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Alaska State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Juneau. Div. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. – 1983
This manual introduces some of the essential principles of counseling. It is geared toward the training and education of those who have not had significant prior counseling experiences and is not comprehensive. These topics are discussed, focusing on basic, introductory material: (1) general principles of human behavior and motivation including…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
American School Health Association, Kent, OH. – 1989
The National Adolescent Student Health Survey (NASHS) was designed to assess students' health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in eight areas of critical importance to the health of youth. Two grade levels, eighth and tenth, were chosen to be the focus of the study. The survey provides a national profile of students at these two grade…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Consumer Economics, Drug Abuse
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1988
This resource guide provides information on programs that serve at risk students in the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools. For each program the following information is provided: (1) description; (2) number of schools served; (3) number of students served; and (4) budget. The following types of programs are included: (1) dropout retrieval; (2)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Community Programs, Dropout Characteristics
Hill Top Spectrum, 1988
Four issues of the newsletter of the Hill Top Preparatory School (Rosemont, Pennsylvania) which provides secondary educational services to learning-disabled adolescents are presented. Issues typically have one or two major articles. Article titles and authors are as follows: "The Parents of Exceptional Children: What Helps Them Cope with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Coping, Counselor Role
Powell, Clifford J. – 1982
This paper addresses some of the ethical and legal components of the issue of adolescence and the right to die. Developmental aspects on which psychologists may be uniquely qualified to comment are also addressed. The paper looks at ethical aspects of right to die decisions, the principle of autonomy, and the responsibility of caregivers. Legal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Competence, Counselor Role
Lettieri, Dan J. – 1982
With the proliferation of suicide prevention centers in the United States, the task of rapidly and effectively assessing an individual caller's suicide potential has become an important research problem. However, the social science researcher is often confronted with an ethical problem when the results of his predictive equations can be used to…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Crisis Intervention, Ethics, Evaluation Criteria
Chen, Martin K. – 1980
One of the major problems in measuring community mental health status is the lack of consensus among mental health workers in psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and epidemiology as to what constitutes mental illness. Additionally, changing social mores preclude a definition of mental illness in behavioral terms. An operational definition of mental…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Community Characteristics, Community Health Services, Definitions
Michal, Mary L.; And Others – 1973
Good health is the result of such factors as sanitation, adequate housing and clothing, nutritional food, and a health delivery system which protects against contagious diseases by immunization, provides for early detection and treatment, provides health education to promote practices that will prevent diseases, and gives services in a culturally…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Communication Problems, Death, Dental Health
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1969
Part 5, Hearings before the Special Subcommittee on Indian Education (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate) on the study of the education of Indian children, focuses especially on the Indian populations of the Northwest United States, and on the mental health of American Indians, particularly the children enrolled in boarding…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Delinquency
Brodinsky, Ben, Ed. – 1972
The reports in this compendium discuss various aspects of federal activities in education. Several authors discuss (1) the role of the Federal Government in the 1970s; (2) the education amendments of 1972; (3) aid grantsmanship; (4) career education; (5) the education of gifted and talented students; (6) the education of the handicapped; (7)…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Education, Census Figures, Environmental Education
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Yates, Gary L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1988
Examination of data from 1985 visits by 110 runaway and 655 non-runaway youth to an outpatient medical clinic reveals that runaway youth are at greater risk for a wide variety of medical problems and of health-compromising behaviors including suicide, depression, prostitution, and drug use. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Depression (Psychology), Drug Abuse, Educational Attainment
National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, Chicago, IL. – 2001
Witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event affects everyone mentally and emotionally. Each person has a different way of responding emotionally, and this is a normal part of the healing process. This document discusses some of the ways people respond to trauma and how to deal with it. It lists ways to cope with depression, how to help others…
Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Children, Coping
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 2000
Data from the 50 United States are listed for 1997 from Kids Count in an effort to track state-by-state the status of children in the United States and to secure better futures for all children. Data include percent low birth weight babies; infant mortality rate; child death rate; rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; teen birth…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Birth Rate, Birth Weight
Ward, Jill M. – 1999
Asserting that escalating violence against and by children and adolescents is the manifestation of a range of serious and long neglected problems, this report examines the contribution of deadly firearms to the prevalence of violence in American communities, presents statistics on national trends, and describes state actions. Following an…
Descriptors: Accidents, Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis
Peter, Val J. – 2000
Noting that children want love and acceptance from trustworthy adults, this book reflects upon the destructive impulses that threaten the emotional, physical, and spiritual life of youth and families. The book identifies and describes behaviors that tempt adolescents with instant relief and gratification, but which ultimately lead to feelings of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Cheating, Child Rearing
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