Counselors and Juvenile Delinquents: Toward a Comprehensive Treatment Approach

Abstract

The complex problems experienced by juvenile offenders require a multifaceted approach to treatment. Meeting the interwoven psychological and environmental needs of delinquent youngsters involves four differential treatment functions: behaviour adjustment, growth counseling, child advocacy, and social chance. Mental health counselors and juvenile‐justice‐system workers can coordinate their efforts toward comprehensive treatment by analyzing their roles in terms of these four functions and by keeping their roles clearly understood among themselves and with their clients.

Using Sand Tray Therapy With Juveniles in Correctional Settings

“…Beyond exploring the provision of services, exploring the effectiveness of treatment with juvenile offenders has been a conversation in the literature for decades (Chaneles, ; R. E. Lee & Klopfer, ; Lipsey & Wilson, ; Tarolla, Wagner, Rabinowitz, & Tubman, ; Underwood, Warren, Talbott, Jackson, & Dailey, ). A variety of theoretical approaches and facility‐wide programming efforts have been used with juvenile offenders (Banks & Gibbons, ; Corcoran, ; Moroz, ; Swank & Gagnon, ), as well as a number of creative and expressive approaches such as art therapy (Hartz, Mi, & Thick, ; Persons, ) and sand play (S. M. Lee & Jang, ).…”