Finding the Right Program or School
Parents (and their advisers) must thoroughly examine schools and programs before deciding which is likely to be most appropriate.
Parenting a Struggling Teen: Let Go . . . and Hold...
Parents of children who have struggled for a long time have lots of experience stepping in to pick up the pieces.
Programs for Struggling Teens: Day Treatment Programs
Day treatment programs provide teens with nonresidential services to help them address their mental health and substance abuse issues.
Programs for Struggling Teens: Ideal Features- Part IV
The professional literature on adolescent development and programs for struggling teens suggests that, ideally, programs should have a number of key features.
A Virtual Community for Young Adults Living with Mental Illness
We all want someone to understand us when we nervously admit to some quirky, obsessive habit or finally acknowledge that maybe we are not as happy as we seem.
Frederic Reamer Ph.D.
Dr. Reamer is Professor in the Graduate Program of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. His research and teaching have addressed a wide range of human service issues, including mental health, healthcare, teens in crisis, criminal justice, public welfare, and professional ethics.
Dr. Reamer’s recent research has focused on school and program options for teens who struggle with a variety of mental health, behavioral, substance abuse, and academic issues. He is especially interested in...
Benjamin Hodge
Ben Hodge is the sole acting teacher at Central York High School in PA where he has been on staff since 2002. He studied English and Acting at Messiah College and received his Masters in Education from Penn State University. Ben's work in and out of the classroom focuses on the social and emotional well-being of the secondary student. Through his studies and field work, he has created a program called "REACH" that centers on building empathy, awareness, connection and community among young people...
What’s a struggling teen?
What, exactly, is a struggling teen? The term struggling teen describes youths who show signs of ...
Sheila Marcus, M.D.
Dr. Marcus is a Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan, currently Section Chief for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Co-Director of the Women’s Perinatal Psychiatry Program.
She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry in 1991 and became the Division Director in the Adult Ambulatory Psychiatry in 1996. In 2001, Dr. Marcus began her work with the Women’s and Perinatal Depression Program along with her role as Clinical Director of the Depression Center. Dr. Marcus was appointed Section Director of...
Responding to struggling teens: The need for balance
Many struggling teens rebel against structure.