On your own without a net [electronic resource] : the transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations / D. Wayne Osgood ... [et al.], editors.
Contributor(s): Osgood, D. Wayne | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on mental health and developmentResearch Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy: Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005Description: xiv, 401 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Young adults -- United States | Youth with social disabilities -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.242/086/9/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Why focus on the transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations? / D. Wayne Osgood ... [et al.] -- The transition to adulthood for youth "aging out" of the foster care system / Mark E. Courtney and Darcy Hughes Heuring -- The transition to adulthood for adolescents in the juvenile justice system : a developmental perspective / He Len Chung, Michelle Little, and Laurence Steinberg -- Policy and program perspectives on the transition to adulthood for adolescents in the juvenile justice system / David M. Altschuler -- Young adults reentering the community from the criminal justice system : the challenge of becoming an adult / Christopher Uggen and Sara Wakefield -- Prisoner reentry and the pathways to adulthood : policy perspectives / Jeremy Travis and Christy A. Visher -- Homeless youth and the perilous passage to adulthood / John Hagan and Bill McCarthy -- Transition for young adults who received special education services as adolescents : a time of challenge and change / Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner -- Transition experiences of young adults who received special education services as adolescents : a matter of policy / Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner -- Risks along the road to adulthood : challenges faced by youth with serious mental disorders / J. Heidi Gralinski-Bakker ... [et al.] -- Coping with mental health problems in young adulthood : diversity of need and uniformity of programs / Phillip M. Lyons, Jr., and Gary B. Melton -- Adolescents with disabilities in transition to adulthood / Robert Wm. Blum -- Youth with special health care needs and disabilities in transition to adulthood / Patience Haydock White and Leslie Gallay -- The transition to adulthood for troubled youth and families : common themes and future directions / E. Michael Foster ... [et al.].
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