A model of Social Rehabilitation Treatment for Juveniles: Cognitive and Behavioral Perspective ‐ Practical Aspects

• Author: Justyna Siemionow
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jfcj.12159
• Date: 01 March 2020
• Published date: 01 March 2020

A model of Social Rehabilitation Treatment for

Juveniles: Cognitive and Behavioral

Perspective - Practical Aspects

By Justyna Siemionow

ABSTRACT

The article concerns the new model of social rehabilitation treatment of juve-

niles which is based on cognitive and behavioral theory. This theory is the founda-

tion of cognitive –behavioral therapy (CBT). The main goal of this manuscript is to

describe the planned and conducted actions within the process of social rehabilitation

of adolescents residing at the Youth Education Center. In Poland, this institution

strictly cooperates with Court. The purposes of this article are: firstly, to present the

theoretical basis for the cognitive–behavioral interventions; secondly, to introduce

the Youth Educational Center as an example of an individual approach to a socially

maladjusted adolescent; and finally, to describe an example of a juvenile’s individual

treatment and its evaluation.

Key words: socially maladjusted, social rehabilitation process, behavioral disorders, new model

of treatment, cognitive-behavioral theory.

INTRODUCTION

The cognitive model describes how people’s perceptions of or thoughts about situa-

tions influence their emotional, behavioral, and psychological reactions. People’s percep-

tions are often distorted and dysfunctional in stressful situations. Juveniles can learn to

identify and evaluate their automatic thoughts and to correct their style of thinking so

that it more closely resembles reality. When this is done, distress usually decreases, and

such a person is able to behave more functionally. Juveniles also learn to identify and

modify their distorted beliefs –their basic understanding of themselves, their world and

Professor Justyna Siemionow is with the Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute

of Pedagogy, University of Gdansk, Poland. She has authored of over seventy research articles and three

monographs. Her research activities are focused on: a new model of social rehabilitation treatment of juve-

niles and their families, based on cognitive and behavioral theory, socially maladjusted juveniles and their

rehabilitation process.

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