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Working with adolescents : a guide for practitioners /

Laser, Julie Anne.

Working with adolescents : a guide for practitioners / - New York : Guilford Press, c2011. - xxii, 311 p. ; 24 cm. - Social work practice with children and families . - Social work practice with children and families. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Challenges in clinical work with adolescents: an overview -- The push-pull of adolescent development -- Resilience in adolescence -- Internal assets and individual attributes associated with healthy adolescent outcomes / Tom Luster -- The family environment / Douglas Davies -- The school environment -- The neighborhood environment -- Media influences -- Assessment and intervention at each ecological level : a case illustration / Julie Anne Laser, Nicole Nicotera, Tom Luster and Douglas Davies -- Substance abuse / Julie Anne Laser, George Stuart Leibowitz, and Nicole Nicotera -- Sexual orientation and gender identity development -- Mental health issues : depressive symptoms, personality disorders, suicidal behavior, and self-injurious behavior -- Sexual behaviors, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS, and pregnancy / Julie Anne Laser, Shannon Sainer, and Nicole Nicotera -- Delinquency / Julie Anne Laser, George Stuart Leibowitz, and Nicole Nicotera -- The joys of working with adolescents.

This state-of-the-art practitioner resource and course text provides a comprehensive view of adolescent development and spells out effective ways to help teens who are having difficulties.

9781609180355 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781609180355: £27.00 1609180356 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Social work with teenagers.
Teenagers--Services for.
Adolescent psychology.
Teenagers--Services for--Case studies.
Teenagers--Counseling of.
Teenagers--Family relationships.

362.7 / LAS