Working With High-Risk Youth in Prevention and Early Intervention Programs: Toward a Comprehensive Wellness Model

• NCJ Number: 114311
• Journal: Adolescence Volume: 23 Issue: 91 Dated: (Fall 1988) Pages: 643-660
• Author(s): R C Mills; R G Dunham; G P Alpert
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 18 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Research (Theoretical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Societal problems resulting from school dropouts, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, suicide and other health-damaging behavior are increasing, along with the financial costs.

Abstract

This paper presents a theory of youth development and learning, and an integrated, interactive and reciprocal model for the prevention of health-damaging behavior. (Author abstract)