Growing Up Fast(1st Edition) Re-Visioning Adolescent Mothers' Transitions to Young Adulthood by BonnieLeadbeater Paperback, 282 Pages, Published 2014 by Psychology Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84872-572-0, ISBN: 1-84872-572-8
"The first edition of Growing Up Fast attempted to counter the stereotype of poor, minority adolescent mothers and describe the diversity of their educational, work, parenting, and relationship experiences. The volume followed a strengths-based approach to understanding why some mothers appeared resilient to the stresses of early parenting, compared to their peers, and what obstacles undermine resiliency ..."
"Despite the numerous benefits derived from major technological and medical innovations of the past century, we continue to live in a world rife with significant social problems and challenges. Children continue to be born into lives of poverty; others must confront daily their parent's mental illness or substance abuse; still others live amid chronic family discord or child abuse. For some of these children, ..."
"Efforts to apply ethical guidelines and regulations to vulnerable populations are often problematic. Consequently, health and social scientists sometimes shy away from the challenges of research, particularly when it means addressing value-laden social problems such as sexuality, drugs, and racism. Ethical Issues in Community-Based Research with Children and Youth is a collection of essays that describe the uniqueness of community-bas ..."
"The main goal of knowledge translation (KT) is to ensure that diverse communities benefit from academic research results through improved social and health outcomes. But despite growing interest in researcher-user collaborations, little is known about what makes or breaks these types of relationships. Knowledge Translation in Context is an essential tool for researchers to learn how to be effective partners in the KT process.Drawing on ..."
Revisiting Growing Up Fast(1st Edition) Transitions to Early Adulthood for Inner-City Adolescent Mothers (Hardback) by BonnieLeadbeater Hardcover, 282 Pages, Published 2014 by Psychology Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84872-571-3, ISBN: 1-84872-571-X
"The first edition of Growing Up Fast attempted to counter the stereotype of poor, minority adolescent mothers and describe the diversity of their educational, work, parenting, and relationship experiences. The volume followed a strengths-based approach to understanding why some mothers appeared resilient to the stresses of early parenting, compared to their peers, and what obstacles undermine resiliency for some of these young women. We ..."
"Despite the numerous benefits derived from major technological and medical innovations of the past century, we continue to live in a world rife with significant social problems and challenges. Children continue to be born into lives of poverty; others must confront daily their parent's mental illness or substance abuse; still others live amid chronic family discord or child abuse. For some of these children, ..."
Urban Girls(Updated) Resisting Stereotypes, Creating Identities by Niobe Way, Bonnie J. Leadbeater Hardcover, 398 Pages, Published 1996 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-5107-7, ISBN: 0-8147-5107-5
"The carpool: A socializing adjunct to the educational experience. Sociology of
Education, 57, 200–210. Campbell, R., Pound, P., Pope, C., Britten, N., Pill, R.,
Morgan, M., et al. (2003). Evaluating meta-ethnography: A synthesis of qualitative
... Garcia, J., Sinclair, J., Dickson, K., Thomas, J., Brunton, J., Tidd, M., et al. (2006
). Conflict resolution, peer mediation, and young people's relationships (
Technical Report 1406R). Lo ..."
"Now, having culled several decades of research findings, the editors of this volume offer an in-depth, leading-edge description and analysis of Resilience in Children, Families and Communities: Linking Context to Practice and Policy."
"Resilience in Children, Families, and Communities covers both conceptual and practical challenges arising from attempts to apply the theoretical construct of resilience, along with existing empirical resilience findings, to the formulation of intervention strategies and social policies. Main features of this volume includes: - Descriptions of various approaches to the study of resilience and the challenges of extending empirical findi ..."
"Efforts to apply ethical guidelines and regulations to vulnerable populations are often problematic. Consequently, health and social scientists sometimes shy away from the challenges of research, particularly when it means addressing value-laden social problems such as sexuality, drugs, and racism. Ethical Issues in Community-Based Research with Children and Youth is a collection of essays that describe the uniqueness of community-bas ..."
Growing Up Fast(1st Edition) Transitions To Early Adulthood of Inner-city Adolescent Mothers (Research Monographs in Adolescence Series) by Niobe Way, Bonnie J. Leadbeater Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2001 by Psychology Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-8058-3736-0, ISBN: 0-8058-3736-1
Growing Up Fast(1st Edition) Transitions To Early Adulthood of Inner-city Adolescent Mothers (Research Monographs in Adolescence Series) by Niobe Way, Bonnie J. Leadbeater Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2013 by Psychology Press ISBN-13: 978-0-415-64815-8, ISBN: 0-415-64815-7
"The main goal of knowledge translation (KT) is to ensure that diverse communities benefit from academic research results through improved social and health outcomes. But despite growing interest in researcher-user collaborations, little is known about what makes or breaks these types of relationships. Knowledge Translation in Context is an essential tool for researchers to learn how to be effective partners in the KT process.Drawing on ..."