Publications
Hope
or Despair Suburbia's Children Look Into the Future
Hope or Despair Suburbia's Children Look Into the Future is the sixth
action research project developed by North Shore Child and Family Guidance
Center since 1984. A committee of parents and professionals from several
children and youth serving agencies across Long Island surveyed almost
1200 high school students from seven area high schools. Click the link
below to see what we found about what some of today's youth think about
terrorism, war, family relationships, school, the environment, the economy,
the media, who they admire, and much more. Quantitative and qualitative
narrative responses are included. (Click On Title to
View the Report).
Reality
TV VS. Real Life: Helping Your Child Know The Difference
This is the text of a presentation/workshop given to a group of parents
in a Long Island, New York community center, under the auspices of The
Long Island Family Support Coalition on April 20, 2005. The participants
are parents of children and youth identified as having serious emotional
difficulties. The subject, “reality tv versus real life: helping
your child know the difference,” is a topic of the parent group’s
choosing and a reflection of a felt need. Prior to the presentation the
parents, children and staff (parent advocates and social workers) shared
a meal of pizza and salad together. Dividing into three groups of parents,
youth and children followed this. The youth group also discussed this
theme using the poem contained in this text, “reality tv is not really
real: reality tv is a fairy tale,” as a jumping off point. This presentation
inaugurated this new program component of a monthly family gathering that
combines socialization and education (Clich On Title
to View Entire Article).
Essentials
for Social Work with Adolescents
Essentials for Social Work with Adolescents is a keynote address by Andrew
Malekoff that was delivered at Adelphi University on December 3, 2004.
The keynote is presented here in article format and is suitable for both
human service professionals and interested parents.
A Guide for the Development of School-Based Mental Health Partnerships
A Guide to School-Based Mental Health Partnerships is intended for
professionals in the education and mental health fields and for interested
parents. The guide offers some direction for developing collaborative
efforts to address the needs of students with serious emotional disturbances
(ADOBE FILE).
Roundtable Discussion on Serving Children with Emotional Health Needs
in Suburbia in the Twenty-First Century
Proceedings of a roundtable discussion on serving children with emotional
needs in the suburbs in the twenty-first century. This booklet provides
a comprehensive review of the findings of a group of national experts
in children's mental health. It reviews societal changes and significant
barriers, and makes recommendations for the future. The proceedings will
be of interest to policy makers, administrators and practitioners concerned
with the emotional health of children and youth in the suburbs
(ADOBE FILE).
If you can't view the file download the Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
Media
Strengths
Based Groups - Work with Children & Adolescents 02/14/05 (click
below to play clip. If you need Realplayer, download below).
This
50-minute webcast was originally presented to groups across the US, Canada,
and Australia to professionals working with children and adolescent groups.
Andrew Malekoff, associate director of North Shore Child & Family
Guidance Center and author of Group Work with Adolescents (Guilford Press)
presents and illustrates seven-principles for strengths-based group work.
Included are Mr. Malekoff's original poetry on working with children and
youth and an interactive segment (question and answer) with the international
audience sending in their comments via email at the end of the webcast.
