Troubled teenagers inspire differing schools of thought when considering what is the most effective ways for educators to circumvent teen age drug abuse, gang participation,irresponsible and destructive behavior. One side advocates a type of coddling approach, positioning out-of-control teens as victims who needs to be understood, not disciplined or punished. The other side advocates […]
Teen crisis intervention is most emphatically indicated when a teen attempts suicide. If there is any time that a family should pursue professional counseling and teen help for themselves and their troubled teenager, it is in the aftermath of a teen’s suicide attempt. Yet, unfortunately, only 30% of affected families do enter therapy.
“…families desperately need […]
Brat camp, wilderness therapy program, boot camps all strive to “jar” the troubled teen into rethinking their lives, to examining new paradigms. This is achieved by a variety of methods, and yes, there have been those various villains who ran a shoddy show and thus have muddied the waters for those legitimate programs that benefit […]