Youth Voice Project

Youth Voice Project
Author: Stan Davis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2013-11-07
Genre: Bullying in schools
ISBN: 9780878226818

In this landmark study, authors Stan Davis and Charisse L. Nixon add youth voices to the national debate about bullying and peer mistreatment. Provided in these pages is a detailed analysis of findings from their survey of over 13,000 students across 31 schools in the United States¿plus suggestions for meaningful change based on students¿ responses.Youth Voice Project includes an overview of the project¿s rationale and methodology, a description of the characteristics and impact of peer mistreatment, and an analysis of the effectiveness of various types of response to peer mistreatment: self-actions, peer-actions, and adult actions.Students¿ views of what works¿and doesn¿t work¿in response to bullying are enlightening and sometimes surprising: When asked what made things better or worse in a bullying situation, youth reported that actions involving peer alliance and friendship made things better and that it was effective to access help from others. However, some classic adult advice for youth on bullying, such as ¿telling them to stop¿ and ¿telling them how they're making you feel,¿ could actually make things much worse.Bridging the gap between research and practice, the text offers much-needed direction for educators, administrators, parents, and all other stakeholders. Conclusions focus on ways to make schools safe, inclusive, and supportive environments for learning¿specifically, by promoting efforts to improve school connections, social equity, and what the authors call the ¿Four Rs¿: respect, relationships, resiliency, and responsiveness.

No Place for Children

No Place for Children
Author: Steve Liss
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2005-06-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0292701969

"This work of photojournalism goes inside the system to offer an intimate, often disturbing view of children's experiences in juvenile detention. Steve Liss photographed and interviewed young detainees, their parents, and detention and probation officers in Laredo, Texas. His photographs reveal that these are vulnerable children - sometimes as young as ten - coping with a detention environment that most adults would find harsh. In the accompanying text, he brings in the voices of the young people who describe their already fractured lives and fragile dreams, as well as the words of their parents and juvenile justice workers who express frustration at not having more resources with which to help these kids."--BOOK JACKET.

Born, Not Raised

Born, Not Raised
Author: Susan Madden Lankford
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2012
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0979236649

"In the final volume of her trilogy on interlinked social issues, [the author] explores the troubled psyches of young people incarcerated in Juvenile Hall. The perspectives of psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and experts in the field of juvenile justice, combined with dramatic contributions elicited from the youths themselves, underscore the social and neurobiological impacts of childhood trauma. Ultimately, however, the message of 'Born, not raised' is hope-- that unnurtured youth, with all their dreams and deficits, can be reparented and rewoven into the social fabric."--Page 4 of cover.

Hear These Voices

Hear These Voices
Author: Anthony Allison
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1999
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Presents case studies of teenagers living with homelessness, prostitution, alcoholism, and neighborhood violence and interviews with staff members from organizations committed to helping teenagers in crisis.

Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School

Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School
Author: Tea Rozman Clark
Publisher: Green Card Youth Voices
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2019
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781949523003

This book is a collection of digital narratives and personal essays written by thirty immigrant and refugee high school students from thirteen countries who reside in Minneapolis.

By Any Media Necessary

By Any Media Necessary
Author: Henry Jenkins
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1479899984

"There is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional and little is likely to emerge from traditional politics that will shift those conditions. Youth are often seen as emblematic of this crisis--frequently represented as uninterested in political life and ill-informed about current-affairs. By Any Media Necessary offers a profoundly different picture of contemporary American youth. Young men and women are tapping into the potential of new forms of communication, such as social media platforms and spreadable videos and memes, seeking to bring about political change--by any media necessary. In a series of case studies covering a diverse range of organizations, networks, and movements--from the Harry Potter Alliance, which fights for human rights in the name of the popular fantasy franchise, to immigration-rights advocates using superheroes to dramatize their struggles--By Any Media Necessary examines the civic imagination at work. Exploring new forms of political activities and identities emerging from the practice of participatory culture, By Any Media Necessary reveals how these shifts in communication have unleashed a new political dynamism in American youth."--Book jacket.

Immigration Stories from Atlanta High Schools

Immigration Stories from Atlanta High Schools
Author: Tea Rozman Clark
Publisher: Green Card Youth Voices
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2018-05-13
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780997496062

This book is a collection of digital narratives and personal essays written by twenty-one immigrant and refugee high school students from thirteen countries who reside in Atlanta.

Kids in Orange

Kids in Orange
Author: Mindy Hardwick
Publisher: Eagle Bay Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692830680

A memoir detailing writer Mindy Hardwick's experience facilitating a writing workshop with teens in juvenile detention.