Caregiver Alliances for At-Risk and Dangerous Youth Establishing School and Agency Coordination and Accountability Dr. Elaine A. Blechman, Dr. Claire A. Fishman, Dr. Daniel B. Fishman, and Julie E. Lewis
Papercover, 6 x 9, 380 pages (pub. date: 2004) Item 5227 List Price: $27.95 Bargain Bin Price: $5.00
Elaine A. Blechman, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a licensed clinical psychologist. She has published numerous books, chapters, and scientific papers about coping, competence, and resilience promotion among at-risk youth and women. Dr. Blechman currently directs a longitudinal study of juvenile offenders that has yielded unique findings about the relationship between substance abuse and recidivism. In conjunction with this book, she has patented a client-centric Internet information system, the Caregiver Alliance ToolboxT, to integrate parents, schools, and agencies; protect the public; and elevate the standard of care for at-risk and dangerous youth and for children with special health care needs.
Claire A. Fishman, Ph.D., is a practicing clinical and consulting psychologist and a founding member of the Institute of Behavior and Family Therapy. Her research, publications, and teaching have focused on child and family cognitive-behavior therapy, child psychopathology, psychological assessment and intervention with children with birth defects, sex therapy, and licensing and ethical issues in clinical psychology.
Daniel B. Fishman, Ph.D., is professor of clinical and organizational psychology at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology of Rutgers University. As a practicing clinical and consulting psychologist, he specializes in employee and management conflict, organizational development, and program evaluation. Dr. Fishman's numerous publications and presentations span interests in the case study method, philosophical pragmatism, program planning and evaluation, psychotherapy research, educational reform, community psychology, cognitive behavior therapy, and professional psychology training.
Julie E. Lewis, J.D., is an attorney with The Weatherly Law Firm, located in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in special education litigation. She represents school districts across the country in cases arising under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Ms. Lewis has been an invited speaker at seminars sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the National Resource Center for Safe Schools on legal considerations schools face when implementing school plans and policies to promote school safety.
