(if the facility is not locked, then they should have an awake staff member supervising at night. Reduces their ability to runaway, thus reducing their opportunity to engage in high risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex, drinking, etc. Your teen gains problem solving skills, increased understanding of their motivations, and moral development (maturing and making the ‘right’ choices that take into account the feelings of others) ģ. If it works and your teen changes their undesirable behaviors, they have a brighter future, and you have a better, more mutually respectful parent/child relationship Ģ. This post examines the pros and cons of sending your oppositional teen to a boot camp. In fact, even judges will offer a juvenile offender many alternatives, such as community service, outpatient counseling and/or day treatment programs before even considering an out-of-home placement. Others contend that sending a youth to a boot camp is a favorable alternative to juvenile jail or being on the streets.ĭeciding to send your child to a boot camp is not an easy decision. Some argue that sending a teen off to boot camp creates a setting and experience that can not be continued at home and may alienate the teen from the family. Examples of “stinky thinking” patterns often heard from defiant teens include “I don’t have a problem with anger, other people set me off.“ Slowly, these thoughts are debated until the teen is able to change their thoughts/statements. The cognitive component happens when faulty thinking patterns are challenged. Cognitive-behavioral treatment, in brief, consists of rewarding and promoting good, desirable behaviors and experiencing a consequence for undesirable behaviors. Most boot camps use a cognitive-behavioral program that combines exercise and a structured routine with keeping the youth busy through physical exercise, academics, and journaling about their “attitude” and behaviors. The research is clear: behavioral therapy is an effective treatment with defiant adolescents, but is boot camp the answer for your troubled teen? Welcome to Communizine! Today is July 10th, 2023Īre you considering sending your defiant “out-of-control” teen to a boot camp? A popular intervention for juvenile offenders are military-style boot camps that have a rigorous behavioral program.
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