Dr. Kendall’s research shows juvenile offenders who received a unique two-week psychosocial intervention were about four times less likely than peers assigned to an equally intensive control program to be incarcerated one year later.
Listen to her speak about how a powerful CBT technique relevant to all of us–learning to identify the impact of strong emotions on our behaviors, and use skills to manage our strong emotions in different settings–may have been central to addressing risk in this important group.
The full interview is available here.
