Working with adolescents : a guide for practitioners / Julie Anne Laser, Nicole Nicotera ; series editor's note by Nancy Boyd Webb ; foreword by Jeffrey M. Jenson.

Author/creator Laser, Julie Anne
Other author Nicotera, Nicole.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Guilford Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxxii, 311 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Social work with teenagers.
Adolescent psychology.
Teenagers--Counseling of.
Teenagers--Family relationships.

SeriesSocial work practice with children and families
Social work practice with children and families. ^A519457
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010040073
ISBN9781609180355 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1609180356 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV1421 .L373 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold