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Smith, Emilie Phillips; Faulk, Monique; Sizer, Monteic A. – Youth & Society, 2016
Community contexts are important ecological settings related to problem behavior and positive youth development (PYD). While substantial work has focused on neighborhood disadvantage, the current study explores the role of community assets, specifically linkages to important institutional resources and people in those settings. These concepts are…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Behavior Problems, Youth, Case Studies
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Tirella, Linda G.; Tickle-Degnen, Linda; Miller, Laurie C.; Bedell, Gary – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2012
The purpose of this study was to describe reflections of nine American parents on the strengths, challenges, and strategies in parenting young children newly adopted from another country. Eight mothers and one father with an adopted child aged less than 3 years and home for less than 3 months completed standardized assessments measuring the…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Adoption, Community Resources, Child Rearing
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Conti-Ramsden, Gina; Botting, Nicola; Durkin, Kevin – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: This is the 2nd article of a companion set (the 1st article being on language and independence). It presents research examining parental perspectives on aspects of impairment in their offspring involving families rearing children with specific language impairment (SLI). Method: The same sample as that of the 1st study participated in this…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Language Impairments, Adolescents, Expressive Language
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Petsch, Priscilla; Rochlen, Aaron B. – Journal of School Counseling, 2009
The recent increase in prison populations has given rise to an unprecedented number of children in the school system with incarcerated parents. To cope with stressors before, during, or after parents' incarceration, children can exhibit a range of problematic and maladaptive behaviors. This article explores the negative behaviors these children…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Parent Child Relationship, School Counselors, Community Resources
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Fishman, H. Charles; Andes, Fred; Knowlton, Roberta – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2001
Presents a model of treatment in which a family therapist is partnered with a community member whom is called a community resource specialist (CRS). Reports on an evaluation of the model in the treatment of adolescents with behavioral problems. (Contains 11 references.) (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Community Involvement, Community Resources
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Timko, Christine; And Others – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1995
Examined relations of acute and chronic life stressors and stable social resources to disease-related and psychosocial functioning among adolescents with juvenile rheumatic disease, and the mitigating impact of parental resources. Found that life stressors and social resources were unrelated to disease outcomes. However, adolescents with more risk…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Community Resources
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Windle, Michael; And Others – Child Development, 1991
Eight help-seeking categories were identified and compared with regard to adolescents' gender, race, alcohol consumption, substance abuse, and school misconduct. Problem behaviors were most prevalent for two categories: friends as only resource and social isolate. Males, Blacks, and Hispanics were overrepresented in the social isolate category.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Blacks