Table of Contents

PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, PART I: RATIONALE AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE SKILLS DEFICITS: ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, CHAPTER 2: EMPOWERING YOUTH: SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUNSELING AND MULTIMODAL INTERVENTIONS, CHAPTER 3: PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL GROUPS IN INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS, PART II: MANIFESTATIONS OF BEHAVIOR AND RELATED SKILLS, CHAPTER 4: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE, CHAPTER 5: UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AND HIGH-RISK SEXUAL ACTIVITY, CHAPTER 6: LOSS, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE, CHAPTER 7: CONFLICTED YOUTH, DELINQUENCY, AND VIOLENCE, CHAPTER 8: ALIENATION, UNDERACHIEVEMENT, AND DROPPING OUT, CHAPTER 9: ISOLATION, VICTIMIZATION, AND ABUSE, PART III: CREATING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH EMPOWERMENT OF OTHERS, CHAPTER 10: EMPOWERING YOUTH, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES, EPILOGUE, REFERENCES, INDEX, ABOUT THE AUTHOR

About the Author

Thompson, Rosemary