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.
What can you do to lower your kids’ future therapy bills?
“You’re right, I’m the worst mom ever, this will give you another thing to tell your future therapist,” you say to your daughter. While kidding – at least halfway – the modern parent is beginning to see therapy in their child’s future as inevitable, a necessary part of being a mentally healthy adult.
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...
Programs for Struggling Teens: Ideal Features- Part VI
The professional literature on adolescent development and programs for struggling teens suggests that, ideally, programs should have a number of key features.
Embracing a Strengths Perspective
Since the advent of efforts in the 1800s to intervene with struggling teens and their families, we have learned a great deal about what to do—and what not to do—to be helpful.
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...
Common Mental Health and Behavioral Challenges
Many teens struggle with mental health and behavioral issues.
Programs for Struggling Teens: Alternative High Schools
Alternative high schools in the home community provide education, including special education services, to teens who have foundered academically or socially in traditional high schools.
The Most Common Mistakes to Avoid When Selecting a Program or...
Parents of a struggling teen sometimes feel lost, fearful, frustrated, and angry.
Alan Kazdin, Ph.D.
Dr. Kazdin is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry and the Director of the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic. He conducts research on child rearing, parenting, and treatment of oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. He has developed and investigated evidence-based psychotherapies that improve child functioning at home, at school, and in the community. He has authored over 600 chapters and articles and 45 books for professionals in addition to a recent book for parents, The...