Full service community schools : prevention of delinquency in students with mental illness and/or poverty / by Robert F. Kronick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kronick, Robert F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School-linked human services--United States.

School-linked human services.

Student assistance programs--United States.

Student assistance programs.

Juvenile delinquency--United States--Prevention.

Juvenile delinquency.

Mentally ill children--Services for--United States.

Mentally ill children.

Poor children--Services for--United States.

Poor children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Ltd., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is about children who are living dangerously close to the edge, the edge of delinquency, mental illness, and poverty. Beginning with a discussion of the role of Joy Dryfoos in the development of comprehensive schools, this work is based on the Full Service Schools program which began in 1998 in three elementary inner-city schools in Knoxville, Tennessee. Chapter topics include culture and self-efficacy, the Appalachian Experience, a system's view of full service community schools, juvenile justice and the rights of children, serving the public in inner-city schools with pragmatic way

Contents:

FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS; CONTENTS; Chapter I THE ROLE OF JOY DRYFOOS; Chapter I1 CULTURE AND SELF EFFICACY: THE APPALACHIAN EXPERIENCE; Chapter III FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS A SYSTEM'S VIEW; Chapter IV JUVENILE JUSTICE-THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN:; Chapter V SERVING THE PUBLIC IN INNER-CITY SCHOOLS:; Chapter VI THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF EVENTS 2000-2004:; Chapter VII STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS; Chapter VIII EFFECTIVE TEACHER PREPARATION; Appendix; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08002-X

OCLC:

689996369