Reaching Teens

Reaching Teens is a fully revised, evidence-based resource designed to help professionals communicate effectively with today’s adolescents. Combining strength-based, trauma-sensitive approaches with practical strategies, it equips youth-serving professionals to engage, empower, and support positive development in teens across diverse settings.

Key Features:

• Integrates 400+ videos with written chapters and group learning processes to reinforce real-world skills
• Offers 29 new chapters, totaling 93, covering a broad range of topics in adolescent engagement
• Introduces AI-enhanced tools for real-time expert insights and guidance
• Companion website includes full book content, references, videos, expanded chapters, and tailored resources for various youth-serving settings: education, healthcare, juvenile justice, foster care, substance use recovery, sports, and services for youth experiencing homelessness or trafficking
• Emphasizes strength-based communication, resilience-building, and trauma-informed approaches
• Provides CME credits/CEUs for professional development