Counseling Troubled Adolescents: An Evaluation of a Statewide Training Program

• NCJ Number: 120161
• Journal: Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Volume: 16 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1989) Pages: 95-108
• Author(s): S Mitchell; A White; W S Wright; P J Pecora
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 14 pages
• Grant Number(s): 08-CT0054101
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The Participant Action Planning Approach (PAPA) was used to evaluate the impact of statewide training on casework techniques for counseling troubled adolescents and their families.

Abstract

During their training, participants developed action plans of behaviors they wanted to implement in their counseling. Interviews conducted with the participants two months later indicated that a number of these action items were successfully used as nonconventional therapeutic techniques, and that caseworkers found the process had been helpful. Recommendations for using the PAPA method include phone interviews, expanded action plan development, skills practice, follow-up letters, supervisory involvement, and extensive evaluation period. 1 table, 24 references. (Author abstract modified)