TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Reaching underserved youth: A pilot implementation of a skills-based intervention in short-term juvenile detention
JO  - Journal of prevention and intervention in the community
A1  - Walden, Angela L.
A1  - Stancil, Nancy
A1  - Verona, Edelyn
SP  - 90
EP  - 103
VL  - 47
IS  - 2
N2  - Despite a clear need, psychological interventions are lacking in detention facilities. In particular, efforts to implement such interventions in short-term juvenile detainment are virtually absent from scholarly literature. However, short-term juvenile detention facilities (JDFs) serve as important settings for intervention. Detained youth in JDFs present with a variety of charges/offenses, from truancy to murder and vary with regard to their history of contact with the system and the length of their detainment. The present study provides an overview of a brief skills-based intervention implemented in a group-based format with detained adolescents in a JDF, in an effort to examine youths' engagement, buy-in, and perceived obstacles in such settings. Preliminary findings from our pilot intervention effort informed our understanding of youths' engagement, buy-in, and perceived relevance and utility of the intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1085-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2019.1582147
ID  - ref1
ER  -