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Working with Challenging Youth: Lessons Learned Along the Way (Accelerated Development)

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I am a practicing social worker and throughout my career I have read a lot of books and articles on working with children and youth. This is the most comprehensive and practical book I have ever read on this subject. The ideas laid out by Richardson are not particularly ground breaking, but he pulls together many different theories and techniques, highlights his points with examples from his own career, and presents it all in a flowing writing style that is a pleasure to read. I can not recommend this book highly enough, for beginners and veterans, for professionals and parents. If you work with youth than you must own a copy of this book. I have never been motivated to write an amazon review before, but this book is so down-to-earth and practical that I had to recommend it.

Without a doubt this is the most amazing book on working with young people.
I have it as my one and only book list for my youth work students.
It is the bible for youth work and if you follow it's practical and evidence based theories and practices you wont go wrong.
Buy no other - and I've bought them all- until Richardson came along

This book was an excellent resource in providing helpful and practical suggestions for law enforcement officers (probably a non-intended audience) to employ when working with troubled youth. Each section provides several suggestions, which contain several actual examples of their use in a practical setting. Focus is not only on the troubled youth, but issues the practitioner himself/herself must be realize as well.

I was pleased with the speed in which this book arrived, its condition and the overall quality of the transaction. Thank you Amazon!