Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding
The stories of four among hundreds of runaway youths treated in Slesnick's program illustrate points in this volume, which offers a summary of the information known about runaway and homeless children and teenagers. In addition to describing the breadth of this problem, this book explains different types of runaway and homeless youths, and why they leave home by choice or are asked to leave. Slesnick also explains some of the factors common to these children and their families, as well as what happens to the youths when they leave home. Direction and support are provided for parents from this clinical psychologist, who notes that there are few resources and programs across the nation designed specifically to help families with runaway youths.

Told by a parent and three runaways themselves, the stories of four people trying to understand the causes and cope with the afte- effects of running away serve to illustrate research results and issues presented here. This work will be of interest not only to parents of runaways and to mental health professionals, but also to students of adolescent psychology, family psychology, and clinical child psychology.

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Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding
The stories of four among hundreds of runaway youths treated in Slesnick's program illustrate points in this volume, which offers a summary of the information known about runaway and homeless children and teenagers. In addition to describing the breadth of this problem, this book explains different types of runaway and homeless youths, and why they leave home by choice or are asked to leave. Slesnick also explains some of the factors common to these children and their families, as well as what happens to the youths when they leave home. Direction and support are provided for parents from this clinical psychologist, who notes that there are few resources and programs across the nation designed specifically to help families with runaway youths.

Told by a parent and three runaways themselves, the stories of four people trying to understand the causes and cope with the afte- effects of running away serve to illustrate research results and issues presented here. This work will be of interest not only to parents of runaways and to mental health professionals, but also to students of adolescent psychology, family psychology, and clinical child psychology.

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Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding

Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding

by Natasha Slesnick
Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding

Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding

by Natasha Slesnick

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Overview

The stories of four among hundreds of runaway youths treated in Slesnick's program illustrate points in this volume, which offers a summary of the information known about runaway and homeless children and teenagers. In addition to describing the breadth of this problem, this book explains different types of runaway and homeless youths, and why they leave home by choice or are asked to leave. Slesnick also explains some of the factors common to these children and their families, as well as what happens to the youths when they leave home. Direction and support are provided for parents from this clinical psychologist, who notes that there are few resources and programs across the nation designed specifically to help families with runaway youths.

Told by a parent and three runaways themselves, the stories of four people trying to understand the causes and cope with the afte- effects of running away serve to illustrate research results and issues presented here. This work will be of interest not only to parents of runaways and to mental health professionals, but also to students of adolescent psychology, family psychology, and clinical child psychology.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275979942
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 05/30/2004
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

NATASHA SLESNICK is Director of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program at the University of New Mexico. She is the principal investigator on five federally funded projects to evaluate and develop treatments for the youths and their families. Slesnick is also a Research Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico and Associate Director of the Clinical Research Branch at the UNM Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why a Book on Runaway and Homeless Youth?
About Runaway and Homeless Youth
What Is a Runaway?
Why Children Leave Home
Who Are These Kids?
What Happens When They Leave Home?
To the Parents
When Your Child Runs
Continuing Conflict
When Your Child Returbans Home
Keeping Your Child from Running Away Again
When Something Goes Wrong
Conclusion: And What Now?
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