| Description |
83 pages ; 28 cm |
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Cover title. |
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On cover: YMCA of the USA; Dartmout Medical School; Institute for American Values. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-80). |
| Contents |
Members of the Commission on Children at Risk -- Executive summary -- The two-part crisis -- The new scientific case -- Authoritative communities -- Social change -- Authoritative communities : a summary -- Endnotes -- Appendix A : Trends in U.S. youth well-being : morbidity, mortality, and mental health -- Appendix B : Commissioned papers -- About Brian Kershisnik -- About YMCA of the USA -- About Dartmouth Medical School -- About Institute for American Values. |
| Summary |
Large and growing numbers of U.S. children and young people are suffering from depression, anxiety, attention deficit, conduct disorders, thoughts of suicide, and other serious mental and behavioral problems. Why? What can be done to reverse this trend? In this pioneering report, the Commission on Children at Risk, a panel of 33 leading children's doctors, neuroscientists, research scholars and youth service professionals, draw upon a large body of recent research showing that children are biologically primed ("hardwired") for enduring connections to others and for moral and spiritual meaning. The authors introduce a new public policy and social science term -- authoritative communities -- to describe the ten essential traits across social institutions that produce better outcomes for children. The report proposes three major social goals and makes 18 recommendations for social and public policy change. Authors include: T. Berry Brazelton, Robert Coles, James P. Comer, Thomas Insel, Kathleen Kovner Kline, Alvin Poussaint, Allan N. Schore, Linda Spear, Stephen J. Suomi, and Judith Wallerstein. The Commission on Children at Risk is an independent, jointly sponsored initiative of YMCAof the USA, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Institute for American Values. - Publisher. |
| Subject |
Youth development -- United States.
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Social work with youth -- United States.
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Youth -- Services for -- United States.
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Social work with youth. (OCoLC)fst01123565
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Youth development. (OCoLC)fst01183602
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Youth -- Services for.
(OCoLC)fst01183511
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Institute for American Values.
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YMCA of the USA.
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Dartmouth Medical School.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Commission on Children at Risk. Hardwired to connect. New York : Institute for American Values, ©2003 (OCoLC)700906089 |
| ISBN |
1931764042 |
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9781931764049 |
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