At-risk youth: a comprehensive response : for counselors, teachers, psychologists, and human service professionals

Part. 1. At-risk children and youth : the ecology of problems: An introduction to at-risk issues

Environmental/societal factors that contribute to risk

Legal and ethical issues. Part 2. Families, schools, and skills: Family Problems of at-risk children and youth

school issues that relate to at-risk children and youth

Individual characteristics of high-risk and low-risk children and youth. Part 3. At-risk categories: School dropout

Substance use and addiction

Teenage pregnancy, STDs, and risky sexual behavior

Juvenile delinquency and youth violence

Youth suicide. Part 4. Prevention, intervention, and treatment approaches: Prevention, early intervention, treatment Framework, and other environmental considerations

Core components of programs for prevention and early intervention

Peer interventions

Family interventions.