Working with Adolescents ：A Guide for Practitioners ( Clinical Practice with Children, Adolescents, and Families )

Publication subTitle ：A Guide for Practitioners

Publication series ：Clinical Practice with Children, Adolescents, and Families

Author： Laser> Julie Anne; Nicotera3> Nicole  

Publisher： Guilford Publications Inc‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9781609180362

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781609180355

Subject： C913.5 adolescent problems

Keyword： 神经病学与精神病学,小儿其他疾病,社会学

Language： ENG

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A state-of-the-art practitioner resource and course text, this book provides a comprehensive view of adolescent development and spells out effective ways to help teens who are having difficulties. The authors illuminate protective and risk factors in the many contexts of adolescents' lives, from individual attributes to family, school, neighborhood, and media influences. An ecological perspective is applied to understanding and addressing specific adolescent challenges, including substance abuse, sexual identity issues, mental health problems, risky sexual behavior, and delinquency. Throughout the book, clear-cut assessment and intervention strategies are illustrated with rich case examples.

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Contents

Chapter 1 - Challenges in Clinical Work with Adolescents An Overview

Chapter 2 - The Push–Pull of Adolescent Development

Chapter 3 - Resilience in Adolescence

Chapter 4 - Internal Assets and Individual Attributes Associated with Healthy Adolescent Outcomes

Chapter 5 - The Family environment

Chapter 6 - The school environment

Chapter 7 - The neighborhood environment

Chapter 8 - media infl uences

Chapter 9 - Assessment and Intervention at Each Ecological Level A Case Illustration

Chapter 10 - substance abuse

Chapter 11 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Development

Chapter 12 - mental health issues DePressive symPToms, PersonaliTy DisorDers, suiciDal behavior, anD selF- inJurious behavior

Chapter 13 - Sexual Behaviors, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Including HIV/AIDS, and Pregnancy

Chapter 14 - Delinquency

Chapter 15 - The Joys of Working with Adolescents

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