Children in the urban environment : linking social policy and clinical practice /

Since the first edition of this book, American cities have experienced great changes with revitalization and enrichment by ever-increasing and diverse immigrant groups from around the world. As in the past, cities become home to those seeking new opportunities while also harboring those suffering ec...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Phillips, Norma Kolko, Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Springfield, Ill. : Charles C Thomas, ©2006.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Social sciences.
City children > United States.
Children with social disabilities > United States.
Social work with children > United States.
Social Sciences
Enfants en milieu urbain > États-Unis.
Enfants socialement défavorisés > États-Unis.
Service social aux enfants > États-Unis.
Sciences sociales.
social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Social work with children.
City children.
Children with social disabilities.
Sociology & Social History.
Communities - Urban Groups.
Social Sciences.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section I: Introduction
  • Growing up in the urban environment: opportunities and obstacles for children / Norma Kolko Phillips
  • Section II: Social and economic factors impacting on urban children
  • Urban children living in poverty / Johnnie Hamilton-Mason and Gladys Gonzalez-Ramos
  • Immigrant children in the United States / Graciela M. Castex
  • Health issues affecting urban children / Diane Mirabito and Chrishana Lloyd
  • Mental health issues affecting urban children / Dorinda N. Noble and Sally Hill Jones
  • Urban youth gangs / Gregory Acevedo
  • Section III: Familial factors impacting on urban children
  • Children in out-of-home placements / Richard Holody
  • Children in substance-abusing families / Meryl Nadel and Shulamith L.A. Straussner
  • Children of incarcerated parents / Carl Mazza
  • Urban teen parents / Martha G. Roditti
  • Urban street youth: sex, drugs and HIV / Adele Weiner and Daniel Pollack
  • Epilogue: the role of the community
  • It takes a village: mobilizing urban communities for improved child welfare services / Hilda Rivera and Stephen Burghardt.

Ejemplares similares