practices in group treatment.
March 22, 2003... This article describes a unique program for girls that blends the strengths of a peer-empowered therapeutic environment for treatment needs and restorative justice practices to help the youth transition back to their home community. ...

Adversarial contests or respectful alliances. (life space crisis intervention).
March 22, 2003... Schools can become islands of stability or fields of battle for students with emotional and behavioral problems. Research on positive school climate and positive therapeutic outcomes points to the importance of replacing adversarial encounters...

Calendar.(Calendar)
March 22, 2003... June 2003 [] June 3-6. Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc. Nonviolent Crisis Intervention[R] Training Program. Baltimore, MD. Contact: 800/558-8976; e-mail: info@crisisprevention.com; for a complete schedule, go to www.crisisprevention.com...