After-school theatre programs for at-risk teenagers
By: Philip Zwerling.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780786431878
Subjects: Problem youth -- Services for -- United States; Juvenile delinquency -- Prevention; After-school programs -- United States
Other titles: After-school theater programs for at-risk teenagers
Description: "This book argues that where other social interventions have failed to adequately address the problems of at-risk teenagers, inexpensive and easily-implemented after school theatre programs may have more success. The author suggests that low-cost, non-coercive theatre programs can demonstrably lower incidences of youth violence, drug use, teen pregnancy, and gang membership"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: A boy like Johnny; title: Why Johnny can't stay in school, off drugs, or out of jail; title: History and theory of community-based theatre; title: Evolution of community-based theatre in the U.S.; title: Augusto Boal and the theatre of the oppressed; title: The Virginia Avenue Project; title: City hearts; title: The Isla Vista City at Peace program; title: How theatre can save Johnny and a million other teens.