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The ABCs of increasing motivation with juvenile offenders
Author(s) -
Clark Michael D.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.1999.tb01276.x
Subject(s) - accountability , economic justice , perspective (graphical) , action (physics) , field (mathematics) , juvenile , psychology , engineering ethics , best practice , work (physics) , management science , political science , engineering , computer science , artificial intelligence , law , ecology , mechanical engineering , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , biology
This article details strength‐based practice that was recently developed in the juvenile justice field for work with challenging (mandated) adolescents. This approach blends the strengths perspective and the solution‐focused brief therapy methods to offer field workers the “one‐two punch” of theory and methods. This approach will be outlined by discussing six principles organized around the “ABCs” of: Accountability‐Action, Believing‐Brief and Cooperation‐Competency. The article closes by describing four advantages of this approach for direct practice.