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Step by Step! A Young Person's Guide to Positive Community Change (Book - Child)
This workbook gives young people the skills, ideas, and motivation they need to bring about positive change in their community. Written by youth and youth workers, it will help young people identify...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Kids without Homes -- by Joan Johnson (Author) (Book)
"Examines homelessness in today's society as it affects our nation's youth, their education, upbringing, opportunities for employment, enmeshment with crime, and prospects for ameliorating their...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Homeless Children: Problems and Needs -- by Panos Vostanis, Stuart Cumella (Authors) (Book)
"Homeless Children defines the specific problems and needs of homeless children, and draws up practical guidelines for staff and agencies on recognising and dealing with those problems. It then looks...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Uncommon Fathers: Reflections on Raising a Child With a Disability -- by Donald Meyer (Author) (Book - Parent)
A compelling collection of essays by fathers who were asked to reflect and write about the life-altering experience of having a child with a disability. Nineteen fathers have taken an introspective...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Birth of African-American Culture: An Anthropological Perspective -- by Sidney Mintz, Richard Price (Authors) (Book)
"In this provocative study, two anthropologists add a measured voice to the debate on the roots of African-American culture. Exploring the cultural ties between Africans and African-Americans, the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools -- by Jonathan Kozol (Author) (Book)
"A searing, eye-opening exposé of the inequality built into America's public education system, written by Jonathan Kozol, the National Book Award-winning author of Death at an Early Age. Traveling the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Dry Bones Rattling : Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy -- by Mark Warren (Author) (Book)
"Dry Bones Rattling offers the first in-depth treatment of how to rebuild the social capital of America's communities while promoting racially inclusive, democratic participation. The Industrial Areas...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis -- by Juan Mezzich, Arthur Kleinman, Horacio Fabrega, Delores Parron (Authors) (Book)
"The United States will no longer have a Caucasian majority in the second half of the 21st century. Evidence shows that misdiagnosis of mental disorders occurs more frequently in minority populations....
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Against the Odds: How "At-Risk" Students Exceed Expectations -- by Janine Bempechat (Author) (Book)
"From an original position that isolates the factors which predict academic performance, Harvard professor Janine Bempechat shatters the myths about success and failure among poor and minority...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Science at the Borders: Immigrant Medical Inspection and the Shaping of the Modern Industrial Labor Force -- by Amy Fairchild (Author) (Book)
"In Science at the Borders, Fairchild retells the immigrant story, offering a new interpretation of the medical exam and the role it played in the lives of the 25 million immigrants who entered the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)