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Exploring how children, young people and families cope with situations of socio-economic poverty and precarity in diverse international contexts, this book looks at the evidence of the harms and inequalities caused by these processes.

Poor children. --- Children --- Youth --- Poor families. --- Social conditions. --- Families --- Children of the poor --- Economically disadvantaged children --- Poor children --- Economic conditions

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"The number of children living in families with incomes below the federal poverty level increased by 33 percent between 2000 and 2009, resulting in over 15 million children living in poverty. Some of these children are able to overcome this dark statistic and break the intergenerational transmission of poverty, offering hope to an otherwise bleak outlook, but this raises the question--how? In Fostering Resilience and Well-being in Children and Families in Poverty, Dr. Valerie Maholmes sheds light on the mechanisms and processes that enable children and families to manage and overcome adversity. She explains that research findings on children and poverty often unite around three critical factors related to risk for poverty-related adversity: family structure, the presence of buffers that can protect children from negative influences, and the association between poverty and negative academic outcomes, and social and behavioral problems. She discusses how the research on resilience can inform better interventions for these children, as poverty does not necessarily preclude children from having strengths that may protect against its effects. Importantly, Maholmes introduces the concept of "hope" as a primary construct for understanding how the effects of poverty can be ameliorated. At the heart of the book are interviews with family members who have experienced adversity but managed to overcome it through the support of targeted programs and evidence-based interventions. Student leaders provide unique perspectives on the important role that parents and teachers play in motivating youth to succeed. Finally, professionals who work with children and families share their observations on effective interventions and the roles of culture and spirituality in fostering positive outcomes. Excerpts from these interviews bring research to life and help call attention to processes that promote hope and resilience. This book will be invaluable for policymakers, educators, and community and advocacy groups, as well as scholars and students in family studies, human development, and social work"--

Poor children. --- Poor families. --- Resilience (Personality trait) --- Hope. --- Emotions --- Human resilience --- Resiliency (Personality trait) --- Personality --- Families --- Children of the poor --- Economically disadvantaged children --- Poor children --- Children --- Economic conditions

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Poor children --- Children with social disabilities --- Pediatrics --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Health and hygiene --- Nutrition --- Children of the poor --- Economically disadvantaged children --- Socially handicapped children --- Economic conditions --- Nutrition. --- Children with disabilities --- People with social disabilities --- Children

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Children living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe. Of the approximately 1.3 million children who were recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits in 2013, about 50% were disabled primarily due to a mental disorder. An increase in the number of children who are recipients of SSI benefits due to mental disorders has been observed through several decades of the program beginning in 1985 and continuing through 2010. Nevertheless, less than 1% of children in the United States are recipients of SSI disability benefits for a mental disorder. At the request of the Social Security Administration, Mental Disorders and Disability Among Low-Income Children compares national trends in the number of children with mental disorders with the trends in the number of children receiving benefits from the SSI program, and describes the possible factors that may contribute to any differences between the two groups. This report provides an overview of the current status of the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, and the levels of impairment in the U.S. population under age 18. The report focuses on 6 mental disorders, chosen due to their prevalence and the severity of disability attributed to those disorders within the SSI disability program: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, learning disabilities, and mood disorders. While this report is not a comprehensive discussion of these disorders, Mental Disorders and Disability Among Low-Income Children provides the best currently available information regarding demographics, diagnosis, treatment, and expectations for the disorder time course - both the natural course and under treatment.

Children with mental disabilities --- Poor children --- Mental health --- Children of the poor --- Economically disadvantaged children --- Children --- Mentally handicapped children --- Mentally retarded children --- Retarded children --- Children with disabilities --- Youth with mental disabilities --- Economic conditions

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City children --- City planning --- Poor children --- Poor youth --- Urban youth --- City dwellers --- Youth --- Children of the poor --- Economically disadvantaged children --- Children --- Children in cities --- Urban children --- Urban teenagers --- Social conditions --- Citizen participation --- Economic conditions --- Economic geography