Working with Troubled Youth in Schools: A Guide for All School Staff : Praeger : 9780897898539 : 0897898532 : 30 Apr 2002 : The challenge of preventing and coping with violence and other psychosocial problems among youth is the inspiration for this work, which offers both a conceptual foundation and a practical guide for helping troubled youth in schools. The book is meant to be a guide for practicing school staff. It is intended to be either immediately useful, or to be a stimulus for longer-range plans. All chapters are written by veterans of school systems who are or have been principals, special education directors, directors of guidance, school counselors, school psychologists, teachers, and school social workers. The topics range from a call for socially critical leadership from school administrators to moment-to-moment suggestions for interactions with students. Two sets of words echo throughout this book: prevent and connect. Prevention, not only reaction, is necessary if sc