Types of traditional treatment modalities used in the juvenile training schools
1. Behavior modification
The youths need guidance on which type of behavior they should exhibit at whichever time. The behavior of the youth determines what the youth will do at whatever time; consequently, how he coexists with others. The behavior therefore needs modification to meet the requirement of the training condition. The school contains different people hence the need to modify the behaviors of the individual youths (Bartollas and Miller 2011). This helps in attaining an environment where there is understanding between each other. Behavior modification also helps the individuals to adapt properly to the conditions in the school. The juvenile training school is an environment on its own thereby containing its own principles of which the juvenile must adapt to hence the need for behavior modification.
2. Guided group interaction
The juvenile training schools contain a variety of juvenile who have different principles. The training schools therefore have to ensure that everyone is allocated a group that suits him such that at the end of the group, the individual comes out with effective results (Bartollas and Miller 2011). This is inevitable in the training schools because choosing the right group is always a problem when it comes to the juveniles. They need help from the trainers who know the characters and the knowledge of each trainee. The trainers therefore places each trainee in a group which they view is effective in the life of the juvenile.
3. Positive peer culture
4. Psychotherapy
This treatment is also crucial as it helps the trainee in understanding his moods and his general psychological condition; consequently helping the juvenile to know how to control his life (Bartollas and Miller 2011).
Bartollas, C., & Miller, J. (2011). Juvenile Justice in America (6th Edition). New York: Prentice
Hall
