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Children --- Socially disadvantaged children --- Socially handicapped children --- Language. --- Language skills. --- Education.
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Assuming that "marginal" citizens cannot govern their own lives, proponents of the therapeutic state urge casework intervention to reshape the attitudes and behaviors of those who live outside the social mainstream. Thus the victims of poverty, delinquency, family violence, and other problems are to be "normalized." But "normalize," to Andrew Polsky, is a term that "jars the ear, as well it should when we consider what this effort is all about." Here he investigates the broad network of public agencies that adopt the casework approach.
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Youth at Risk in Latin America provides evidence-based guidance to policymakers that will help increase the effectiveness of their youth investment program. Drawing on the authors' detailed analyses, the book describes twenty-three policies and programs that youth development experts agree are the basis of a quality youth development portfolio, from early childhood development programs to parent training to cash transfers for positive behaviors. It also lays out strategies for implementing this effective youth portfolio in a budget-constrained environment by reallocation of resources away from
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By summarising and integrating theory and research on adolescents from a diversity of backgrounds, this text presents a picture of these understudied and misunderstood adolescents by focusing on the positive, healthy development of minorities.
Adolescence --- Minority teenagers --- Teenagers with social disabilities --- Teenagers --- Socially handicapped teenagers --- People with social disabilities --- Teenagers with disabilities --- Minority youth --- Social conditions.
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