Reclaiming Children and Youth - Treatment and Family

What Do Teens Think of Therapy?

chelleson — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:43:41 +0000

Young people in residential treatment participated in the Adolescent Subjective Experience of Treatment (ASET) study. Most responses indicated a high value
on involvement in individual therapy.

Unconditional Space: Turning Risk into Resilience

chelleson — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:37:39 +0000

21_1_Smart.pdf

Angry youth act in ways that can evoke serial rejection from adults who react with punishment and exclusion. A youth in Scotland was given a safe space in which to experience unconditional belonging with staff who responded to his needs.

Nicholas Hobbs and Schools of Joy

chelleson — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:33:40 +0000

21_1_Newman_2.pdf

The principles for strength-based approaches to troubled children and youth were laid by Nicholas Hobbs a half century ago. He called for “throwing away the templates” of deficit and deviance to create environments in which all children can thrive.

The Developmental Audit: From Deficits to Strengths

chelleson — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:53:06 +0000

21_1_Brendtro_Mitchell_Freado_du_Toit_ad.pdf

The Developmental Audit® transforms assessment by enlisting youth and significant others in resolving problems and building strengths. Audits are used in schools, treatment settings, and juvenile justice to develop growth plans for
resilient life outcomes.

Discovering Greatness

chelleson — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:50:20 +0000

21_1_Ali.pdf

When I was young, I was privileged to be a professional boxer. The sport of boxing is no longer my field. It was a way to introduce me to the world. My most important job now is to teach people to treat each other with dignity and respect.

TLC: The Experience Matters

chelleson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:36:46 +0000

20_4_Steele_Kuban.pdf

Only as adults witness the world experienced by traumatized children can they develop appropriate interventions that lead to healing and resilience. This article highlights the philosophy and programs of the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children.

Re-ED: Science Catches Up with Belief

chelleson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:34:32 +0000

20_4_Shepard_Freado.pdf

Principles of Re-education articulated a half century ago are now being validated as foundations for healing trauma and building resilience.

Outcomes that Matter for Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care

chelleson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:26:53 +0000

20_4_Fulcher_Garfat.pdf

There is a growing expectation that service providers demonstrate accountability and achieve specific outcomes. The authors combine the Circle of Courage and the Search Institute Assets models to record developmental outcomes.

Twenty Years of Medicating Youth: Are We Better Off?

chelleson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:06:48 +0000

20_4_Foltz.pdf

There is growing concern about the burgeoning use of psychotropic drugs to manage
childhood behavior problems. This article critiques this practice and calls for a reorientation toward relationship-based interventions.

Trauma-Informed Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth (PTG)

chelleson — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:36:37 +0000

20_3_Steele_Kuban.pdf

The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children (TLC) and the Circle of Courage, programs of Starr Commonwealth Institute for Training, represent this integration of trauma-informed resilience-focused practices. Over the past twenty years each program has not only changed the lives of thousands of children and youth but also helped them grow and flourish