I learned how detrimental domestic violence, abuse, divorce, and substance abuse could be for a child. To further my knowledge about substance abuse, I did a research paper regarding the Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Program. Although this program was successful, in my interview with Mitchell Brown, the director of training for the DEC program, he stated that there are still many gaps and limitations that need to be addressed such as communication, teamwork, and collaboration. I hope to bridge this gap with the skills and knowledge obtained from Walden University. I want to provide intervention to drug endangered children, so they will have less of a traumatic experience when they are experiencing the change around them.…
What this means is that parents are one thing that really influence teens and their decisions. Besides getting professional help, parental support can also be very useful in helping their teens with their addictions. Even though the problem is still growing, solutions are actively being sought out to help teens suffering from drug…
E. E., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2015). The effectiveness of family interventions in preventing adolescent illicit drug use: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical child and family psychology review, 18(3), 218-239. Resources that help delineate parameters for public health research Schaub, M. P., Henderson, C. E., Pelc, I., Tossmann, P., Phan, O., Hendriks, V., ... & Rigter, H. (2014). Multidimensional family therapy decreases the rate of externalising behavioural disorder symptoms in cannabis abusing adolescents: outcomes of the INCANT trial.…
Todd talked about how many parents who have children that are addicted to alcohol and drugs, often say that their child will just have to hit rock bottom and figure it out from there. Todd said that he often responds to these parents with, “What if hitting rock bottom is dead. Having the bottom hit them is better than allowing them to hit bottom.” Along with this, Todd discussed that when he sees young addicts, they are often the healthiest and most in control in their house. This is why young clients often struggle with counseling.…
Substance Abuse Treatment in the Juvenile Justice System Juvenile offenders have a high rate of substance use. Upon arrival to a correctional facility after being detained, approximately 56% of boys and 40% of girls tested positive for drugs. Most of these youth test positively for marijuana or cocaine, but many are addicted to many more substances. The DSM-V defines a substance-use disorder as “a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress…” classified by encompassing 2 or more of 11 different criteria from the manual. By effectively treating substance-use disorders, the juvenile justice system can: a) stop the offender from committing the criminal act of drug use itself and b) decrease recidivism rates of juvenile offenders by truly treating them instead of perpetuating them to become a product of the…
They may also be abusers or have criminal involvement, and be the perpetrators of physical and sexual abuse. Other factors are lack of parental involvement which may be the cause of the substance abuse by the adolescent and delinquent behavior. Effective treatment in this area would need a family-based program that increases family involvement. The approaches that can be used are multi-systemic therapy, multi-dimensional family therapy, and functional family therapy. These have shown to cause a decrease in juvenile substance use and delinquent behavior.…
Children coming from these families where parents abuse substances and are a high risk and need effective interventions to not follow the same path as their parents. It is very difficult to provide services specifically designed for children because they require a very unique style of intervention to help heal and recover from the affects their parents had caused for them (Lewis, Holmes, Watkins, & Mathers 2015). The programs that have been designed from children normally revolve around coping skills, interpersonal relationships, developing positive identity and self-esteem, and are normally done in a group setting to help strengthen relationships with peers and build a support system for like individuals. One program that has been found to improve social skills for girls and reduce feelings of social isolation in boys is the Betty Ford Children’s Program. Another influential program was the Stress Management and Alcohol Awareness Program, which focused on self-esteem and coping strategies that use a psycho-educational approach to address this substance abuse.…
“Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on earth”, is a bold statement by formal presidential candidate Bernie Sanders that may leave many American citizens in disbelief. Unfortunately, recent statistics show that this statement stands true to popular America today. Living in a country nicknamed the land of the free, it becomes hard to accept that one is living in a country of consistent crime and punishment. At face value, a person-blame approach may reflect the incarceration issue on poverty, minorities, or laziness within individuals. With further evidence, one will have the ability to come to the conclusion that as a whole, America has created a country where minorities must fear imprisonment due to irrational…
Residential schools have caused irreparable damages throughout the generations of First Nations people and families. Today, the children and grandchildren of residential school survivors suffer the consequences of what their past generations went through. Its effects have manifested in self-abuse, resulting in high rates of substance abuse, alcoholism, and suicide. Among First Nations people aged 10 to 45, suicide and self-injury is the top cause of death, responsible for 40 percent of mortalities. Residential schools have arguably been the most damaging of the many components of the Canadian government’s colonization of First Nations land, as their consequences still affect the lives of Aboriginal people today.…
INTRODUCTION Substance abuse is a prevalent issue that carries the massive weight of negative stigmas in the eyes of society. The abusers are seen as social pariahs to the rest of society especially when children are involved. When substance abuse is detected in a home involving children, the first reaction of the public is to remove the child from the home. However, removing a child from their home environment is not always the most logical solution for the health and safety of the child. The Department of Human Services automatically removes children from their parents when drugs are involved in order to correct the parental behavior.…
Counseling is an effective therapy to remedy mental health problems and other erratic behaviors that are usually associated with substance abuse. The negative consequences on the personal and legal side are a great hindrance to anyone, especially teenagers, to achieve balance and sobriety while dealing with their friends, families, and society as a whole. A combination of pharmacological and behavioral treatments is necessary to address the problem. Substance abuse counselors identify the abusing individual's negative behaviors and apply the necessary procedures to change and provide a remedy for it. Counselors work closely with a group of caregivers from clinics or therapeutic centers.…
“…[C]hewing tobacco, red pepper, soap, molasses, and red ink…” were the main ingredients in the whiskey that early fur traders introduced to Aboriginal individuals with whom they were doing business with (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [CBC], 2001, para. 5). Unfortunately, this horrendous concoction proved to be highly addictive, placing the Aboriginals who consumed it at significant risk for exploitation, and subsequently addiction. Further, events such as forced assimilation through residential schools resulted in many Aboriginal individuals being separated from their families, further, from their culture, which undoubtedly deprived them of their identity. Thus, it could be argued that tragedies such as residential school only served…
Alcohol has been around for thousands of years, first discovered by Neolithic humans. In the late 1700s, most Americans drank alcoholic beverages and preferred these beverages to drinking water, which was often contaminated. Alcohol was never viewed as a serious problem in America until after the Revolution. In the early nineteenth century, physicians, ministers, and larger employers created the anti-alcohol (temperance) movement. This movement was the result of concern about the drunkenness of workers and servants, and was devoted to convincing people that alcohol in any form was dangerous and destructive.…
13). Parents should talk with their teens more about drug abuse. Parents should do things like ask their teens what their views are on drugs abuse, discuss reasons not to abuse drugs, discuss ways to resist peer pressure, and talk to their teen about their experience with drugs if they have any and how they affected their life as well(Teen Drug Abuse para.…
Each day drugs makes a huge impact on our generation. Throughout this paper, I am looking to find out what causes teenagers to try illegal drugs and how it impacts their life. Drugs can affect a person in different parts of their lives. For example their education, work, personal life, and the relationship with their family and friends.…