Features & Content

Provider's Guide

Key Features

• 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:
  1. Motivational enhancement 
  2. Stages of change 
  3. Gender and diversity proficiency 
  4. Cognitive-behavioral skill development 
  5. Relapse and recidivism prevention 
  6. Differential assessment 
  7. Individualized treatment planning overcome prejudice

Table of Contents

Introduction: Promoting Adolescent Resiliency
Section I: Theoretical and Research Perspectives
1. Adolescent Development and Pathways to Problem Behavior
2. Causes, Correlates, and Consequences of Adolescent Substance Abuse
3. Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Disorder
4. Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain
5. Juvenile Crime and Violence
6. Addressing Gang Culture in the Context of Treatment
7. Female-Focused Treatment in the Juvenile Justice System
8. Youth Culture and Diversity
Section II: Foundational Treatment Models: Evidence-Based Approaches
9. Treatment Systems, Modalities, and Models of Care
10. The Cognitive-Behavioral Model and Core Treatment Strategies for Adolescents
11. Community Reintegration: Reinforcing Change Through Continuing Care
Section III: Operational Guidelines
12. Guidelines for the Assessment of Juvenile Justice Clients
13. Methods and Procedures for Program Delivery
Section IV: The Treatment Curriculum: Presentation Guidelines
14. Guidelines for Session Delivery: Pathways to Self-Discovery and Change (PSDC) Program Orientation
Section V: Adjunct Provider's Guide for Treating Female Juvenile Justice Clients
15. Gender-Focused Session Enhancements

Participant's Workbook

Key Features

• Presents a written and illustrated format designed to help adolescents better understand and reflect on each of the 32 (approxi­mately 90 to 120 minutes in length) youth-focused CBT 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: 
  1. Challenge to Change – WHAT? 
  2. Commitment to Change – HOW? 
  3. Ownership of Change – NOW!

Table of Contents

Phase I: What? – Challenge to Change 
1. Building Trust and Motivation to Change 
2. Building a Knowledge Base 
3. Talking About Yourself and Listening to What Others Say 
4. Backsliding to Drugs and Crime 
5. Making a Commitment to Change 
Phase II: How? – Commitment to Change 
6. Basic Communication Skills 
7. Avoiding Trouble and Playing Fair 
8. Responsibility to Others and the Community 
9. Zeroing in on Harm-Directing Thoughts 
10. Handling Anger, Guilt and Depression 
Phase III: Now! – Ownership of Change and Calling the Shots 
11. Overcoming Prejudice 
12. Exploring Individual Intimacy 
13. Problem Solving and Decision Making 
14. Lifestyle Balance 
15. Stability and Growth