Sentences with phrase «families of troubled youth»

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Therefore a troubled teen like Tracy has few resources outside the immediate family According to research from the National Study of Youth and Religion, religiously active teens are much less likely to engage in risky behaviors than nonreligious teens.

The youth pastor, who moved to the Central American nation to serve local tribes, had been swimming with his family and the family of another church leader when he got into trouble.

I think of Bill, a member of the youth group, who came to tell of the trouble his family had been having with an alcoholic uncle who, though abstinent in AA, continued to be difficult to live with.

That a significant number of troubled youths who pass through Family Court are minorities suggests that a role model in what is now an all - white judiciary could be an asset.

The Government's «troubled families» scheme has succeeded in preventing youth crime and getting benefit claimants back to work because of a «no - nonsense» approach, says the man behind it.

Family The Story of Malignus Youth A documentary of Malignus Youth, a punk rock band from Arizona, who rose up out of a troubled region, to form a tight knit.

A school that chose to dedicate the role of one school social worker to fill this function would find its investment in resources would yield returns many times over, including reductions in need for highly specialized services and much more efficient progress with troubled youths and their families.

This clinical service provides thousands of hours of free legal help to some of Hawai'i's most vulnerable people, including the elderly, troubled and incarcerated youth, veterans, and families living at or near poverty levels.

Through her work, Stacey gained a deep understanding of the power of media, the influence of storytelling, and the positive impact of social and emotional learning on troubled youth and their families.

The Teaching - Family Model for the treatment of troubled youths has been evolving since 1967 (Phillips, Phillips, Fixsen, & Wolf, 1974).

By revisiting the perspectives that were elaborated by Redl and his colleagues in an earlier decade, and in the context of more recent thinking about their programmatic implications (including the possibility of increased family involvement, e.g., Aldgate, 1987; Carman & Small, 1988), we can recapture our own excitement and, thus, reinvigorate our capacity to serve the developmental needs of troubled children and youth effectively.

While people may think of troubled youth as an obvious application of family systems therapy, this type of therapy can also help with other types of psychological issues which may arise in individuals and families.

An inventory of life events was administered during the 1985 - 1986 maternal and offspring interviews to assess life events that the youths had experienced during the past 2 years: death of a loved one, failure to achieve an important goal, high risk of being fired or laid off from one's job, parental separation or divorce, the end of a romantic relationship or rejection by a romantic partner, serious injury or illness, serious fights with family members, serious financial problems, serious problems at school or work, trouble with the law, and having experienced a crime or an assault.

Ms. Lowenstein is a therapist and author whose books include three volumes of Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families; Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth; and Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce.

Liana Lowenstein is a Clinical Social Worker, Certified Play Therapist - Supervisor, and Certified TF - CBT Therapist who is known internationally for her best - selling books including: Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth (1999); Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce (2006a); Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children (2006b); Creative Family Therapy Techniques (2010); Cory Helps Kids Cope with Sexual Abuse (2014); and Creative CBT Interventions for Children with Anxiety (2016).

Smith has co-authored four books on adoption, Promoting Successful Adoptions: Practice with Troubled Families (1999), After Adoption: The Needs of Adopted Youth (2003), Siblings in Adoption and Foster Care: Traumatic Separations and Honored Connections (2009), and Facilitating Adoptions from Care (2014).

«He spends a great deal of time mentoring youth in career decisions, family crises, and life skills, and has kept many young boys away from trouble,» says Daniel B. Sutherland IV, district executive, Boy Scouts of America, Middle Tennessee Council.