Strengths-Based Counseling With At-Risk Youth Book

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1. Surviving and Thriving
The Many Ways Youth Survive
Three Survival Strategies, Three Identities
Power and Self-Definition
Substitution as Intervention
Narrative Interventions
Powerful Alternatives
Chapter 2. Three Identities: Pandas, Chameleons, and Leopards
The Stuck Panda
The Uncertain Chameleon
The Demanding Leopard
Pegs and Holes
Chapter 3. Six Strategies for Nurturing Resilience
Overview of the Six Strategies
Paths to Resilience: Conventional and Unconventional
Strategy 1: Hear Their Truth
Chapter 4. From Truth to Action: Implementing Strategies Two Through Five
Strategy 2: Help Youth Look Critically at Their Behavior
Strategy 3: Create Opportunities That Fit With What Youth Say They Need
Strategy 4: Speak In Ways Youth Will Hear and Respect
Strategy 5: Find the Difference That Counts the Most
Chapter 5. The Many Expressions of Youth Resilience
Strategy 6: Substitute Rather Than Suppress
Substitutions for Drug Use
Substitutions for Other At-Risk Behaviors
The Many Expressions of Resilience
Chapter 6. A New Way to Look at Bullying
Bullying as Coping: Jake
Bullying and the Three Identities
Providing Opportunities for Adaptation
Substitutions for Bullies
Substitutions for Victims
Chapter 7. Assessing Resilience
The Resilient Youth Strengths Inventory
Evaluating Fairly
Chapter 8. Translating the Results of the Resilient Youth Strengths Inventory
Pandas Shoot
Chameleons Score
Leopards Win
Using Results to Inform OurEfforts
Conclusion: The Need for Change
References
Index