Working with Children on the Streets of Brazil: Politics and Practice

How can teachers and social workers reach the endangered kids who seldom come to school? By going to the streets, where the children live, work, fight, steal, get sick, sell their bodies, and all too often die. This impressive book offers a detailed history of the development of street social education; a study of the aims, methods, and experiences of youthworkers; and solid advice on using the principles and practices of street social education to reach the at-risk youth of any country, including the United States. The Brazilian youthworkers confront such familiar issues as the reasons children leave or lose their homes, the implications of policy decisions and socioeconomic forces, the increase of youth crime and violence, and the difficulties in delivering education, health care, and basic services for homeless children. Working with Children on the Streets of Brazil is both a scholarly work on the phenomenon of homeless children and a rousing call to action that will remind you of the reasons you chose to work in social services.