Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from September 2006

Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from September 2006

From problems to strengths.(from the editor)
September 22, 2006... Our mindset colors our perception. By looking at crises and problems as opportunities for teaching and learning, children, youth, and adults can work together to create solutions. The guest editor introduces this issue which explores promising...

Andrei's private logic: the Developmental Audit[R] as a life line.(voices of youth)
September 22, 2006... This article describes an evaluation conducted with a juvenile who was facing transfer into the adult system after an encounter with law enforcement officers. Adopted at age one from an Eastern European orphanage, Andrei experienced conflict,...

I Am.(Poem)
September 22, 2006... I AM I am who I am I wonder where will it all end for me I hear myself say "It's coming to an end" But I see myself doing it all over again I want to change, But l am who I am. I pretend that everything's...

Developmental Audits with challenging youth.
September 22, 2006... The Developmental Audit[R] is a new strength-based assessment model for youth who are in conflict in home, school, or community. Developmental Audits involve collaboration with young persons who are seen as experts on themselves. Discussing...

Strengths as the foundation for intervention with Black youth.(research into practice)
September 22, 2006... The inherent strengths of Black youth are sometimes overlooked by assessment and intervention following perspectives of the dominant culture. This article describes the unique ways in which strengths and difficulties are defined in Black...

Team planning to CLEAR up problems.(response ability pathways)(Challenges, Logic, Emotions, Actions, and Results)
September 22, 2006... Professionals and parents need effective systems of teamwork for planning restorative outcomes with troubled children and youth. This article taps the resilient problem-solving process C*L*E*A*R, which is drawn from the RAP curriculum....

The vision of Urie Bronfenbrenner: adults who are crazy about kids.(voices of pioneers)
September 22, 2006... Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) was a pioneer in studying the behavior of children in their natural life space of family, school, peer group, and community. His concept of the ecology of human development is transforming practice for effective...

Mobilizing teams to help troubled kids.(Re-ED in action)
September 22, 2006... Effective teams are essential components of successful interventions and programming for troubled and troubling youth. This article draws from literature that can inform our practices about team effectiveness and team learning to maximize...

Functional behavioral assessment based on circle of courage needs.
September 22, 2006... A Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is mandated when schools deal with students presenting problems that lead to suspension or exclusion. The authors present a strength-based model for FBAs developed in a New York school for students with...

Restoring self-esteem in adolescent males.
September 22, 2006... When presented with the words self-esteem, it is most common in our society to immediately think of girls. It is not often that people ponder the effects of body image, athleticism, success, or even friendships for boys. Unfortunately in...

"Stop being so pushy!" Applying the conflict cycle in work with families.(life space crisis intervention)
September 22, 2006... The Conflict Cycle model offers a practical strategy for understanding how mutual interactions can create timelines of stress, feeling, and thinking that can easily escalate into undesirable outcomes. This article applies this model to...

The store before.(crisis prevention briefs)
September 22, 2006... After a crisis intervention has passed, what use can be made of that challenging event? This article introduces the concept of Postvention which involves debriefing following critical events to gain a deeper understanding of a young person. ...