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kids who use alcohol commonly have this disorder also
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ADD
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Marijuana is a gateway drug to?
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using crack
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when is a child more vulnerable to taking drugs
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during periods of transition.ie, moving up a grade to a new school,puberty,family divorce
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what are some indicators that a child is at risk or using?
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antisocial, conduct disorder,rebelliusness,aggresiveness,alientation,isolation depression,high tolerance for deviance,poor impulse control, care less attitude
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What are some family risk factors
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parents substance abuse,chaotic home life,conflicts,physical/sexual abuse, poor parenting
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Environmental Risk factors
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peer groups
deficient neighborhoods extreme poverty poor school performance |
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How do you reach an adolescent abusing drugs
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he has to be rejected by his peer group
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What are some consequences to the drug abusing adolescent
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academic difficulty,
health problems fragmented relationships apathy suicidal thoughts, personality disorders delinqency |
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Warning signs of teenage drug abuse
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less time for family
disrespect, abusive not coming home on time spending a lot of time in their room changes in appetite missing items no accountability withdrawal from responsibilities |
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how many signs are necessary to seriously consider drug abuse is happening
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any 6 signs in any area
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what are three reasons adolescents use drugs
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1. coping mechanism
2.drug experience 3. peer motivation |
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what percentage of adolescens in treatment have co-occuring disordeers
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@2/3
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What is a very effective tool for dealing with a adolescent in denial of drug use?
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urinalysis
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a child experiences a brain growth spurt at what age?
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ages 13-16
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what parts of the brain are growing fastest and what is their primary responsibility
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the pre-frontal and the frontal, control our ability to pay attentiona and self regulate impulses
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In the brain the "hippocampus" is growing rapidly between ages 13-16
What is this responsible for |
memory,taking in new information,storing , retrieving
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what drug affects the hippocampus directly
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MARIjuana, affects the memory, ability to store/retrieve data, can permanently damage
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what is "plasticity"
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the ability to recover connections in the frontal, pre-frontal parts of the brain
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does the hippocampus experience "plasticity"
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no
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What is a very effective method to aid in adolescent recovery
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Strong educational "teaching" of coping skills-problem solving,feelings,drug effects,
dealing with rejection |
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what are some concrete ways for a counselor to build rapport with an adolescent
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showing facts
reducing authority role casual dress investigate interests match level of vocabulary use humor speak to their ego (show them you understand how they feel) |
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most drug abusing adolescents are stuck in which stage
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ego-centric, rigid thinking
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what is multi-modal counseling
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# of sensory channels, be creative when working with children,drawing,physed,music,discussuons,guest speaker,outdoors
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name the 3 treatment approaches
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MDFT-multidimensional family therapy
-multisystemic contingency management Breif strategic family therapy |
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what is the MDFT approach?
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meeting the family, determining family norms of interaction,see where kids fit in family
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What is the multisystemic approach?
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-collaborating with a # of systems that interact with the child ie,shcool,probation,doctors etc
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what is the contingency method approach/
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- using behavioral techniques to change the way a child thinks and feels, using reinforcement and reward
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What is breif strategic family therapy
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"using is a result of family problem. designed to not let the kid be scapegoated.
Introduces cognitive techniques and coping skills to the family members |
