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On Your Own Without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development)by D. Wayne (edt) Osgood
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In the decade after high school, young people continue to rely on their families in many wayssometimes for financial support, sometimes for help with child care, and sometimes for continued shelter. But what about those young people who confront special difficulties during this period, many of whom can count on little help from their families? On Your Own Without a Net documents the special challenges facing seven vulnerable populations during the transition to adulthood: foster care youth, youth involved in the juvenile justice system, youth formerly in the criminal justice system, runaway and homeless youth, special education students, young people in the mental health system, and youth with physical disabilities. During adolescence, government programs have been a major part of their lives, yet eligibility for most programs typically ends between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one. This critical volume shows the unfortunate repercussions of this termination of support and points out the issues that must be addressed to improve these young peoples chances of becoming successful adults. As a result, On Your OwnWithout a Net will find a welcome home on the desks of policy makers, educators of teens and young adults, and academics across the social sciences.
Review:"On Your Own Without a Net brings to light those many issues facing vulnerable youths as they transition to adulthood. The contributors to this ambitious and important volume focus specifically on those youths that have come in contact with mental health, juvenile justice, criminal, foster care, and special educational systems. It reflects a very innovative and interesting approach to linking research with policy and practice."--Jane Knitzer, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University Review:"On Your Own Without a Net picks up where The Forgotten Half left off in the 1980s. This volume has been produced to warn policy makers and academics that the increasingly prolonged transition to adulthood presents special challenges to many socially excluded young people. It goes beyond the rhetoric of greater `freedom of self-determination' to alert opinion leaders that millions of young Americans need support, guidance, and assistance in becoming productive, contributing members of society."--James Ct, University of Western Ontario Review:"As parents whose children live at home after college know all too well, the transition to adulthood is difficult. But the transition is much tougher for youth who suffer disadvantages such as living in foster care or in juvenile facilities or who have mental or physical disabilities. This volume is the definitive overview of the problems faced by these troubled youth and the support they need and deserve from a largely indifferent government."--Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution About the AuthorD. Wayne Osgood is a professor of crime, law, justice, and sociology in the Department of Sociology at Pennsylvania State University. E. Michael Foster is a professor of maternal and child health in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Constance Flanagan is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at Pennsylvania State University. Gretchen R. Ruth is a research associate at Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago.
Table of ContentsForeword
Michael S. Wald Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Why Focus on The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations? D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, Constance Flanagan, and Gretchen R. Ruth
2 The Transition to Adulthood for Youth “Aging Out” of the Foster Care System Mark E. Courtney and Darcy Hughes Heuring
3 The Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents in the Juvenile Justice System: A Developmental Perspective He Len Chung, Michelle Little, and Laurence Steinberg
4 Policy and Program Perspectives on the Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents in the Juvenile Justice System David M. Altschuler
5 Young Adults Reentering the Community from the Criminal Justice System: The Challenge of Becoming an Adult Christopher Uggen and Sara Wakefield
6 Prisoner Reentry and the Pathways to Adulthood: Policy Perspectives Jeremy Travis and Christy A. Visher
7 Homeless Youth and the Perilous Passage to Adulthood John Hagan and Bill McCarthy
8 Transition for Young Adults Who Received Special Education Services as Adolescents: A Time of Challenge and Change Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner
9 Transition Experiences of Young Adults Who Received Special Education Services as Adolescents: A Matter of Policy Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in" 10 Risks along the Road to Adulthood: Challenges Faced by Youth with Serious Mental Disorders J. Heidi Gralinski-Bakker, Stuart T. Hauser, Rebecca L. Billings, and Joseph P. Allen
11 Coping with Mental Health Problems in Young Adulthood: Diversity of Need and Uniformity of Programs Phillip M. Lyons, Jr., and Gary B. Melton
12 Adolescents with Disabilities in Transition to Adulthood Robert Wm. Blum
13 Youth with Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities in Transition to Adulthood Patience Haydock White and Leslie Gallay
14 The Transition to Adulthood for Troubled Youth and Families: Common Themes and Future Directions E. Michael Foster, Constance Flanagan, D. Wayne Osgood, and Gretchen R. Ruth List of Contributors Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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