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<p><P>In this readable book, Zvi Levy, Hadassim&rsquo;s Director, provides a careful account of how, over time, he and others have shaped a community to foster health, identity, and competence in distressed young people. Canadian WIZO (Women&rsquo;s International Zionist Organization) Hadassim is a thriving youth village in Israel that is home for 500 young people and a day educational program for an additional 1,000. Negotiating Positive Identity in a Residential Group Care Community illustrates the organizational expression of a developmental idea, in this case Erik Erikson&rsquo;s identity development theory, to show how an environment can be created to cope with disrupted development processes among children and adolescents. <P>The book describes an ongoing experiment that started fifteen years ago and has since been recognized as an outstanding success. The basic information and ideas expressed by Levy can be used to improve the effectiveness of any framework through which adolescents pass during the stages of development, including schools, community centers, and normal families. Some of the main topics discussed in this volume are&#58;<br><ul><li>principles for running a mul

Author

Zvi Levy, Jerome Beker, Zvi Levi

Publisher

Routledge

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315825342

Subjects

Family & Relationships, Psychology, Science