Britt H. Rathbone

What Works with Teens (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Two clinical social workers offer clinicians, educators, coaches, and other youth counselors the first professional book that focuses on engaging authentically with teens in order to create lasting change. Anyone who works with teens should read this book.

If you work with teens, you know they are notoriously challenging to communicate with. And when teens are resistant to help, they may respond by acting defiant, guarded, defensive, rude, or even outright hostile. In turn, you may respond by reasserting your authority¿resulting in an endless power struggle. So how can you break the cycle and start connecting?

In What Works with Teens, you'll discover the core skills that research shows underlie all effective work with teens. You'll learn how to engage authentically with teens, create an atmosphere of mutual respect, and use humor to establish a deeper connection. Many books offer evidence-based approaches to treating teens, but very little...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Harbinger Publications
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781626250796
• Artikelnr.: 42438573

Autorenporträt

Julie B. Baron, MSW, LCSW-C, is a licensed clinical social worker with expertise in treating adolescents and their families. Baron received her master's in social work from Boston University School of Social Work. She has worked with children, adolescents, and families in community-based mental health clinics, residential treatment, home-based settings, public and private school settings, and in private practice for over twenty years. Baron is known for providing effective treatment strategies in a manner that engages and empowers adolescents and their families toward meaningful change. Baron has written articles and provides trainings and workshops to parents, teens, school faculty, and mental health professionals on issues relevant to working with adolescents, including adolescent social culture, bullying, and technology. She has particular knowledge and experience in understanding different learning styles and disabilities, as well as a variety of social, emotional, and behavioral issues affecting children and adolescents. As a school counselor, she developed and implemented comprehensive programming toward creating and maintaining safe and respectful learning communities. Baron is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, and provides individual, group, and family therapy—as well as school advocacy services—at Rathbone and Associates in Rockville, MD.