Adolescent Ethical Issues

Lacking in such skills as a student, or adult for that matter, can cause serious issues, “the number of students in crisis coming in for help has increased sharply—from 647 in the 2014–2015 academic year to 906 [in the 2015-2016 school year]. And the number of students needing medical transports for psychiatric evaluation has also risen, from 120 in the 2014–2015 academic year to 134 last year” (Brown). These incidents are most likely caused by none other than over-parenting. With a student’s parent unable to assist the now incapable problem solver, the child, unfit for such stress and analytical processing, simply cannot handle what is expected of them and essentially breaks down. Similarly, “teens [with hovering parents] might be more likely to participate in sexual activities, drinking or drug abuse. Teens often test the boundaries of their overprotective parents because these children have likely not developed a sense of responsibility for their actions” (Hewitt). Almost on the other end of the spectrum, these are people who have never done anything individual and feel the need to test the waters. However, these teens, unlike the college students, do not break down when not in the presence of their parents, they go wild. With their newly found freedom they are expected to do irresponsible things, and due to their parents taking the liability for everything previously, be bewildered at the overwhelming penalties they have to uphold. These teens may not have crumpled without their parents, but without any knowledge of punishment, they would crumble under the justice system. In both of these cases over-parenting has proved to be the factor that causes the downfall of the child. The parents’ overactivity, the thing they saw as protecting their child, is now destroying

A specific plan is devised to aid child/adolescent in dealing with anger, and difficulty getting along with others. The support system includes people who are relevant in the child or adolescents life. For example, counselors, therapist, family members, community and clergy who work together in assisting the child or adolescent in re-directing their behavior. In addition, to support services a major focus is keeping the child /adolescent in the home or re-unification with parent or caregiver.

Over recent years there has been an increasing approval in Britain and elsewhere that children and young people should be involved more in decision making which may affect them. Recent years have seen an increase on the focus of children 's rights which include ways of getting young people and children involved more directly in decision making that impact their lives. In research terms, this has been mirrored in a linguistic shift from talking about 'research on ' to research with ' and now, increasingly, to 'research by ' children and young people (Kimmel, A.J., 1988).

Upon my research I found out that there are many justices related programs from a restorative or community framework that are being offered and available to people all ages, from 0 to 4 and even 55+, races and genders. In order to determine what program I want to look deeper into and examine, I turned to the Office of Justice Programs website which lists over 400 programs available. The website points out what programs work and where tested and those that where deemed as failed researches and programs, more specifically 90 effective programs, 272 as promising, and 81 as no effect. One particular program that I was interested in and is listed as one of the effective programs and applies to my set of principles is Adolescent Diversion Project (ADP) or another name they use is Michigan State University Adolescent Project (MSUAP) which was founded and is practiced at Michigan State University. The set of principles that I found Adolescent Diversion Project (ADP) program relevant to are: restorative justice should not be mandated in a top-down authoritarian process, no single road map or blueprint for every individual involved, all persons involved must be prepared to make mistakes, assistance provided should help people involved in the long run, crime involves disruptions in a three dimensional relationship of victim, community, and offender, the primary goals should be to repair the harm, heal the victim and the community, and rehabilitate offenders.

As a 15-yearold “at risk” adolescent, Manual recently reported feeling extreme depression and admitted that he no longer cared about living. In order to provide useful counseling support to Manuel, J. McWhirter, B. McWhirter, E. McWhirter, and R. McWhirter (2013) provide a list of legal and ethical considerations that serve as a guidelines during interventions. These suggestions include counselors’ documenting the incident and any intervention methods, consulting with colleagues in order to provide sound counsel, encouraging staff members to be considerate and professional within their communication, reaching out to the adolescents’ families, and keeping current with professional

According to Gale, a document that interviewed David Doi about juvenile’s mental health states, “What we need is early assessment of young people who might have a mental illness, so kids who may be acting out in school, who may come from troubled homes. And there certainly could be services available for those young people even before they come in contact with the police.” The social environment of teens holds an enormous influence on how the teens act and behave. Teens are easily influenced by their surroundings and they look to others for guidance. Poor parenting also plays a big role why their children misbehave and become out of control. Parents rarely know what they are up to or what they are doing now in days. Parents need to be more involved in their children's lives to avoid them from misbehaving and making any unnecessary decisions that would put them in

Throughout the 20th-century cop’s views on juveniles and adults has drastically changed. Cops are a huge part of the authority because he or she are the ones who save people 's life when they are in danger. The reason why cop’s views on juveniles and adult have drastically changed is because in general, cops believe they are a threat to the society, they use theories to understand the reason why juvenile’s offenders and adult act the way do or from where they learned to act the way they do. On the other hand, police tend to act in an injustice way towards other.

A third exception to minor consent is birth control. In the setting of contraception and sexual healthcare, “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) believe that policies supporting adolescent consent and protecting adolescent confidentiality are in the best interests of adolescents” (AAP, 2014). The contraception pill is significant in reducing pregnancy rates, but can be contentious when it comes to ethical, moral and religious views. It can also cause distress with parents when they find out if parental consent is not required. This can be challenging for nurses who do not understand state and federal laws and how they apply to minors and the use of birth control. The study states that, “Nearly half of US high school students report ever

In order to overcome any ethical dilemmas, children younger than age 7 who are not considered mature enough to assent to research participation will be excluded. According to Grove, Burns and Gray (2013) by the age of 7, a child is considered to be developmentally able to have concrete operations of thought and have the ability to assent to participation (Grove, Burns, & Gray, 2013). The study’s sample will be changed to 7-17 years of age. Using children as research subjects is said to be influenced by the therapeutic nature of risk verses the benefits. Since the benefits of this study outweighs the risks by providing information relevant to improving clinical outcomes, it would be considered ethical to utilize a control group

Chapter 5 discusses developmental crises and special issues of adolescence. One of the several issues families face with adolescence is runaways. “Running away from home is one way to achieve autonomy and independence, but it can be very dangerous. Runaway teens may be drawn into prostitution, pornography, and drug use.” (Kanel, 2015)

Ethics of working with adolescents is not simply a response to their conflicts and dilemmas. It involves a complex deliberation of the legal context, as well as the ethical framework, that guides the practice of a healthcare practitioner (Michaud, Berg-Kelly, Macfarlane, & Benaroyo, 2010). Ethical considerations for an adolescent include the important components of duty of care, confidentiality, consent, and mandatory reporting (Sigman, Silber, English, & Epner, 1997).

As adolescents growing up in such turbulent times, it is often difficult for persons of my young age to make decisions that are both rational and moral. I have watched a countless number of my peers make decisions that they understood to be immoral. Whether or not they were simply trying to "fit in" or avoid peer pressure, I cannot say. I can only say that I observed this with sadness. For I only wish that my friends could have the strength to believe in their morals, values and reason that are the roots of their very existence and not have to resort to acting out of their desire to be accepted.

Adolescence is a period of life full of growth both physically and emotionally, shaping of who a person is, and learning from the people one is surrounded by. During this time adolescents begin to realize that rules are man-made, and in an attempt to assert independence and become autonomous, they often create conflict with parents and other authority figures. Research suggests that behavior problems can stem from the child, the parent, their relationship with each other, or their environment (Holden 248). The presence and attentiveness of caregivers is vital for adolescents to appropriately develop. Parental support is defined as the level of involvement, love, emotional availability, and responsiveness shown by a parent figure (Holden 119). Parents who provide proper support for their children must also make it a priority to know their children. Monitoring is a parent’s knowledge of who a child is with and where the child is at and involves both the willingness of the child to communicate and to disclose such information (Holden 286). Criminologists find consistent evidence to support that a child’s strong attachment to his or her parents and close supervision provided by parents are correlated, which ultimately cultivates lower crime rates (Brauer 1). When juveniles lack these factors necessary to develop into stable adults, they may search for support or approval elsewhere and often turning to juvenile delinquency to achieve it. In simple terms, juvenile delinquency is

The social environment of teens holds an enormous influence on how the teens act and behave. Teens are easily influenced by their surroundings and they look to others for guidance. Their behavior results from that of the parent and peer influences. Parents play a particularly influential role in their child’s life and it is up to them to make sure that they are leading their sons or daughters in the right directions. A teen’s peers also play a large role in how the teen behaves when the parents are not around. A teen’s social environment, consisting of family and peers, plays a vital role in their life, therefore becoming the ultimate cause of juvenile delinquency.

Children need to have a role model in their presence to advocate educational activities, community involvement, and avoiding contact with the law for bad behavior. As Baker states, “Delinquents are made, not born” (1991, Pg. 274). Possible noncriminal behaviors that may affect a juvenile to become delinquent include; child neglect and/ or abuse, termination of parental rights, foster home placements, those beyond parental control, interfamily assault and other criminal acts (Baker, 1991, Pg. 275). Parents must learn to teach family conflict intervention, management problems, favorable parental attitudes and involvement in problem behaviors. At an early age we learn to do what it thought, showed, and have the adult figure set the example in our lives. For example, helping with academic failure, avoid delinquent criminal peers, and guide away from drug use and crime. Adolescent problem behaviors start with the parents, then move into the community, and society must respond by providing alternative programs and institutions to help the problem.