Book Description

Intervention Activities for At-Risk Youth is an excellent resource of tried and tested activities that work with at-risk youth. The chapters and activity sections are intended both for those facilities that do and do not employ professional therapeutic recreation staff. The activities and goals are written in a format that staff, from volunteers and childcare workers to activity staff and professional therapeutic recreation specialists, can use when implementing intervention activities for at-risk youth. These 169 activities are meant to help professionals establish active treatment goals and encourage more positive behaviors. The first three chapters provide a foundation for intervention activities. The activities are divided into six sections: anger control and stress management (13 activities); positive physical and mental health (31 activities); cooperation, communication, and listening (26 activities); problem-solving, decision-making, and planning skills (17 activities); leisure awareness and leisure resources (49 activities); and friendship and social skills (33 activities).