This paper tackles one of the initiatives that can be undertaken to bring change to the teenagers. It will focus on teenagers facing peer pressure. Teenagers face several problems in today’s society (Fisher, 2003). These problems are widespread ranging from the use of drugs abuse, sex, alcoholism, to theft, among others (Ambrosino et al, 2007).
Teenagers need help to get rid of the problems and vices arising from peer pressure because there are some who care about their well-being out of all the teenagers negatively impacted by peer pressure (Fisher, 2003). This initiative aims to provide youth with a secure environment. In addition, it helps them receive life guidance, realistic information, instructive tutoring as well as take part in esteem building activities.
This initiative will be implemented in various ways that will ensure it is functional. A special group with responsibilities of setting up new regulations and principles will be constituted. The initiative will begin by encouraging parents to take an active part in the daily developments of their teenagers (Fisher, 2003).
The constituted group will conduct lectures that will ensure that families and close relatives know the constraints and challenges teenagers face and how to handle these problems. The presence of volunteers will also play an important role; they will directly be involved with teenagers under peer pressure influences such as drug abuse.
A social workers role among the youth is restricted to investigations on the influences of family and education to a teenager’s development (Ambrosino et al, 2007). It is noticeable that the poor support offered by family and friends is a major reason to why teenagers are unable to resist peer pressure. The introduction of a healthy social and psychological environment in schools is a program that will be implemented to help curb negative effects of peer pressure.
This initiative is targeted at making positive impacts in the community. The mission will linger on suitable techniques that will effect these changes (Nucci, 2008). This initiative will begin with setting up moral and character standards among the teenagers. The initiatives vision is firmly connected with cultivation of new moral handiness and social capabilities that will ensure teenagers to defy harmful impacts of peer pressure.
This will require redefining previously set ethical and moral standards in the society to be able to know what went wrong. Efforts by parents to help curb teenage peer pressure will also be looked into at this point. The change will then be implemented by giving relevant instructions to both parents and volunteers on how to tackle negative effects of peer pressure. The coordination between parents and volunteers will ensure correct measures are put in place to curb the problem.
The use of recreational facilities will also ensure proper developmental training is offered to the teenagers. The community also plays an important role by ensuring any cases of social misconduct such as drug abuse. The community should, therefore, be directly linked to this initiative. The communities of interest should provide targeted groups of moral and psychological background.
At a school level, not only teenagers are influenced into misbehaving but also young children. The initiative will ensure that school counselors pay attention to all these groups. The initiative is laid down based on a five-action strategy (Nucci, 2008). This approach ensures the teenagers are encouraged, the sensitive areas are identified, and all programs and workforce needed to fulfill the programs that will ensure the problem is solved collectively, are put in place. If all this is done systematically then the initiative will be successful.
References
Ambrosino, R., Heffernan, J., and Shitlesworth, G. (2007). Social Work and Social Welfare: An Introduction. US: Cengage Learning.
Fisher, D. (2003). Assets in Action: A Handbook for Making Communities Better Places to Grow Up. Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute.
Nucci, L. (2008). Handbook of Moral and Character Education. US: Taylor & Francis.