Strengths-Based Counseling With At-Risk Youth [Paperback]

Michael Ungar (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1412928206 | ISBN-13: 978-1412928205 | Publication Date: March 6, 2006 | Edition: 2

This resource offers counseling strategies to promote adolescents' overlooked strengths and create healthy alternatives to problem behaviors such as bullying, drug use, violence, and promiscuity.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Offers concrete examples regarding questioning and building rapport that are very helpful to professionals and parents faced with (re)connecting and helping youth.”

(William P. Evans, Professor and State Specialist for Youth Development )

“An eye-opening and heart-opening book." (Bonnie Benard, Senior Program Associate )

"A commonsense approach to working with teens. If you are new to the topic of resiliency, this is a good place to start." (PsycCRITIQUES, October 2006 )

About the Author

Michael Ungar received a Ph.D. in Social Work from Wilfred Laurier University in 1995. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Maritime School of Social Work at Dalhousie University, Canada. He has published articles in such journals as Adolescence, Youth & Society, Qualitative Social Work, Social Service Review, the Journal of Systemic Therapies, and Child & Youth Care Forum. Dr. Ungar has been researching, writing, and teaching about resilience among youth for ten years in Canada, the U.S., Hong Kong, and Columbia. He oversees a federally funded international research project involving collaboration among researchers in eleven sites on five continents exploring similarities and differences in how resilience is understood, studied, and nurtured. As part of this, he will soon embark on a tour of Israel, England, Russia, and Tanzania. He recently presented two papers detailing his work at an international qualitative methods conference hosted by Sage and the International Institute for Qualitative Methods. He has a well-established international network of colleagues in this field across many disciplines, and many will be contributors to this volume.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press; 2 edition (March 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412928206
• ISBN-13: 978-1412928205
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #503,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Ungar is a university research professor, as well as a professor in the School of Social Work, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. His research is focused on understanding resilience among children and families across cultures and contexts. He has led several studies, including an 11-country program of research on positive development among at-risk youth. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, as well as six books for parents, educators and helping professionals. In addition to research and writing, Dr. Ungar maintains a small family therapy practice for troubled children, youth and their families.