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Troubled Teen Assessment - Liahona Academy - Where today’s struggles becomes tomorrows strengths
The following signs and symptoms are possibilities of:
Negative Peer Association, Depression, Anger Issues, Drug Abuse, Severe Behavioral Issues, Criminal Activity and Suicidal Tendencies.

Instructions:

To assess your child's situation, and the severity of your child's behaviors, carefully read each behavioral symptom, and check each box that applies to your child's current behavior.

(Each behavioral symptom is listed in order from least to extreme severity, according to color reference.)

NOTE: Understanding and knowing the "normal" behavior of your son, assess your child comparing his normal state, to his current state.

Yellow
Argumentative / easily offended/ defensive
Blatant disrespect / dislike for authority
Victim stance (they believe the world does not give them what they are entitled to, so they view themselves as poorly treated and thus a victim.)
Sneaky / lying by omission
Change in sleeping / eating habits
Lack of motivation / a lot more lazy
Externalizing blame (blames everyone/ everything else)
Entitlement issues (the world / everyone owes them)
Feels that everyone is against them
Denial (doesn't see or think that anything is wrong / doesn't think they're in need of help)
Justification; for example, "because of this____, I am justified in doing___"
Rules don't apply / non-compliance to rules
Friends become top priority / sudden change in friends
Rationalizes / minimizes things
The need to be different, out of the norm
Assuming that what other people think about them is always negative

Orange
Distant from family/ keeps away from home a lot / family communication (becomes short and frank)
Abandonment of personal interests
Immediacy/ impulsivity (I want this right now / feeling compelled to act without regard for the consequences)
Paying a lot of attention to negative events, rejecting positive experiences
Paranoia
Things noticeably missing around the house
More aggressive / violent / assaultive behavior
Usually sudden change in appearance
Repeated threats (verbally or physically)
Selling personal items / increase in money or possessions
Social withdrawal
Frequent depression and discouragement

Red
Attempted suicide or threats of
Running away from home or threats of
Self mutilation
Trouble with the law
Involvement in cult activities
Problems at school; expulsion, multiple suspension, truancy (excessive absences), falling back in school

 

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