Offering a fresh perspective on treatment, this book presents an overarching framework and many specific strategies
for working with violent youth and their families. The authors shed light on the complex interplay of individual,
family, community, and societal forces that lead some adolescents to hurt others or themselves. Effective ways
to address each of these factors in clinical and school settings are discussed and illustrated with evocative case
material. The book provides essential guidance on connecting with aggressive teens and their parents and managing
difficult situations that are likely to arise. The strengths-based interventions presented are applicable to a
broad range of high-risk behaviors, from bullying and assault to substance abuse, self-mutilation, and suicidality.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. The Model
1. Adolescent Violence in a Sociocultural Context
2. Devaluation
3. Disruption of Community
4. The Dehumanization of Loss
5. Rage
II. Strategies
6. Adolescent Axioms: General Principles for Working with Adolescents
7. Counteracting Devaluation
8. The Restoration of Community
9. Rehumanizing Loss
10. Rechanneling Rage
