On your own without a net : the transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations /

Other Authors: Osgood, D. Wayne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c2005
Series:The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005004220.html
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why focus on the transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations? / D. Wayne Osgood .. [et al.]
  • The transition to adulthood for youth "aging out" of the foster care system / Mark E. Courtney and Darcy Hughes Heuring
  • The transition to adulthood for adolescents in the juvenile justice system : a developmental perspective / He Len Chung, Michelle Little, and Laurence Steinberg
  • Policy and program perspectives on the transition to adulthood for adolescents in the juvenile justice system / David M. Altschuler
  • Young adults reentering the community from the criminal justice system : the challenge of becoming an adult / Christopher Uggen and Sara Wakefield
  • Prisoner reentry and the pathways to adulthood : policy perspectives / Jeremy Travis and Christy A. Visher
  • Homeless youth and the perilous passage to adulthood / John Hagan and Bill McCarthy
  • Transition for young adults who received special education services as adolescents : a time of challenge and change / Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner
  • Transition experiences of young adults who received special education services as adolescents : a matter of policy / Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner
  • Risks along the road to adulthood : challenges faced by youth with serious mental disorders / J. Heidi Gralinski-Bakker .. [et al.]
  • Coping with mental health problems in young adulthood : diversity of need and uniformity of programs / Phillip M. Lyons, Jr., and Gary B. Melton
  • Adolescents with disabilities in transition to adulthood / Robert Wm. Blum
  • Youth with special health care needs and disabilities in transition to adulthood / Patience Haydock White and Leslie Gallay
  • The transition to adulthood for troubled youth and families : common themes and future directions / E. Michael Foster .. [et al.].