ATU Sligo /ATU St Angela's

go

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

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 | Teenagers -- Services for | Adolescent psychology | Teenagers -- Services for -- Case studies | Teenagers -- Counseling of | Teenagers -- Family relationshipsDDC classification: 362.7
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 362.7 LAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0078061
Total holds: 0

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.

Share