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Counseling Juvenile Offenders Using the Self Determination Theory & Other Tips

Counseling Juvenile Offenders Using the Self Determination Theory & Other Tips. Kaprea Johnson The Pennsylvania State University. Overview of Lesson. Definition of Terms. Offender - A transgressor or a person who breaks the law

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Counseling Juvenile Offenders Using the Self Determination Theory & Other Tips

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  1. Counseling Juvenile OffendersUsing the Self Determination Theory & Other Tips Kaprea Johnson The Pennsylvania State University

  2. Overview of Lesson

  3. Definition of Terms • Offender- A transgressor or a person who breaks the law • Inmate-A resident of a dwelling that houses occupants of confinement to a prison or hospital • Probation - court ordered community supervision • Prison- confinement in a State or Federal correctional facility to serve a sentence of more than 1 year • Jail- confinement in a local jail while pending trial, awaiting sentencing (less than a year), or awaiting transfer to other facilities after conviction • Parole- community supervision after a period of incarceration

  4. A lot of people may say so what I won’t have to deal with that population.. The odds are you will come into contact with someone who has had contact with the criminal justice system Figure retrieved from ncjrs.gov

  5. Barriers to Counseling Juvenile Offenders

  6. Counseling Juvenile Offenders “Establishing the Relationship” • Empathy • Respect • Humor • Simplify statements • Counter transference Issues • Dealing with intimidation • (Hanna &Hunt, 1999)

  7. Internal Motivation Dealing with apathy Real Self vs. Fake Self Hooking & Unhooking

  8. Introducing theory….

  9. Self Determination Theory (SDT) Autonomy • Autonomy-supportive contexts provide choice and opportunity for self-direction and a • Minimal amount of pressured evaluations, imposed goals, and demands. • Increased amount of positive feedback • (Levesque, Zuehlke, Stanek, & Ryan, 2004)

  10. Self determination Theory continued….. Competence • Sense of effectiveness with interactions within an environment (Guay, Senecal, Gautheir, &Fernet, 2003) • Therapists enhance the sense of competence through providing feedback • Structure activities that bring coherence and direction to the work of therapy (Ryan & Deci, 2008)

  11. Self determination Theory continued….. Relatedness • Sense of being cared for and connected with others • Clients need to feel like the therapist understands there world • Client needs to experience satisfaction in participation with the social world (Ryan & Deci, 2008)

  12. SDT continued…. • Self determination theory looks at an individuals’ immediate social contexts • Then to their developmental environments • Examining to what degree needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness are being or have been thwarted (Ryan & Deci, 2000)

  13. Any questions???

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