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An at-risk student is a term used in the United States to describe a student who requires temporary or ongoing intervention in order to succeed academically. [1] At risk students, sometimes referred to as at-risk youth or at-promise youth, [2] are also adolescents who are less likely to transition successfully into adulthood and achieve economic self-sufficiency. [3]
Independent analysis of multiple sites with thousands of adolescents found behavior modification to be more effective than treatment as usual, a therapeutic milieu, and as effective as more psychologically intense programs such as transactional analysis with better outcomes on behavioral measures; [17] however, these authors found that behavior ...
Pages in category "Troubled teen programs" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
My childhood torture stayed buried for decades. I entered a troubled teen program in 1985. I got let out in 1987. It was good to see the sun. I was 15 years old.
Adolescent cliques are cliques that develop amongst adolescents. In the social sciences, the word " clique " is used to describe a group of 3 to 12 "who interact with each other more regularly and intensely than others in the same setting". [ 1 ]
Clark Harman, 12, died on February 3 at Trails Carolina, a wilderness camp for troubled adolescents, one of many programs that make up the “troubled teen” industry in the US.
The Troubled-Teen Industry Has Been A Disaster For Decades. It's Still Not Fixed.
The troubled teen industry has a precursor in the drug rehabilitation program called Synanon, founded in 1958 by Charles Dederich. [11] By the late 1970s, Synanon had developed into a cult and adopted a resolution proclaiming the Synanon Religion, with Dederich as the highest spiritual authority, allowing the organization to qualify as tax-exempt under US law.