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Supporting Parents of Teenagers: A Handbook for Professionals

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This handbook aims to cover all aspects of parenting teenagers, including the issues of youth crime, working with the fathers as well as the mothers of teenagers, and working with ethnic minorities. As well as providing a comprehensive review of current policy developments, from Crime and Disorder legislation to Youth Offending Teams, this book addresses the practical issues of how to assess parents and what kind of support to provide; how to set up a parenting teenagers group; and how best to work through the conflicting needs of teenagers and parents. This handbook should be of interest to: practioners and professionals working in the field of supporting parents of teenagers; academics, trainers and students; and professionals in social work, educational psychology, probation and youth justice.
Chapter 1. Parenting and public policy, John Coleman and Debi Roker, TSA. Chapter 2. Parents and teenagers, John Coleman, TSA. Chapter 3. Supporting black and minority ethnic teenagers and their parents, Leandra Box, Race Equality Unit. Chapter 4. Parenting and youth crime, Clem Henricson, National Family and Parenting Institute. Chapter 5. Working with parents in the youth justice context, Sarah Lindfield and Janice Cusick, TSA. Chapter 6. Providing support through telephone helplines, Dorit Braun, Parentline Plus. Chapter 7. Using the Parent Adviser model to support parents of teenagers, Hilton Davis, Guys, Kings and St Thomas's School of Medicine and Crispin Day. Chapter 8. Setting up a parenting teenagers group, Dirk Uitterdijk and Jo Pitt. Chapter 9. Schools as a context for working with parents: the 'living with teenagers...supporting parents' projects, Debi Roker and Helen Richardson, TSA. Chapter 10. Professional development in the parenting context, Mary Crowley, Parenting Education and Support Forum. Chapter 11. The parenting of teenagers: Present and future Debi Roker and John Coleman, TSA. References. Index.
Supporting Parents of Teenagers: A Handbook for Professionals, through its varied testimonies and examples from the many worlds of parents and teenagers provides a resource for continuous concerns about the lived experience of parents and teenagers.
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