| Society and the Government recognize the need to | | | | than punitive centers. Counsellors work with teens |
| address the problems of troubled teens. For this | | | | rather than wardens who punish teens. Teens are |
| reason, cheap programs to rehabilitate troubled teens | | | | encouraged to counsel and motivate each other and |
| are available operated by the Social Welfare | | | | work as a team to turn their lives around. |
| Department of the Government and private not for | | | | Before admitting a teen into a cheap or free |
| profit organizations. Qualified and experienced | | | | rehabilitation center or program experts believe that |
| professionals help teens to turn their lives around | | | | parents should verify their credentials. Experts believe |
| when their families are unable to or are no longer able | | | | that teens should be sent to these programs only |
| to handle them. | | | | after exhausting all other methods like family or |
| Affordable or free rehabilitation programs for | | | | psychological intervention. The background of the |
| troubled teens offer intensive long term or short | | | | program should be checked and the credential of the |
| term treatments tailored for the individual needs of | | | | staff should be verified. The rehabilitation center |
| the adolescent. A combination of teaching and | | | | should be licensed and accredited by the Commission |
| psychological therapies is used in these programs to | | | | on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. The staff |
| help teens focus on positive aspects of their lives | | | | should be MDs or PhDs in social work or psychology. |
| and lead healthy useful lives when they reach | | | | The success rate of the center should be verified by |
| adulthood. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to | | | | parents before admitting their children. |
| help teens to give up negative habits like substance | | | | Cheap help programs for troubled teens are of |
| abuse and addictions and skills are taught to teens to | | | | different types. There are residential schools and |
| give them a new positive focus in their lives. These | | | | correction facilities to help troubled teens for a longer |
| cheap of no cost programs that are funded by | | | | period of time. Short term boot camps and |
| government and private grants help parents of low | | | | wilderness camps are also available to help teen |
| income groups address the problems of their troubled | | | | reform in a group atmosphere by working together |
| teens. | | | | and cooperating with one another. Companies, |
| Many parents do not seek the help of these | | | | organizations and social welfare programs work |
| programs to deal with their troubled teens because | | | | together to provide work for pay projects for |
| of many misconceptions that exist about the | | | | troubled teens. These projects help teens to |
| programs. At first, government programs that dealt | | | | understand the importance of healthy social behavior |
| with delinquency were harsh and punitive and drove | | | | and the importance of a lucrative career. |
| the teen deeper into crime. The reform system was | | | | Low income families can use the many helpful |
| abusive and low income parents stopped sending | | | | professional programs to rehabilitate their troubled |
| children to government sponsored reform enterprises. | | | | adolescent children. These programs are |
| Today, however, trained staff treats teens with | | | | professionally run and help to rehabilitate the |
| gentle yet firm instructions. Reforms of the reform | | | | adolescent before it is too late. |
| system have made them rehabilitation centers rather | | | | |