Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
  
• Chapter 1. The Strengths and Resilience of Children
  
• The Strengths Perspective
  
• The Strengths of Children
  
• Defining Resiliency
  
• Development of Resiliency
  
• Conceptual Model of Resiliency
  
• Person-Environmental Transaction for the Development of Resiliency
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Henry Lester
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 2. The Care of Children in American Society: Historical Events and Trends
  
• Early Perceptions and Treatment of Children
  
• Nineteenth-Century Efforts for Change
  
• Twentieth-Century Innovations
  
• Child Welfare Practice
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Cynthia Harper
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 3. Children and Family Relationships
  
• Children in Biological Families
  
• Children in Single-Parent Families
  
• Children in Blended Families
  
• Children in Gay and Lesbian Families
  
• Children in Multigenerational Families
  
• Children in Foster Families
  
• Children in Adoptive Families
  
• Children in Residential Settings
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Joanna Brown
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 4. Child Socialization and Peer Relationships
  
• Family Influences on Socialization
  
• School and Peer Relationships
  
• Children in the Community
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Billy Lapahie
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 5. Children and Learning
  
• Teacher Expectations and Learning
  
• Elements of Learning and Achievement
  
• Ethnic and Culturally Different Children
  
• Children and Special Education
  
• Home Schooling: An Educational Alternative
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Hannah Carter
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 6. Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
  
• Self-Esteem and Well-Being
  
• A Case Scenario of Resilience
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Michiko Tanaka
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 7. Adolescence
  
• Adolescent Ethnic and Racial Identity
  
• Gender Roles
  
• Adolescents and Sexual Orientation
  
• Transitions to Adulthood
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Zor Hollis
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 8. Child-Centered Practice Approaches: Emphasis on Strength and Resilience
  
• Guidelines for Interviewing and Assessing Children
  
• Guidelines for Interviewing and Assessing Adolescents
  
• Practice with Children in Child Welfare
  
• School Social Work and Counseling in School
  
• Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Ina Abrams
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 9. Media-Directed, Creative Child Therapies
  
• Play Therapy
  
• Drawing and Art Therapy
  
• Puppet Therapy
  
• Clown Therapy
  
• Bibliotherapy
  
• Music Therapy
  
• Collaboration with Parents
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Helen McGuire
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Practice and Research for Promoting Children's Strengths
  
• Introduction
  
• Resilience-Based Programs
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Charles Elliott Maples
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Chapter 11. Empowerment of Children in the Global Arena
  
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
  
• International Adoptions
  
• A Case Scenario of International Adoption
  
• Conclusion
  
• Strengths Story: Antun (Tony) Boskovich
  
• Questions for Discussion
  
• Epilogue
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included