Age groups and generations

This intensely personal and engaging memoir is the coming-of-age story of a white boy growing up in a neighborhood of predominantly African American and Latino housing projects on New York's Lower East Side.

Every developed country has a public employment service that connects job seekers with employers through information, placement, and training support services.

Unearthing Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching: The Legacy of Gloria Jean Merriex focuses on the theory and practices of a highly successful mathematics teacher of African American children in a high-poverty school.

In the Second Edition, Gelfand devotes greater attention to the impact of immigration on the United States and provides a useful model for providers working with older persons from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

The second edition of this landmark textbook is distinguished by its pioneering approach to encompassing disability and aging policies under one umbrella, in response to the newly developed Administration on Aging and Disability.

Teaching Teens About Relationships describes how to teach a relationships course for adolescents.

This book is about resistance in everyday life, illustrated through empirical contexts from different parts of the world.

This text examines the enormous pressure placed on University students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan which have led to the rapid expansion of the "e;cramming"e; industry and to a growing number of students looking to religion and spirituality for guidance.

Prevent, Repent, Reform, Revenge is a study of the aims that people intend to achieve by the sanctions and treatments they recommend for wrongdoers.

The transitional phase from pre-older adult to older adult affects the wellbeing of the concerned person economically, physically, and psychologically.

On January 25, 1996, the Committee on Youth Development of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened a workshop to examine the implications of research on social settings for the design and evaluation of programs that serve youth.

Im gegenwärtigen Altersdiskurs werden Selbstbestimmung und Freiheit im Alter besonders hervorgehoben.

How do children construct, negotiate and organize space?

The Brain and Educational Connections is based on current studies from neuroscientists and research in the field of psychology and education.

School Social Work: National Perspectives on Practice in Schools aims to provide a contemporary understanding of school social work practice given the changing educational context.

This one-of-a kind book challenges the current thinking about black girls to show how America has failed them-and what can be done to make their lives better.

This highly accessible and informative book offers practical strategies for the protection of children that all parents, teachers, and anyone involved in the life of a child will find indispensable.

Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life explores the spiritual dimension of ageing and investigates the role of pastoral and spiritual care in helping the frail elderly cope with end-of-life issues.

There is a growing need for public buy-in if democratic processes are to run smoothly.

This book will help you design and create the best version of yourself.

Der Übergang ins Studium ist für viele eine der wichtigsten Veränderungen im Lebensweg.

Not since the 1960s have the activities of resistance among lower- and working-class youth caused such anxiety in the international community.

Here is a timely response to the research findings of the last decade.

Examines how children, armed conflict and the international community interact in the twenty-first century.

The authors provide a contemporary perspective on the status of qualitative research in gerontology.

How do teenagers with Asperger Syndrome view themselves and their own lives?

Recent debates surrounding children in State care, parental rights, and abuse in Ireland's industrial schools, concern issues that are rooted in the historical record.

Over the course of more than two decades and five previous editions, The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry has established itself as a foundational resource in the field.

Ab wann gilt ein Mensch als alt?

This book contains an Open Access chapter.

When did the kid who strolled the wooded path, trolled the stream, played pick-up ball in the back forty turn into the child confined to the mall and the computer screen?

Intended for young readers interested in creating and maintaining physically and emotionally healthy relationships, this book answers common questions and offers practical guidance on navigating such everyday issues as conflict resolution and jealousy.

Zwanzig Mädchen und Jungen, die vorübergehend einenFrauenhausaufenthalt erlebten, berichten über ihre häuslichenGewalterfahrungen und ihre Erlebnisse im Frauenhaus.

This book provides new and original insight on the senior living housing needs in Poland.

This volume examines conceptions, ideas and habits connected with children in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, focusing on the "dark sides of childhood" in the pre-modern world.

This book shines a light on the family caregiver, who cares for their loved one when nurses are not involved.

At the 2019 UN climate change conference, activists and delegates from groups representing Indigenous, youth, women, and labour rights were among those marching through the halls chanting "e;Climate Justice, People Power.

Alte Menschen verlieren mit den Jahren häufig den realen Bezug zu ihrer Vergangenheit.

The binary construction of young and old , which is based on a biogerontological model of aging as decline, can be redefined as the ambiguity of aging from a cultural studies perspective.

Living either full or part time in a recreational vehicle has been an alternative lifestyle in North America since the 1920s.

Poder documentar que el enfoque de la salud de los ancianos proporciona un mejor cuidado y produce mejores resultados ha llevado varios años de estudio e investigación.

In recent years, civic and political institutions have stepped up their efforts to encourage youth participation: schools promote volunteerism, non-profits provide opportunities for service, local governments create youth councils, and social movement organizations discuss the need to encourage a new generation of activists.

The one book you need when considering a move.

Long, productive lives are the destiny of most of us, not just the privilege of our great-grandchildren.

This guide for professionals working with students with autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) in further education meets the increasing demand for information and support on this subject.

Two noted researchers explain scientific evidence that shows why certain experiential and lifestyle factors may promote and maintain cognitive vitality in older adults.