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Miller, Alec L.; Rathus, Jill H.; Linehan, Marsha M. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Filling a tremendous need, this highly practical book adapts the proven techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk for suicidal behavior and self-injury. The authors are master clinicians who take the reader step by step through understanding and assessing severe emotional…
Descriptors: Therapy, Behavior Modification, Adolescents, Suicide
Taylor-Cox, Jennifer; Oberdorf, Christine – Eye on Education, 2006
Why should schools have a Family Math Night? It helps students learn essential math concepts. It gives parents a chance to serve as models of motivation, persistence and competence. It promotes math success in a supportive setting. With its step-by-step directions and suggestions for both teachers and parents, this book takes the worry out of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Middle School Students, Academic Standards, Parent Role
Wilber, Shannan; Ryan, Caitlin; Marksamer, Jody – Child Welfare League of America (NJ3), 2006
Child welfare personnel repeatedly move a lesbian youth from one inappropriate placement to another, subjecting her to constant rejection and discrimination and depriving her of a permanent home or family; Detention facility staff place a gay youth in isolation "for his own protection," depriving him of education, recreation, companionship, or…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Gender Issues