Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater

Gebundenes Buch

Growing Up Fast

Re-Visioning Adolescent Mothers' Transitions to Young Adulthood

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater, Ph.D., has an interdisciplinary background with an emphasis on health, education, and psychology. She holds degrees in Nursing and Educational Psychology from the University of Ottawa, and in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University, New York. She has made internationally recognized contributions to knowledge on bullying and victimization, adolescent depression, resilience in high-risk youth, and transitions to young adulthood. She also developed and evaluated the WITS Programs for the prevention of bullying and victimization in elementary school children. She is highly committed to efforts to translate theory and research into student training and into policy and program actions that can improve the lives of children, youth, and their families.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9781848725713
• ISBN-10: 184872571X
• Artikelnr.: 40046411