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Download this eBook Adolescent Substance Abuse
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Adolescent Substance Abuse


Thomas P. Gullotta , Carl G. Leukefeld


The second edition of this book incorporates the latest theory, research, and best practices for understanding, treating, and preventing substance abuse among adolescents.  It updates the progress made in treatments for and prevention of the misuse of substances...

Publication date: 2018-08-25
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Publisher: Springer
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£159,50
Download this eBook Social Capital and Community Well-Being
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Social Capital and Community Well-Being


Martin Bloom , Alva G. Greenberg , Thomas P. Gullotta


This book provides a comprehensive overview of how communities can leverage their social capital to improve overall quality of life for citizens. In addition, it offers detailed guidance on the design, implementation, and evaluation of social capital initiatives. It...

Publication date: 2016-07-27
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Publisher: Springer
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£54,99
Download this eBook Physical Activity Across the Lifespan
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Physical Activity Across the Lifespan


Thomas P. Gullotta , Aleta L. Meyer


The statistics are disturbing: steadily rising numbers of sedentary overweight children and obese teens, and a generation looking at a shorter life expectancy than their parents’. But while it may be obvious that physical fitness benefits both the mind and body, a...

Publication date: 2012-06-15
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Publisher: Springer
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Download this eBook Handbook of Evidence-Based Substance Abuse Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings
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Handbook of Evidence-Based Substance Abuse Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings


John Gregrich , Thomas P. Gullotta , Carl Leukefeld


Get high. Become addicted. Commit crimes.Get arrested and be sent to jail.Get released. Repeat. It’s a cycle often destined to persist, in large part because the critical step that is often missing in the process, which is treatment geared toward ensuring that addicts...

Publication date: 2011-08-28
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Publisher: Springer
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Download this eBook A Blueprint for Promoting Academic and Social Competence in After-School Programs
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A Blueprint for Promoting Academic and Social Competence in After-School Programs


Martin Bloom , Christianne F. Gullotta , Thomas P. Gullotta , Jennifer C. Messina


School activities alone are not always sufficient to ensure children’s academic progress or socio-emotional development and well-being. And the time when many children typically have the least adult supervision – immediately after school – is also the time that they are...

Publication date: 2010-06-25
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Publisher: Springer
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Download this eBook Adolescent Substance Abuse
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Adolescent Substance Abuse


Thomas P. Gullotta , Carl Leukefeld , Michelle Staton-Tindall


Substance abuse is, and has always been, an indisputable fact of life. People – especially young people – abuse various legal and illegal substances for any number of reasons: to intensify feelings, to achieve deeper consciousness, to escape reality, to self-medicate....

Publication date: 2010-04-02
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Publisher: Springer
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Depression in Latinos


Sergio A. Aguilar-Gaxiola , Thomas P. Gullotta


Depression ranks as a leading mental health problem among Hispanic immigrants and their US-born children. And a wide array of issues - starting with the widespread stereotype of the “illegal immigrant” - makes the Latino experience of this condition differ from that of...

Publication date: 2009-04-05
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Publisher: Springer
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Download this eBook Narrowing the Achievement Gap
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Narrowing the Achievement Gap


Susan J. Paik , Herbert J. Walberg


The subject of minority children’s learning has long been the concern of civic leaders, parents, scholars, and educators.The federal legislation, ‘No Child Left Behind’ emphasizes the concern even more. It specifically requires assessing the academic achievement of...

Publication date: 2007-06-04
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Publisher: Springer
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