Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Part I 1. Dealing with Development. Four Domains of Adolescent Growth 2. Dynamic Functional Interaction (DFI). A Revisionist and Sequential Model of Adolescent Development and Behavior3. Adolescents Who Are Minorities 4. Adolescents Who Are Gay 5. Parenting Adolescents Part II 6. Defining and Detecting Defensive Glitches 7. Understanding Specific Defensive Glitches Part III 8. Getting to Know the Adolescent: An Introduction to PAR Protocols 9. Phase I: Basic Questions, Basic and Circumstance-Specific Auxiliary Protocols 10. Phase I Continued: Supplementary Protocols for Further Exploration 11. Phase II: Defensive Glitch Protocols Part IV 12. Working Together: Peer-Arena Lens (PAL) Group Therapy 13. PAL Group Therapy in Action: Two Case Studies 14. PAL and the Professional: The Story of Desperate Davey

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A practical professional guide for how to approach and aid troubled teens by understanding the influence of peer interactions on development and on behaviour

About the Author

Vivian Center Seltzer is Professor of Human Development and Behavior, University of Pennsylvania. She is also a licensed psychologist, certified school psychologist, certified family therapist, and a licensed and certified social worker. She is the author of The Psychological Worlds of the Adolescent: Public and Private and Adolescent Social Development: Dynamic Functional Interaction.

Reviews

An excellent guide for clinicians in their treatment of adolescents and young adults. Seltzer outlines a clear and practical road map to address both specific behavioral problems, as well as the normal struggles of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. . . . An invaluable addition to any therapists library of treatment resources. - Daniel J. Sonkin,author of Learning to Live Without Violence