No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: Understanding & Responding to At-Risk Students Using a Strength-Based Approach
Charlie Appelstein, MSW

March 19, 2010, 9:00 am–2:00 pm
Newton Wellesley Hospital
Free for members; $50 for non-members
CEUs for this series have been applied for

Strength-based practice is an emerging approach to helping at-risk students. With a focus on strength-building rather than flaw-fixing, the key principles and techniques of this exceptionally positive and inspiration approach will be highlighted at this conference. Areas to be discussed include: the power of a positive attitude; strength-based communication principles and techniques—including reframing, solution focused techniques, and deescalation approaches; self-esteem building; how to help inflexible and explosive young people; why, how, and when to use incentive plans; the importance of controlling personal emotions (i.e. managing number one first); respectful limit setting; and a host of creative cognitive behavioral strategies.

Charlie Appelstein, a MSW, is a nationally prominent youth care specialist and author whose primary focus is on working with youth with serious emotional and behavioral problems. Mr. Applestein trains and consults all over the United States, as well as internationally, with treatment facilities, foster care programs, parent groups, schools, and detention centers. He has authored three youth care books that are widely used within the field, including The Gus Chronicles: Reflections from an Abused Kid and No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: Understanding and Responding to the Challenging Behavior of Troubled Children and Youth.