At-risk children & youth; resiliency explored.9780789033819 At-risk children & youth; resiliency The ability to recover from a failure. The term may be applied to hardware, software or data. explored. McElwee, Niall. Haworth Haw·orth , Sir Walter Norman 1883-1950. British biochemist. He shared a 1937 Nobel Prize for his research on carbohydrates and vitamin C. Pr. 2007 307 pages $70.00 Hardcover HV1421 Focusing on Limerick Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. , Ireland, McElwee's (Athlone Institute of Technology Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Luain in Irish) formerly Regional Technical College, Athlone is one of the original network of Regional Technical Colleges; it was built in Athlone, Ireland. , Athlone, Ireland) study explores risk, at-risk, and resilience resilience (r  ·zilˑ·yens),n concepts that have broad interest for social policy makers in child protection and welfare and special educational youth initiatives, and offers an assessment of what works and does not work in youth services. Coverage includes a review of concepts and constructs of risk and resiliency as applied to child and youth care and "special" education, the impact of the current climate of risk consciousness on child and youth care professionals, and a detailed examination of how one Youth Encounter Project--an Irish program for marginalized children and youth--in Limerick City understands at-risk and "resiliency" and engages effectively with its pupils. Co-published simultaneously as Child & Youth Services, Volume 29, Numbers 1/2 2007. For educators, students, and child and youth service providers. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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