Working With High Risk Adolescents

Author : Matthew D. Selekman
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 1462539211
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working with High-Risk Adolescents written by Matthew D. Selekman and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book focuses on helping high-risk adolescents and their families rapidly resolve long-standing difficulties. Matthew D. Selekman spells out a range of solution-focused strategies and other techniques, illustrating their implementation with vivid case examples. His approach augments individual and family sessions with collaborative meetings that enlist the strengths of the adolescent's social network and key helping professionals from larger systems. User-friendly features include checklists, sample questions to aid in relationship building and goal setting, and reproducible forms that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Blending family therapy science with therapeutic artistry, the book significantly refines and updates the approach originally presented in Selekman's Pathways to Change.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309158524
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Adolescent Risk-Taking written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescence is a time when youth make decisions, both good and bad, that have consequences for the rest of their lives. Some of these decisions put them at risk of lifelong health problems, injury, or death. The Institute of Medicine held three public workshops between 2008 and 2009 to provide a venue for researchers, health care providers, and community leaders to discuss strategies to improve adolescent health.

Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309174309
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting Youth at Work written by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-11-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Massachusetts, a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old boy repeatedly falls asleep in class, exhausted from his evening job. Although children and adolescents may benefit from working, there may also be negative social effects and sometimes danger in their jobs. Protecting Youth at Work looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. The committee recommends specific initiatives for legislators, regulators, researchers, and employers. This book provides historical perspective on working children and adolescents in America and explores the framework of child labor laws that govern that work. The committee presents a wide range of data and analysis on the scope of youth employment, factors that put children and adolescents at risk in the workplace, and the positive and negative effects of employment, including data on educational attainment and lifestyle choices. Protecting Youth at Work also includes discussions of special issues for minority and disadvantaged youth, young workers in agriculture, and children who work in family-owned businesses.

Author : Peter Smyth
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000966399
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working with High-Risk Youth written by Peter Smyth and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised and expanded second edition focusses on high-risk youth - whose struggles include neglect and abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, the risk of being exploited, mental health issues, and the inability to self-regulate and trust - a population of youth that government child welfare services and community agencies struggle to serve adequately. The focus has traditionally been on punishment-consequence interventions and demanding compliance, but experience and research shows that they can be better served through relationship-based practice incorporating harm reduction principles, resiliency and strength-based approaches, community collaboration, and an understanding that these youth typically come from experiences of early trauma impacting their brain development and their ability to form attachments. With new material on attachment, trauma and brain development, the "perfect storm" youth, how to end relationships, shame, and societal divisions, this book provides an overview of the Get Connected practice framework and philosophy which has been successfully used in Canada and New Zealand and provides strategies for engaging and working with the most disconnected, challenging, and troubled youth in society. It will be required reading for all agency service providers, community outreach workers, youth workers, group home workers, probation officers, foster parents, adoptive parents, service navigators, counsellors, addictions workers, mental health workers, teachers, youth group leaders, and youth pastors/advisors in religious settings, and camp counsellors.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030907620X
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-11-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescents obviously do not always act in ways that serve their own best interests, even as defined by them. Sometimes their perception of their own risks, even of survival to adulthood, is larger than the reality; in other cases, they underestimate the risks of particular actions or behaviors. It is possible, indeed likely, that some adolescents engage in risky behaviors because of a perception of invulnerabilityâ€"the current conventional wisdom of adults' views of adolescent behavior. Others, however, take risks because they feel vulnerable to a point approaching hopelessness. In either case, these perceptions can prompt adolescents to make poor decisions that can put them at risk and leave them vulnerable to physical or psychological harm that may have a negative impact on their long-term health and viability. A small planning group was formed to develop a workshop on reconceptualizing adolescent risk and vulnerability. With funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Workshop on Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability: Setting Priorities took place on March 13, 2001, in Washington, DC. The workshop's goal was to put into perspective the total burden of vulnerability that adolescents face, taking advantage of the growing societal concern for adolescents, the need to set priorities for meeting adolescents' needs, and the opportunity to apply decision-making perspectives to this critical area. This report summarizes the workshop.

Author : Sukanya Biswas
Publisher : Authors Tree Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9394807020
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Basic Principles and Application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents written by Sukanya Biswas and published by Authors Tree Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything You Need to Know about DBT Tools for Treating At Risk Adolescents in a Practical, Accessible format Dialectic behaviour therapy (DBT) is a powerful, evidence-based techniques for mental health conditions. If you work with adolescents who exhibit at-risk behavior, such as extreme moodiness, aggression, eating disorders, substance abuse, or even self-harm, then you know how important it is to take immediate action. However, treating troubled adolescents can be challenging. This book provides an over-view of DBT applications that can be used to treat an array of issues that at-risk adolescents face. The skills adolescents learn now can have a life-long impact. By showing them how to manage their emotions and deal with the stresses that are common in day-to-day life, you can help give these adolescents the tools they need to succeed and thrive. Also included are handouts, case examples and sample of therapist-client dialogue that can be used in individual therapy sessions, skills training groups, school settings, and when working with parents and caregivers. This book focuses on strategies that you can use in individual client sessions, while outlining the four core skills that form the backbone of DBT: distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.

Author : Ralph J. DiClemente
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489902031
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior written by Ralph J. DiClemente and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescence is a developmental period of accelerating physical, psychological, social! cultural, and cognitive development, often characterized by confronting and surmounting a myriad of challenges and establishing a sense of self-identity and autonomy. It is also, unfortunately, a period fraught with many threats to the health and well-being of adoles cents and with substantial consequent impairment and disability. Many of the adverse health consequences experienced by adolescents are, to a large extent, the result of their risk behaviors. Many adolescents today, and perhaps an increasing number in the future, are at risk for death, disease, and other adverse health outcomes that are not primarily biomedical in origin. In general, there has been a marked change in the causes of morbidity and mortality among adolescents. Previously, infectious diseases accounted for a dispro portionate share of adolescent morbidity and mortality. At present, however, the over whelming toll of adolescent morbidity and mortality is the result of lifestyle practices.

Author : Pat Harvey
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 160882800X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents written by Pat Harvey and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescents are more likely than any other age groups to engage in behaviors that contribute to injuries, violence, unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, and reckless alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. At-risk adolescents may also exhibit signs of moodiness, aggression, and even self-injury, and these behaviors often cause parents, teachers, and clinicians to become extremely frustrated. Adolescents themselves may even believe that change is impossible. Drawing on proven-effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents is the first reader-friendly and easily accessible DBT book specifically targeted to mental health professionals treating adolescents who may be dangerous to themselves or others. If you work with adolescents who exhibit at-risk behavior, you know how important it is to take immediate action. However, you may also have trouble “breaking through” the barrier that these young people can build around themselves. This book can help. The DBT skills outlined in this book are evidence-based, and have been clinically proven to help build emotion regulation skills, which are useful for all age groups, though perhaps especially for the millions of at-risk adolescents experiencing depression, anxiety, anger, and the myriad behaviors that can result from these emotions. This book also includes practical handouts and exercises that can be used in individual therapy sessions, skills training groups, school settings, and when working with parents and caregivers. Adolescents stand at the precipice of the future, and the decisions they make now can have life-long impacts. By showing them how to manage their emotions and deal with the stresses that are common in day-to-day life, you are arming them with the tools they will need to succeed and thrive.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309185513
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adolescent Health Services written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-12-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescence is a time of major transition, however, health care services in the United States today are not designed to help young people develop healthy routines, behaviors, and relationships that they can carry into their adult lives. While most adolescents at this stage of life are thriving, many of them have difficulty gaining access to necessary services; other engage in risky behaviors that can jeopardize their health during these formative years and also contribute to poor health outcomes in adulthood. Missed opportunities for disease prevention and health promotion are two major problematic features of our nation's health services system for adolescents. Recognizing that health care providers play an important role in fostering healthy behaviors among adolescents, Adolescent Health Services examines the health status of adolescents and reviews the separate and uncoordinated programs and services delivered in multiple public and private health care settings. The book provides guidance to administrators in public and private health care agencies, health care workers, guidance counselors, parents, school administrators, and policy makers on investing in, strengthening, and improving an integrated health system for adolescents.

Author : Susan T. Dennison
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 : 0398075530
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Multiple Family Group Therapy Program for at Risk Adolescents and Their Families written by Susan T. Dennison and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2005 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 50 bibliotherapy references are also provided along with material related to building resilient families and youth. In addition, readers are given a sample of a multiple family group contract, documentation notes, and a session by session planning sheet. Professionals will be amazed at how much time this text will save them. The book will quickly become a daily resource manual which will assist in more easily planning and facilitating these treatment groups."--Jacket.