New Interventions for Children and Youth
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Social invention and action-research -- The invention process -- Social invention -- The action-research relationship -- Case-study approach -- New interventions for competence building -- Issues -- Families -- The focus in family research -- Case study: A family services brokerage -- Case study: The empathy development group -- Schools -- Case study: Social problem-solving curriculum -- Case study: The mentor role -- Case study: Urban discovery -- Courts -- Case study: Children's lawyer (law guardian) -- Case study: Mediation as an alternative to litigation in divorce proceedings -- Communities -- Case study: Parent/child mediation panels -- Case study: The community woman -- Case study: The Door-a model center for alternative services for youth -- Conclusions -- Formation of social interventions -- Issues of action-research methods -- Conclusions about children and stress -- Index.