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Working with High Risk Youth: The Case of Curtis Jones is a work that allows high risk youths to tell their own stories from their point of view. These vignettes are discussed to give students insights into their future work environments and the mental tools they will need to adapt their personalities to their future work realities. Readers are encouraged to imagine themselves in these situations and ask how they would deal with the various characters. This work was reviewed by numerous youths and professionals within their fields to allow for their perspectives to be expressed. By using this approach, past clients have a voice in how future professionals will approach them as people.

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Working With High Risk Youth: The Case of Curtis Jones engages the student as it encourages thought and provides a starting place for discussion of important issues. Professor Taub uses insights gained from his varied experiences within the juvenile justice and child protection systems to promote student exploration of the roles of youth workers. Understanding of these roles allows students to explore careers they may eventually pursue and prepares them to interact more effectively with those in other roles. He discusses self-presentation and self-monitoring as they pertain to both the youth and those working with them in a manner that promotes awareness of how impression management can affect physical and psychological safety. Examples show how youth posturing and status seeking behavior can be helpful or dangerous depending on the situation. Power, control, and authority issues come to life for the reader as they are shown the reality of two unarmed employees seeking to gain complian

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Alex A. G. Taub, M.A. teaches anthropology at Wenatchee Valley College in the heart of Washington State. He has worked with high-risk youths for over twenty years in the fields of education, social work, the courts and diversion. His teaching focuses on how to make difficult topics interesting for students.

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