Treatment Strategies for Adolescents
 Adolescents are a particularly vulnerable patient population in the justice system. Mental health providers can get specific tools for improving evaluation and treatment of at-risk youth with this comprehensive and developmentally appropriate treatment program.
Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents:
Pathways to Self-Discovery and Change
by: Harvey B. Milkman, Kenneth W. Wanberg
 Using an adolescent-focused format, this protocol identifies psychological, biological and social factors that contribute to the onset of adolescent deviance.
 Author Video - Learn about Pathways directly from the authors!
- Introduction
- Overview
- Core Strategies
- Target Population , Goles & Objectives, Delivery & Format
- Program Structure
- Learning Materials, Ordering & Training
About the Provider's Guide
- Describes causal models for problem behaviors
- Reviews assessment and treatment protocols widely used in contemporary practice
- Provides guidelines for delivery of the 32- session treatment curriculum
- Explains how effective adolescent treatment derives from integration of the following evidence-based strategies:
- motivational enhancement
- stages of change
- gender and diversity proficiency
- cognitive-behavioral skill development
- relapse and recidivism prevention
- differential assessment
- individualized treatment planning
 About the Participant's Workbook
- Presents a written and illustrated format designed to help adolescents better understand and reflect on each of the 32 treatment sessions
- Supplies adolescent clients with a visual and written record of all treatment objectives, content information, modeling and role plays, discussion points, interactive exercises,
- Encourages journaling with reflective assignments and space to record ideas, insights, short and long term goals, and progress
- Geared toward a range of reading and conceptual abilities
- Uses comic strip illustrations and first-person stories to engage adolescents
- Guides participants through three discrete phases of resiliency and success:
- Challenge to Change - WHAT?
- Commitment to Change - HOW?
- Ownership of Change - NOW!
Read the Reviews of Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatments for Adolescents: Pathways to Self-Discovery and Change
Milkman and Wanberg's program rests upon the best that science has to offer. Once this workbook stimulates change, it pays attention to the principles of relapse prevention that will help young people stay changed - and this is the litmus test for any treatment program that targets behavioral problems.
Dr. Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D., C.A.S.
Director & Associate Professor, Division on Addictions
Harvard Medical School
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Pathways to Self-Discovery and Change is the most comprehensive and thoughtful program we have seen to help at-risk youth gain freedom from crime and drugs and develop attitudes and skills to lead productive pro-social lives.
G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D. and George A. Parks, Ph.D.
Addictive Behaviors Research Center
University of Washington
This exceptional and widely needed program shows great promise as a developmentally appropriate treatment model for adolescents who manifest co-occurring disturbances with substance abuse and criminal activity. It is uniquely designed to interest and engage high-risk teenagers in a thoughtful array of cognitive-behavioral restructuring exercises that are geared to promote fulfilling and responsible life choices.
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD,
Formerly Director of Clinical Services
American Psychiatric Association
Medical Director
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School |
