Investing in Children, Youth, Families, and Communities: Strengths-Based Research and Policy

This title takes a theoretically exciting and socially critical view of human development and the power of context to shape positive outcomes. A transformative theme, from deficits to strengths, emerges in this book, as it surveys the mounting evidence that programs that shore up resilience can and do work.

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This title takes a theoretically exciting and socially critical view of human development and the power of context to shape positive outcomes. A transformative theme, from deficits to strengths, emerges in this book, as it surveys the mounting evidence that programs that shore up resilience can and do work.

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• Assisted by: Bonnie J. Leadbeater (Editor), Bonnie J. Leadbetter (Editor), Kenneth I. Maton (Editor), Cynthia Schellenbach (Editor), Cynthia J. Schellenbach (Editor), Andrea L. Solarz (Editor)
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (apa)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2003
• EAN: 9781591470625
• ISBN: 978-1-59147-062-5
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 266 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 853 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education