Re-Educating Troubled Youth: Environments for Teaching and Treatment

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Transaction Publishers, 1983 - 288 pages

This book is about helping troubled young people who are searching separately for security, identity, and purpose in their lives. Childhood and adolescence are pivotal stages in the quest to belong, to become somebody, and to be worth something. Children need stimulation, affection, and guidance in order to develop their potentials, but many are reared in environments that deprive them of these nutriments. Adolescents approach the threshold of independence with only the experiences gained from childhood; many lack the support of significant actions. Those who encounter difficulty in navigating through these turbulent years are to be identified by society as troubled or troublesome.

These children and youth present challenges that do not yield to simple panaceas. Although no simple approach holds all the answers, bridging various concepts of education and treatment offers the best opportunity for creating positive changes. The authors refer to this process as â re-educationâ with full awareness that this term has been used in a variety of philosophical contexts including behavioral, ecological, and psychodynamic views.

 

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Introduction
xi
Bridging Theory and Practice
1
Current Strategies
3
The TheoryPractice Gulf
7
Polarization Between Theories
9
Professional hyperspecialization
10
Toward A Holistic Synergy
11
The Psychoeducational Model
13
Managing Immediate Behavior
132
Systematic Behavior Modification
146
Crisis Management
149
Affective Reeducation
155
Social Skills Training
161
References
170
The LifeSpace Interview A Reexamination
175
Applications of the LifeSpace Interview
177

References
23
FOUNDATIONS FOR POWERFUL ENVIRONMENTS
27
The Interpersonal Relationship Reaching the Reluctant
31
Relationship Defined
34
Impediments to Relationship
36
Stages in RelationshipBuilding
37
Removing Barriers to Communication
40
Enhancing the Adult as a Social Reinforcer
48
Providing Appropriate Models
55
Reflection on the Power of Love
61
References
63
The Group Culture Responsible Youth Participation
67
The Adult Monopoly on Helping
70
The Tyranny of Peers
71
Effective and Dysfunctional Groups
74
Issues in Group Management
76
Involving Children and Youth
79
References
89
The Organizational Ethos From Tension to Teamwork
91
The Rise of the Bureaucracy
92
The Dysfunctional Organization
95
Theories of Organizational Bedlam
99
Hierarchical Versus Participative Organizations
101
Organizing for Total Teamwork
105
The Teamwork Primacy Model
107
Parents as Partners in Teamwork
112
References
118
FORMATS FOR TEACHING AND TREATMENT
121
Psychoeducational Management Individualizing Treatment
125
Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
127
The ProblemSolving Process
179
Modifying the LSI for Developmentally Immature Children
190
The Group LifeSpace Interview
192
Cautions and Limitations
194
References
197
Peer Group Treatment Its Use and Misuse
201
Values for Living
204
Making Caring Fashionable
205
Recognizing and Owning Problems
206
Conducting Group Meetings
210
Peer Group Treatment with Younger Children
213
SchoolBased Peer Group Counseling
216
A Curriculum for Caring
217
Cautions and Limitations
223
References
228
Reeducation Through Recreation
231
Development of Therapeutic Recreation
235
Leisure Counseling
236
Activity Programming
237
Foundations of Successful Activities
247
Problems and Prospects
250
References
251
Reeducation Through the Creative Arts
253
The Arts and the Handicapped in History
254
Modern Theories About the Arts
256
Model Programs
267
Problems and Prospects
271
Conclusion
275
Index
279
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