Working with High-Risk Youth: A Relationship-Based Practice Framework - Paperback

by Peter Smyth (Author)

This fully revised and expanded second edition focusses on high-risk youth - whose struggles include neglect and abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, exploitation risk, mental health issues, and the inability to self-regulate and trust - a population that government child welfare services and community agencies struggle to serve adequately.

Author Biography

Peter Smyth, MSW, RSW, MSM, was the Specialist for High Risk Youth Services, overseeing the High Risk Youth Initiative with Alberta Children's Services Edmonton Region, where he worked for 32 years. He developed a practice framework and philosophy incorporating non-traditional intervention methods to better meet the needs of complex, troubled and street-involved youth population. The first edition of his book, High Risk Youth: A Relationship-Based Practice Framework, was released in 2017. He has written book chapters and articles about issues confronting youth. He provides consultation, training and workshops on engaging and working with youth. Peter is currently a senior interventionist the Organization for the Prevention of Violence, Evolve Program, in Edmonton. Peter is a sessional instructor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work, and at the MacEwan University School of Social Work. In 2020, Peter received the Canada Governor General Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) for his work with youth.