Interventions in Child and Youth Development Essay

Strengths and Areas of Needed Improvement Kekki is 6 years old Autistic child who is showing substantial delays in development of all the developmental area, which has included motor, self-help, and language, social and cognitive areas. Kekki is diagnosed with Autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which has been adversely impact on her education. However, she is very good in her reading skills as well as computer skills. She is very energetic, active…

(Underwood, von Dresner, & Phillips, 2006). In order to reduce recidivism and persistent offending into adulthood, evidence-based interventions must be implemented for juvenile offenders. Although there are various forms of treatment,…

Juvenile delinquency, which refers to the antisocial and criminal behavior of children and adolescents, places a great burden on American society. There are various factors that contribute to the likelihood of juvenile offending, and society with its institutions has the obligation to address those risk factors and to decrease the probability of deviant behavior as an attempt to combat the social illness of crime and to concurrently reduce the burden crime places the victims and society as a…

Intervention strategies will target the receptive and expressive areas of communication in conjunction with each other to maximize the student’s success in therapy. Since the student presents with both reading and writing difficulty, the intervention strategies for the receptive and expressive areas will equip the student with writing readiness skills. Reading enhances writing skills therefore teaching language, reading, and writing as a whole process is conducive to effective learning (Silvers,…

I am very passion about youth. as we all aware of youth becoming gang is real problem in our youth and it would be a threat to our peaceful community. No one is immune gang’s crime. In this paper I would explore and identify how young people become a members of gang and the impact it has on them later in life. I will also offer some potential solution to the problems of youth becoming Ganga and engaging criminal activities. I believe we as community can protect our youth from potential gang’s…

They want to give their teen the material goods and behavioral freedom they themselves were denied. Parents want to see themselves as an ally of their teen. Conditional Permissiveness This style is when parents will give the adolescent what he or she wants on condition that the teen satisfy certain parental demands, which are usually not explicit. Freedom and material benefits are often given in return for behavior that reflects well on the family, such as making good grades or running…

in the moment. It may include specific qualities such as acceptance or the ability to describe an inner experience in the moment that it is taking place. When looking at how this can be used for the youth Viafora, Mathiesen, & Unsworth (2014) showed in their article that mindfulness as taught to youth, is defined as paying attention with kindness and curiosity to what is happening inside and around oneself, such as being fully present and compassionate with oneself and others. Mindfulness is…

and engage in drug and alcohol use during late middle childhood or early adolescence. Child abuse remains a significant problem during development in middle childhood. The problem of poverty may affect the quality of schools and place additional stress in the family which may lead to child abuse by the caregiver. Long term prevention of child abuse must address the macro issues which cause poverty. Child abuse has emerged as a significant problem in both the US and Kenya, but the manner it is…

Family Unity Homelessness has particularly detrimental effects on the development of adolescents and leads to increased stressors in families. In the United States, the number of children and young people that are homeless on any given night has been estimated at around 1.3 million (National Runaway Switchboard, 2009). The state of Minnesota made an effort to tackle youth homelessness by adopting the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act in 2016, which is explicit family policy because its objectives…

extremely high." The survey concluded that "in 2011 to 2012 approximately 12.7 million (or 17%) of children and youths aged 5 to 19 years are overweight or obese." Since 1980, obesity has greatly increased. In 1990, there were 32 million infants aged 0 to 5 years old who were obese or overweight. Currently, there are 42 million children around the globe who overweight.…