On Your Own without a Net
The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Michael S. Wald
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Why Focus on The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations?
D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, Constance Flanagan, and Gretchen R. Ruth
2 The Transition to Adulthood for Youth “Aging Out” of the Foster Care System
Mark E. Courtney and Darcy Hughes Heuring
3 The Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents in the Juvenile Justice System: A Developmental Perspective
He Len Chung, Michelle Little, and Laurence Steinberg
4 Policy and Program Perspectives on the Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents in the Juvenile Justice System
David M. Altschuler
5 Young Adults Reentering the Community from the Criminal Justice System: The Challenge of Becoming an Adult
Christopher Uggen and Sara Wakefield
6 Prisoner Reentry and the Pathways to Adulthood: Policy Perspectives
Jeremy Travis and Christy A. Visher
7 Homeless Youth and the Perilous Passage to Adulthood
John Hagan and Bill McCarthy
8 Transition for Young Adults Who Received Special Education Services as Adolescents: A Time of Challenge and Change
Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner
9 Transition Experiences of Young Adults Who Received Special Education Services as Adolescents: A Matter of Policy
Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner
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10 Risks along the Road to Adulthood: Challenges Faced by Youth with Serious Mental Disorders
J. Heidi Gralinski-Bakker, Stuart T. Hauser, Rebecca L. Billings, and Joseph P. Allen
11 Coping with Mental Health Problems in Young Adulthood: Diversity of Need and Uniformity of Programs
Phillip M. Lyons, Jr., and Gary B. Melton
12 Adolescents with Disabilities in Transition to Adulthood
Robert Wm. Blum
13 Youth with Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities in Transition to Adulthood
Patience Haydock White and Leslie Gallay
14 The Transition to Adulthood for Troubled Youth and Families: Common Themes and Future Directions
E. Michael Foster, Constance Flanagan, D. Wayne Osgood, and Gretchen R. Ruth
List of Contributors
Index
Education: Education--Economics, Law, Politics
Law and Legal Studies: Law and Society
Political Science: Public Policy
Psychology: Developmental Psychology | Educational and School Psychology | Social Psychology
Sociology: Occupations, Professions, Work | Social Organization--Stratification, Mobility | Sociology--Marriage and Family
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