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Working with adolescents : a guide for practitioners

Laser, Julie Anne.

Working with adolescents : a guide for practitioners [E-book] - New York, New York ; London : Guilford Press, c2011. - xxii, 311 p. : ill. ; 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.

9781609180355 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1609180356 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781282906815 (MyiLibrary)

2010040073

GBB0B4371 bnb

015654816 Uk


Adolescent
Adolescent psychology
Adolescent
Counselling, in adolescence
Family therapy

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