Our runaway and homeless youth : a guide to understanding
by Natasha Slesnick
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The stories of four among hundreds of runaway youths treated in Slesnick's program illustrate points in this volume, which offers a summary of the information known about runaway and homeless children and teenagers. In addition to describing the breadth of this problem, this book explains different types of runaway and homeless youths, and why they leave home by choice or are asked to leave. Slesnick also explains some of the factors common to these children and their families, as well as show more what happens to the youths when they leave home. Direction and support are provided for parents from this show lessMembers
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Natasha Slesnick is Director of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program at the University of New Mexico and is also a Research Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico and Associate Director of the Clinical Research Branch at the UNM Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions.
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- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 362.74 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare Child welfare At-risk children and youth
- LCC
- HV1431 .S54 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Protection, assistance and relief Special classes Young adults. Youth. Teenagers
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