Simple Teen Crisis Intervention
Here is teen crisis intervention in it’s simplest form. After school extracurricular activities.
“Research has shown that participation in after school activities is associated with higher levels of academic achievement and self-esteem, as well as lower levels of substance use.”
That is so very true. A friend is an athletic trainer who had an opportunity to work with gang members incarcerated in a small troubled teen facility. After a teen reached a certain level in the honor system he was granted gym priveleges. My friend continues to be impressed with the profound results that the simple discipline of sports can produce.
Sports demand that a participant call strength and will from deep inside. It is an arena where discipline’s rewards are immensely satisfying. The transformation of an insecure teen into one exhibiting confidence simply by virtue of pushing past his limits while lifting weights serves as a profound lesson. A teen enabled to see the power of their will to break through a wall and overcome their own weaknesses is empowerment in the true sense of the word.
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- In 2005, most youths aged 12 to 17 (92.4 percent) participated in at least one school-based, community-based, church- or faith-based, or other type of activity during the past year.
- Regardless of family income, youths aged 12 to 17 who did not participate in any activities had higher rates of past month cigarette and illicit drug use than those who participated in four to six or seven or more activities.
- Among youths aged 12 to 17 who participated in any activities, those with higher family incomes showed a consistency.
Teen Crisis Intervention