Working with Challenging Youth: Lessons Learned Along the Way (Accelerated Development) [Paperback]

Brent Richardson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1560328916 | ISBN-13: 978-1560328919 | Publication Date: October 12, 2000 | Edition: 1

Stressing the importance of self-awareness, genuineness, and empathy in effective counselors, this book will be a practical, reader-friendly guide through the pitfalls and problems that arise when working with challenging populations. Building on a solid theoretical base in Reality Therapy, Humanistic Philosophy, Solution-Focused therapy, MRI Brief Problem-focused therapy, and Systems theory, the book identifies specific considerations and strategies for counselors.

Editorial Reviews

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"[A]n understandable, coherent approach to counseling those youth who 'share an inability to manage their emotions ... and an inability to responsibly meet their needs.' This reviewer recommends the book to both neophyte and experienced practitioners.."
-Counseling Today
"Youth become challenging for many reasons, including the lack of healthy examples from the adults in their world. The book doesn't moralize, nor does it offer hype. It sticks to the issues surrounding the identification of youth that challenge and ways to rise to that challenge (both within the young person and within those that surround them)."
-The Rev. Dr. Richard B. Gilbert, "Resources Hotline

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 12, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560328916
• ISBN-13: 978-1560328919
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Tool, August 11, 2003

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J. Risley (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Working with Challenging Youth: Lessons Learned Along the Way (Accelerated Development) (Paperback)

I am a practicing social worker and throughout my career I have read a lot of books and articles on working with children and youth. This is the most comprehensive and practical book I have ever read on this subject. The ideas laid out by Richardson are not particularly ground breaking, but he pulls together many different theories and techniques, highlights his points with examples from his own career, and presents it all in a flowing writing style that is a pleasure to read. I can not recommend this book highly enough, for beginners and veterans, for professionals and parents. If you work with youth than you must own a copy of this book. I have never been motivated to write an amazon review before, but this book is so down-to-earth and practical that I had to recommend it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only book on working with young people you'll need, March 24, 2011

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This review is from: Working with Challenging Youth: Lessons Learned Along the Way (Accelerated Development) (Paperback)

Without a doubt this is the most amazing book on working with young people.
I have it as my one and only book list for my youth work students.
It is the bible for youth work and if you follow it's practical and evidence based theories and practices you wont go wrong.
Buy no other - and I've bought them all- until Richardson came along

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, January 9, 2004

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This review is from: Working with Challenging Youth: Lessons Learned Along the Way (Accelerated Development) (Paperback)

This book was an excellent resource in providing helpful and practical suggestions for law enforcement officers (probably a non-intended audience) to employ when working with troubled youth. Each section provides several suggestions, which contain several actual examples of their use in a practical setting. Focus is not only on the troubled youth, but issues the practitioner himself/herself must be realize as well.