At-Risk Children & Youth: Resiliency Explored

What assistance can be provided to disadvantaged youngsters to help them bounce back to conquer challenges while growing up? At-Risk Children & Youth: Resiliency Explored analyzes the results from accumulated research on the risk and resiliency of children and youth in Ireland through a child and youth care relational lens. Author Dr. Niall McElwee shines a crucial spotlight on many challenges facing children and youth, including poor literacy and numeracy skills, poverty, distrust, and other difficult issues. Having listened to their concerns, practical strategies are presented to help disadvantaged children and youth to overcome societal and self-imposed barriers for improvement. A detailed review and assessment is provided on the efficacy of Ireland's Youth Encounter Projects with particular focus on the Limerick City project. This important resource focuses on what works and what does not in youth services.