The transition from being a child to a teenager is not an easy one. In some cases, these individuals make the wrong choices. Wrong choices lead to further wrong choices. This vicious cycle doesn't have to happen.

 TRY (Treatment Readiness for Youth) A Workbook for Youth at Risk helps young people to successfully make the transition from child to adult. This manual can help a teen sort out and determine what some of the negative choices and decisions are in their life. It will help them see what things are causing them difficulties. This manual helps at-risk youth find ways in which they can change some of their behaviors and choices.

They learn that:

• Change is always possible
• They hold all the power to change and
• They can determine how good their life can be

Once a teens determines there are reasons for changing, it is easier to recognize the problem behaviors in their life.

Chapters include:

• Getting Ready for Change
• What's Going On? Why am I Here? How Did I Get Here?
• Ambivalence and Deciding to Change
• Helping You Overcome Ambivalence
• What Else Prevents Us from Making a Positive Change in Our Life?
• Taking Steps to Change.

64 pages.