- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Psychosocial adjustment of juvenile offenders in the Cobb County juvenile court, a step by step program, 1988
- Creator:
- Gill, Susan S.
- Date of Original:
- 1988-02-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The objective of this study was to see the effect of a life skills group on the behavior of a group of juvenile offenders. In that this was an early intervention program, the methodology included selecting those adolescents who were status offenders or those having no more than one delinquent offense. The group met two hours weekly and were scheduled to continue for three months. The first hour, the adolescents worked in a computer lab focusing on individual math and reading deficits. The second hour was spent on learning life skills such as communication and anger control. A concurrent parent support and education group was implemented to assist in transfer of training. A control group was selected according to the same criteria, but there was no group involvement. The experimental and control groups were administered pre and post assessments at the beginning and at six weeks into the group to ascertain adolescent behavior changes at home. Two professionals, paid by grant funds, and two volunteers led the groups and supervised the computer laboratory. In the experimental group, two behaviors of the nine assessed showed improvement, and were statistically significant at the 0.05 level. These were Attention to Self and Relationships to Brothers/Sisters. There were no significant changes in the behaviors of the control group. Thus, early intervention appears to have a positive effect.
Date of award: 12/1/1988
Degree type: thesis
Degree name: Master of Social Work (MSW)
Granting institution: Atlanta University
Department: School of Social Work
Advisor: Ajo, Amos A. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1988_gill_susan_s
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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