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Working with distressed young people / Bob Harris.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Empowering youth and community work practicePublication details: Exeter : Learning Matters, 2011.Description: xi, 120 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781844452057:
  • 9781844456376:
  • 9781844456369:
  • 9781844459599:
  • 1844452050
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.7083
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 362.7083 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 79368
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 362.7083 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 79369

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.

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