Dryfoos, Joy G. 1925-

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DRYFOOS, Joy G. 1925-

PERSONAL: Born November 12, 1925, in Plainfield, NJ. Education: Antioch College, B.A., 1951; Sarah Lawrence College, M.A., 1966.

ADDRESSES: Home—32 Russell St., Brookline, MA 02446. E-mail—jdryfoos@verizon.net.

CAREER: Community organizer for public schools in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 1959-60; Research, Writing, and Editing Associates, research associate, 1960-66; Planned Parenthood Federation of America, research associate, 1967-68; Alan Guttmacher Institute, director of research and planning, fellow, and consultant, 1969-81; independent researcher, writer, and lecturer, 1981—. Sarah Lawrence College, research associate for National Commission on Community Health Services, 1964-66; lecturer at universities; guest on television programs. National Academy of Sciences, member of National Research Council Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing, 1985-87, and Panel on High Risk Youth, 1989-93, member of Committee on Comprehensive School Health, Institute of Medicine, 1994-96; Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, member of Task Force on Youth Development and Community Programs, 1990-93; Milton Eisenhower Foundation, vice president and member of board of trustees, 1991-99; Girls, Inc., member of research advisory committee; member of steering committee, Coalition for Community Schools, 1998—, and Boston Roundtable for Full-service Schools; consultant to Educational Foundation of America, Wellness Foundation, Open Society, and Fund for the City of New York.

AWARDS, HONORS: Irving Cushner Award, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, 1990; Carl Shultz Award, Population and Family Planning Section, American Public Health Association, 1992; Loring Medal for Community Service, Children's Aid Society, 2000; inducted into Plainfield High School Hall of Fame, 2003.

WRITINGS:

Putting Boys in the Picture: A Review of Programs to Promote Sexual Responsibility among Male Adolescents, Network Publications (Santa Cruz, CA), 1988.

Adolescents-at-Risk: Prevalence and Prevention, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1990.

Full Service Schools: A Revolution in Health and Social Services for Children, Youth, and Families, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 1994.

Safe Passage: Making It through Adolescence in a High Risk Society, Oxford University Press, 1998.

(With Sue Maguire) Inside Full-Service Community Schools, Corwin Press (Thousand Oaks, CA), 2002.

(Editor with Jane Quinn and Carol Barkin) Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2005.

Contributor to books, including A. Stiffman and R. Feldman, editors, Advances in Adolescent Mental Health, Volume IV: Childbearing and Childrearing, JAI Press (Greenwich, CT), 1989; L. Lipsett and L. Mitnick, editors, Self Regulation, Impulsivity, and Risk-taking Behavior: Causes and Consequences, Ablex Publishing (Norwood, NJ), 1991; R. Takanishi, editor, Adolescence in the 1990s: Risk and Opportunity, Teachers College Press (New York, NY), 1993; L. Juszczak and M. Fisher, editors, Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art; Health Care in Schools, Hanley & Belfus (Philadelphia, PA), 1996; R. Weissberg and others, editors, Healthy Children 2010: Enhancing Children's Wellness, Sage Publications (Beverly Hills, CA), 1997; M. Weist, editor, Developing and Enhancing Alliances to Advance School-based Health Care, American School Health Association, 1998; T. Gullotta, editor, Child and Family Health Care: Issues for the Year 2000 and Beyond, Sage Publications, 1998; and R. Lerner, editor, Adolescence: Development, Diversity, and Context, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1999. Columnist for Youth Today, beginning 1993. Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Current Issues in Public Health, Journal of Research on Adolescence, American School Board Journal, Journal of Negro Education, Educational Leadership, and High School. Member of editorial board, American Journal of Public Health, 1986-92, and Journal of Adolescent Health, 1992-98.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Reclaiming Children and Youth, winter, 2003, Maria Cardle, review of Full Service Schools: A Revolution in Health and Social Services for Children, Youth, and Families, p. 221.

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