Identifying and Intervening with
Drug-Involved Youth

This book is a must have for professionals working with drug-involved youth within the Juvenile Justice System. It contains 274 pages plus appendices with state of the art information on developing programs incorporating assessment instruments, drug recognition techniques and chemical testing to identify substance-abusing youth. Intervention alternatives for helping youth achieve sobriety are also included.

The conceptual framework for program development includes the Balanced Approach to Juvenile Justice, recognition of the developmental needs of adolescents and appreciation of the key stakeholders (including line personnel) to be involved in program development.

Content areas include:

• Module I: Adolescents, Drugs and the Juvenile Justice System

• Module II: Establishing Drug Use Identification Programs in the Juvenile Justice System

• Module III: Implementing Drug Use Identification Programs in the Juvenile Justice System

Published 1992-310 pages

Non-Member Price $5.00
APPA Member-Price $3.00
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