Teens in Crisis: How the Industry Serving Struggling Teens Helps and Hurts Our Kids

Neuausgabe 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-14462-9
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 368 g

In recent years a dizzying array of programs has emerged to meet the needs of struggling teens and their families-wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools, alternative schools, mentoring and court diversion programs, independent living programs, and myriad day treatment and partial hospitalization services. Yet not all of these offerings employ mental health professionals or follow evidence-based treatment protocols. Some programs are licensed and accredited, but many are not, and some use techniques that are highly controversial, even abusive, resulting in injury and accidental death.

Frederic G. Reamer and Deborah H. Siegel have written the first scholarly book on this influential and controversial industry. They begin with a time line of Americans' changing attitudes toward challenging teens and the programs and schools established to handle this population. Then they summarize reputable organizations, including a selection of community-based and residential programs and schools, and provide brief descriptions of typical services. The authors candidly discuss a number of troubling scandals and tragedies, exposing the tragic consequences of emotionally and physically abusive practices, and recommend a range of empirically sound interventions for the clinical challenges of adolescent depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, oppositional behavior, eating disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The authors conclude with a blueprint for reform and twenty "best practice" principles relating to harm prevention, program-based discipline, industry regulation, quality assurance, parental involvement, staff education, and after-care services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reamer, Frederic G.

Siegel, Deborah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Invention of "Troubled Teens": Evolution of an Industry2. The Struggling-Teens Industry: A Complex Landscape3. A Legacy of Scandals: Exposure of a Troubled Industry4. Helping Struggling Teens: What Works?5. A Blueprint for Reform: Best Practices for the Struggling-Teens IndustryGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Frederic G. Reamer and Deborah H. Siegel are professors of social work at the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, and authors of Finding Help for Struggling Teens: A Guide for Parents and the Professionals Who Work with Them.