Youth at risk a prevention resource for counselors teachers and parents

Youth at Risk provides tested prevention techniques, from individual, family, school, and community perspectives, for work with diverse populations. Drawing on the wisdom of 24 experts, the fourth edition contains concrete advice for creating and maintaining environments in which children and adolescents can flourish. Topics discussed include casual factors of destructive behavior, dysfuntional family dynamics, resilience, stress, depression, counseling a queer youth, violence, eating disorders, pregnancy, suicide, AIDS, and gang membership.