Positive Peer Culture

This revision of an important and path-breaking work holds to its central argument that troubled young people can develop self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only through commitment to the positive values of helping and caring for others

Autorentext

Edited by D.E.C. Eversley

Inhalt

Foreword, Acknowledgments, From One Delinquent to Another, Introduction, 1. FOUNDATIONS OF POSITIVE PEER CULTURE, 2. ISSUES IN POSITIVE PEER CULTURE, 3. DEMANDING GREATNESS INSTEAD OF OBEDIENCE, 4. IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS, 5. ASSIGNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHANGE, 6. IMPLEMENTING A POSITIVE PEER CULTURE, 7. STAFF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, 8. THE GROUP SESSION, 9. CULTIVATING A CARING CULTURE, 10. ORGANIZATION IN RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS, 11. POSITIVE PEER CULTURE IN SCHOOL SETTINGS, 12. EVALUATING POSITIVE PEER CULTURE, Index