Working with adolescents : a guide for practitioners /
By: Laser, Julie Anne.
Contributor(s): Nicotera, Nicole.
Series: Social work practice with children and families: Publisher: New York : Guilford Press, c2011Description: xxii, 311 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781609180355 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781609180355:; 1609180356 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Social work with teenagers![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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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.