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“Because I Said So”:How to Support Juvenile Clients through Change Why do kids do what they do? Lack of control over their environment Brain development Different priorities Peer pressure To piss us off What’s up with the parents? Single parents Overworked/overscheduled parents Grandparents Overwhelmed parents Parents who have given up Parents who have their own AOD problems Parents who seem like they “don’t care” Enabling parents/parents who are part of the problem Parents who are doing everything right A Word About Brain Development Teenage brains are much more influenced by emotional arousal, peer pressure, and risk taking than adult brains, because their impulse control and judgment is less well developed. They think differently… To appreciate consequences of risky behavior, one has to have the ability to think through potential outcomes and understand the permanence of consequences, due to an immature prefrontal cortex, teens are not skilled at doing this Teens do not take information, organize it, and understand it in the same way that adults do—they have to learn how to do this They see…and process, things differently Adolescents are not very skilled at distinguishing the subtlety of facial expression (excitement, anger, fear, sadness, etc.)—results in a lot of miscues—leads to lack of communication and inappropriate behavior Differences in processing, organization, and responding to information/events leads to misperceptions and misunderstanding verbal and non-verbal cues Special Issue on Juvenile Drug Courts/publications/drug-court-review/special-issue-juvenile-drug-courts Practical Strategies Strengths Perspective Dennis Saleebey, University of Kansas “…explore and exploit clients’ strengths.” “The problem is not the person.” Asset Identification Search Institute () 40 developmental assets Internal Assets External Assets Protective factors First Question: Q.: What agency/organization provides primary case management services for your Drug Cour