Working with distressed young people /
Harris, Bob.
Working with distressed young people / Bob Harris. - Exeter : Learning Matters, 2011. - xi, 120 p. ; 25 cm. - Empowering youth and community work practice. .
CW068 CW017
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Setting the Scene -- Young People in Their Social, Relational and Cultural Context -- Growing Up: A Good Enough Childhood -- Young People Who are Disturbed, Distressed and Difficult -- Part 2: Practical Help -- When Things Go Wrong, How Can We Help? -- What's in a Group? Working With Distressed and Disturbed Young People in Groups -- Getting Started and Keeping on Going -- Summary and Concluding Remarks.
Anyone working in the caring professions and education who wishes to understand the causes of difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour in young people and to find out how to change it, will find this book useful. It shows how distress and disturbance is created in young people, causing their behaviour to become difficult and problematic not only to adults but also to themselves and to wider society. Using the latest evidence-based theories, the reader will learn how to detect and diagnose problems and work out strategies for helping young people in distress.
9781844452057: £16.00 9781844456376: No price 9781844456369: No price 9781844459599: No price 1844452050
2011411168
Social work with youth.
Problem youth.
Problem youth--Behavior modification
Society.
Social welfare & social services
Social work
362.7083
Working with distressed young people / Bob Harris. - Exeter : Learning Matters, 2011. - xi, 120 p. ; 25 cm. - Empowering youth and community work practice. .
CW068 CW017
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Setting the Scene -- Young People in Their Social, Relational and Cultural Context -- Growing Up: A Good Enough Childhood -- Young People Who are Disturbed, Distressed and Difficult -- Part 2: Practical Help -- When Things Go Wrong, How Can We Help? -- What's in a Group? Working With Distressed and Disturbed Young People in Groups -- Getting Started and Keeping on Going -- Summary and Concluding Remarks.
Anyone working in the caring professions and education who wishes to understand the causes of difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour in young people and to find out how to change it, will find this book useful. It shows how distress and disturbance is created in young people, causing their behaviour to become difficult and problematic not only to adults but also to themselves and to wider society. Using the latest evidence-based theories, the reader will learn how to detect and diagnose problems and work out strategies for helping young people in distress.
9781844452057: £16.00 9781844456376: No price 9781844456369: No price 9781844459599: No price 1844452050
2011411168
Social work with youth.
Problem youth.
Problem youth--Behavior modification
Society.
Social welfare & social services
Social work
362.7083