Limit search to available items
Record 9 of 12
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
E-book
Author Slesnick, Natasha, 1966-

Title Our runaway and homeless youth : a guide to understanding / Natasha Slesnick
Published Westport, CT : Praeger, 2004

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xi, 156 pages)
Contents Introduction : why a book on runaway and homeless youth? -- I. About runaway and homeless youth -- 1. What is a runaway? -- 2. Why children leave home -- 3. Who are these kids? -- 4. What happens when they leave home? -- II. To the parents -- 5. When your child runs -- 6. Continuing conflict -- 7. When your child returns home -- 8. Keeping your child from running away again -- 9. When something goes wrong -- Conclusion : and what now?
Summary "The stories of four runaway youths illustrate key points in this summary of information about runaway and homeless children and teenagers. In addition to describing the breadth of the problem, this book explains different types of runaway and homeless youths, why they leave home - voluntarily or because they are asked - what factors are common to the children and their families, and what happens to the youths after they have left. Slesnick, a clinical psychologist, notes that there are few resources and programs specifically designed to help families with runaway youths. This book provides direction and support for parents in need of assistance." "Told by a parent and three runaways themselves, the stories of four people trying to understand the causes and cope with the aftermath of running away serve to illustrate research results and major issues. This work will be of interest not only to parents of runaways and mental health professionals, but also to students in adolescent psychology, family psychology, and clinical child psychology."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
English
Print version record
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
Subject Runaway teenagers -- United States
Homeless youth -- United States
Parent and teenager -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
Homeless youth
Parent and teenager
Runaway teenagers
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780313057540
0313057540
1282408828
9781282408821
9786612408823
6612408820