Practical Interventions for Young People at Risk

KATHRYN GELDARD, PhD, is a lecturer and counsellor supervisor in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Her research interests include adolescent peer counselling and counselling effectiveness as perceived by the adolescent client in the QUT Psychology and Counselling Clinic. Kathryn is currently conducting research with Australian Aboriginal adolescents with regard to developing a culturally sensitive peer support program in a regional community. She is the author of a number of textbooks on counselling and has several years experience in supervising and training counsellors.

PART ONE - INTRODUCTION Engaging young people in collaborative interventions - Kathryn Geldard PART TWO - BUILDING ON STRENGTHS The development of self-care behaviour - David Geldard Building resilience in adolescents - Ian Shochet, Rebecca Hoge, Astrid Wurfl Enhancing peer support - Kathryn Geldard, Wendy Patton PART THREE - SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM Combating depression - Alan Carr Empowering young people who self-harm - Jude Sellen PART FOUR - CONFRONTING BEHAVIOUR - Alan CarrPreventing suicide Working with gangs and other delinquent groups - Simon Hallsworth, Tara Young Prevention and responses to bullying - Fran Thompson, Neil Tippett, Peter K Smith Intervening with youth who engage in fire-lighting - Daryl L Sharp, Robert E Cole, Carolyn E Kourofsky, Susan W Blaakman PART FIVE - SUBSTANCE ABUSE Alcohol and young people - Brad Levingston, Jenny Melrose Tackling the misuse of volatile substances - Richard Ives Responding to the use of illicit drugs - Scott W Henggeler, Cindy Schaeffer, Rocio Chang PART SIX - SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR Sexual health-related interventions - Susan Moore Adolescents with Sexual Behaviour Problems: Towards Positive and Healthy Relationships - Ian Lambie PART SEVEN - MENTAL HEALTH Addressing eating problems - Renee Rienecke Hoste, Daniel le Grange Responding to cult group membership - Lee Richmond, Carole Rayburn PART EIGHT - MARGINALISED YOUTH Understanding young people in care - Jan Foster