How Adventure Therapy Can be Included in Social Work Practices with Young People in Turkiye

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This research aims to explore how adventure therapy can be incorporated into social work interventions with young people and to evaluate the effectiveness of this work by conducting adventure therapy-based psycho-educational group work. In the first phase of this qualitative research, the aim is to understand the needs of 14 social workers in order to use adventure therapy in their interventions and thematic analysis is used to analyze the data. In the second phase of the study, an adventure therapy-based psycho-education group study is conducted with 12 social workers according to the needs identified in the first phase. The effectiveness of this study is evaluated and a descriptive analysis of the data is conducted. Current research has shown that physical, environmental, structural, legal, academic support, and cooperation are needed to incorporate adventure therapy into social work interventions. Additionally, it has been suggested that social workers who receive training in adventure therapy activities will be able to work more effectively with young people. The study revealed that, when working with young people and conducting outdoor interventions, it is necessary for social workers to understand young people and be able to carry out outdoor activities. They must also be able to assess the existing conditions, opportunities and resources in institutions.