The Youth Worker's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis
Rich Van Pelt, Jim Hancock, Pelt R. VanPaperback 2007-12-31
Publisher Description
Anyone who stays in youth ministry for a while will encounter significant crises. Family break-ups, substance abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, cutting, suicide, gun violence. But without proper and immediate care, crises like these can cause years of emotional pain and spiritual scarring in students. Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock want to help you prevent that from happening. Through their experience and expertise, you'll learn how to:
- Respond quickly and effectively to crisis
- Balance legal, ethical, and spiritual outcomes
- Forge preventive partnerships with parents, schools, and students
- Bring healing when damage is done
When crises happen - and they will, ready or not - there are practical steps you can take. Van Pelt and Hancock provide field-tested counsel and specific, biblical advice for each stage of crisis. Keep this book on hand as your go-to resource when you need it most. Because when it comes to crisis, it's not a matter of if, but when.
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Publisher Description
Anyone who stays in youth ministry for a while will encounter significant crises. Family break-ups, substance abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, cutting, suicide, gun violence. But without proper and immediate care, crises like these can cause years of emotional pain and spiritual scarring in students. Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock want to help you prevent that from happening. Through their experience and expertise, you'll learn how to:
- Respond quickly and effectively to crisis
- Balance legal, ethical, and spiritual outcomes
- Forge preventive partnerships with parents, schools, and students
- Bring healing when damage is done
When crises happen - and they will, ready or not - there are practical steps you can take. Van Pelt and Hancock provide field-tested counsel and specific, biblical advice for each stage of crisis. Keep this book on hand as your go-to resource when you need it most. Because when it comes to crisis, it's not a matter of if, but when.