JUVENILE MINORITY SENSITIVITY TRAINING

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JUVENILE MINORITY SENSITIVITY TRAINING

• Understanding
• Generation Y

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Training Objectives

• Discuss what encompasses the culture of
  Generation Y including family issues, mental
  illness issues, drug use and cultural norms.
• Identify problems that your agency is
  experiencing when dealing with some members of
  Generation Y.

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Training Objectives

• Discuss effective intervention techniques that
  your agency or community uses or could use to
  deal with the problems presented by members of
  Generation Y.

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Traditionalists (Born before 1946)

• WW II Generation
• Born before 1946
• Practical, dedicated, strong work ethic
• Believes in authority and that there should be a
  hierarchy
• Civic minded and loyal to public duty

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Baby Boomers (1946 to 1960)

• Work ethic is driven
• The job is not the most important thing to them.
• View of authority is a love/hate relationship
• Team oriented and are motivated by team
  interaction.

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GENERATION X

• 70s 80s children
• Latchkey kids
• Skeptical, unimpressed with authority
• Demand competence in supervisors/leaders
• Self-reliant

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Generation Y

• Biggest group in America since the Baby Boomers
• 60 million persons strong
• The most racially diverse group ever

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Family Issues- Structure

• Most children live with 2 parents
• 3 of 4 children have working mothers
• Children are very involved with family decisions
• Study from Child Trends

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Family Issues- Media

• HOMES WITH 2 PARENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE
  INTERNET ACCESS
• EVEN WITH 2 PARENTS, THERE IS STILL A LACK OF
  PARENTAL REGULATION OF WHAT IS VIEWED ON THE
  COMPUTER, OR TELEVISION.

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Internet Access Socioeconomics

• 35 in lowest economic bracket have Internet
  access
• 53 in lower-middle class bracket have Internet
  access
• 79 in upper-middle class bracket have Internet
  access
• 83 in the highest economic bracket have Internet
  access

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Television

• 1/2 of all children have no rules about watching
  TV
• 1/3 of 2 to 7 year olds have a TV in their
  bedroom, 16 have a VCR in their bedroom, and 13
  have a video game player there.

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Mental Illness Numbers

• As of 2001, 4.3 million youths aged 12-17
  received treatment or counseling.
• 18.4 increase in this population
• Females were slightly more likely than males to
  receive treatment/counseling.

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Reasons

• Depressed - 49.5
• Breaking Rules/Acting Out - 26.7
• Suicidal Thoughts or Attempts- 19.5
• Afraid or Tense- 19.5
• Family/Home Problems- 13.8

• School Problems-9.8
• Eating Problems- 9.1
• Social/Friend Problems- 8.0
• Other Mental Disorders- 2.8
• Other Problems- 22.3

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SUICIDE

• 10-14 years of age
• Suicide by suffocation was the 3rd leading cause
  of death.
• Suicide by firearm was the 5th leading cause of
  death.

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SUICIDE15- 24 years of age

• Suicide by firearm was 3rd leading cause of
  death.
• Suicide by suffocation was the 5th leading cause
  of death.
• Suicide by poisoning was the 8th leader cause of
  death.

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DRUG USE

• Among youths aged 12-17, 11.6
• were current illicit drug users.

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What are Kids Using?

• 8.2 Marijuana
• 4.0 Prescription type drugs
• 1.2 Inhalants

• 1.0 Hallucinogens
• 0.6 Cocaine (includes crack)

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Affects of drug use

• The rate of use is higher for males than females.
• The rate of illicit drug use was approximately 8
  times higher among cigarette smokers.
• Heavy drinking can also be tied in with drug use.
  67 of those who are heavy drinkers also use
  drugs.

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How, from whom and where?

• 56.7 got the drug for free or shared.
• Almost 40 bought it
• Most users bought/got their drug from friends.
• 9 bought inside a school building
• 4.8 bought on school property

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Who is less likely to use?

• 78.8 reported they liked or kind of liked going
  to school.
• - Of these, only 9.3 had used an illicit drug
  in the past month
• Statistics also show that the more positive
  activities that a youth is involved in such as
  religious activities, band, sports, dance
  lessons, etc, the less likely that they will use
  illicit drugs.

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Alcohol Use

• Current alcohol use increased with age from a low
  of 2.0 at the age of 12 to 36.2 at the age of
  17.
• 61.3 of the heavy alcohol users also smoked
  cigarettes in the past month.

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Cultural norms
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Generation Y have

• Always had an answering machine
• Never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor
  seen a black and white television
• Always had cable
• Always had VCRs and have no idea what BETA is

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• Always had remotes
• Always known Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight
  Show
• No idea what hard contact lenses are
• Never known a time when AIDS didnt exist
• Always popped popcorn in the microwave
• No clue how to use a typewriter

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1992 USA Weekend survey

• Of the 236,000 young people surveyed
• 25-40 of teens see nothing wrong with cheating
  on exams, stealing from employers or keeping
  money that isnt theirs.

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AGENCY CONCERNS
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TRAINING OBJECTIVES

• Discuss what encompasses the culture of
  Generation Y including family issues, mental
  illness issues, drug use and cultural norms.
• Identify problems that your agency is
  experiencing when dealing with some members of
  Generation Y.

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TRAINING OBJECTIVES

• Discuss effective intervention techniques that
  your agency or community uses or could use to
  deal with the problems presented by members of
  Generation Y.

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CONCLUSION
GENERATION Y