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  • NEGOTIATING POSITIVE IDENTITY IN A GROUP CARE COMMUNITY
    JEROME BEKER
    In this readable book, Zvi Levy, Hadassim’s Director, provides a careful account of how, over time, he and others have shaped a community to foster health, identity, and competence in distressed young people. Canadian WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organization) Hadassim is a thriving youth village in Israel that is home for 500 young people and a day educational program f...

    $1,160.00

  • HELPING DELINQUENTS CHANGE
    JEROME BEKER / JEROME STUMPHAUZER
    Helping Delinquents Change sets before itself a formidable task--that of removing the mystery from the understanding of delinquent behavior. Jerome Stumphauzer offers direct, useful means to work toward altering delinquent behavior. Abandoning an orientation to delinquency that focuses on punishment or medical models, Stumphauzer presents a view of delinquency that emphasizes t...

    $1,060.00

  • PERSPECTIVES IN PROFESSIONAL CHILD AND YOUTH CARE
    JAMES P ANGLIN / JEROME BEKER
    Here are the information, ideas, and inspiration that will help child care workers in their daily struggle to provide better care for children, youth, and families. Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care is a much-needed sourcebook of readings on the current state of the art of professional child and youth care in North America. Some of the leading practitioners, aca...

    $1,420.00

  • FAMILY PERSPECTIVES IN CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICES
    DAVID OLSON / JEROME BEKER
    This timely book demonstrates the value and relevance of family-oriented programs in dealing with problems experienced by children and adolescents. Experts provide salient guidelines and recommendations for involving the family in the diagnosis and treatment of problems. In addition to providing current reviews of research, this practical volume describes various skill-building...

    $5,100.00

  • HOMELESS CHILDREN
    JEROME BEKER / NANCY A BOXILL
    At last, here is a compassionate, humane, and informative volume on the most unique and vulnerable group in our society today--homeless children. Homeless Children: The Watchers and the Waiters is unique because it offers an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the children and the enormously complicated causes of and solutions to their tragedy. The contributing authors ...

    $1,460.00

  • ASSESSING CHILD MALTREATMENT REPORTS
    JEROME BEKER / MICHAEL ROBIN
    This seminal book in the literature of child protective services stimulates critical thinking and informed discussion for those professionals and educators concerned with the quality of children’s protective services. The first book of its kind to present scholarly reports on false allegations, Assessing Child Maltreatment Reports tackles the age-old problem of deciding which r...

    $1,420.00

  • RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION AS AN OPTION FOR AT-RISK YOUTH
    JEROME BEKER / DOUG MAGNUSON
    Residential Education as an Option for At-Risk Youth explores recent residential programs in Israel, draws comparisons with their European counterparts, and recommends practical approaches for the revitalization of such programs in the United States. This volume refutes the conventional professional “wisdom” in the United States that residential group care programs for children...

    $900.00

  • ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE
    JEROME BEKER / RICHARD ISRALOWITZ / MARK SINGER
    An enlightening discussion of the major issues related to the prevention and treatment of adolescent substance abuse. Information-packed chapters lend a new perspective to the field and suggest implications for practice in services for youth. ...

    $1,380.00

  • DEVELOPMENTAL GROUP CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
    JEROME BEKER / HENRY W MAIER
    A recognized leader in the professional development of the child and youth care field presents--in this single volume--a collection of his work related to group care work with children and youth. Henry Maier shares his observations about human development in the group care context, the perceptions of children and youth, the environments in which we work with them, the role of t...

    $1,200.00

  • SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
    CRAIG LECROY / JEROME BEKER
    One of the most complete sources of information on the development of social skills training with youth, this useful volume integrates current research and practice. Practitioners interested in establishing or revising current social service delivery programs for children and adolescents will discover valuable conceptual and programmatic ideas. ...

    $5,100.00

  • BEING IN CHILD CARE
    GERRY FEWSTER / JEROME BEKER
    Primarily intended for the professional child and youth care worker, this new book challenges the most basic methods and beliefs of contemporary practice. Written in the form of a novel, the central issues of child care are brought to life through the subjective experiences of a young practitioner. Each issue and experience is analyzed through the dialogues between the practiti...

    $1,340.00

  • THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORK
    JEROME BEKER
    The Anthropology of Child and Youth Care Work presents and illustrates an anthropological model of child and youth care work and explores the associated benefits of such an approach. Author Rivka A. Eisikovits’model enhances workers’on-the-job effectiveness with clients and co-workers and improves intra- and inter-organizational communication with other human service providers....

    $980.00

  • THE OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF RESIDENTIAL CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKERS
    JEROME BEKER / MORDECAI ARIELI
    From open and straightforward accounts of residential care workers, The Occupational Experience of Residential Child and Youth Care Workers shows you how care is handled, not how it should be handled. This book introduces you to a social reality, a sometimes very difficult and challenging social reality, as it is viewed by its participants. If you want to know more about what i...

    $960.00