“You Talkin’ to Me?” ADOLESCENCE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Herschella G. Conyers University of Chicago Law School.

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“You Talkin’ to Me?” ADOLESCENCE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Herschella G. Conyers University of Chicago Law School

COMMUNICATING WITH THE YOUNG CLIENT

STATED vs BEST INTEREST STATED: Client Autonomy Client Control BEST: Client Protection External Control

BARRIERS TO UNDERSTANDING Time pressures Legal language Expectations of rational thought Emotionally charged content Lack of emotional vocabulary Client stressors Outside Influences Processing Deficits

CLIENT PRE- & MIS- CONCEPTIONS LAWYER Teacher Social Worker Parent Accomplice CLIENT Student Object/Non-agent Child Manipulator

TIME PRESSURES Didn’t I just say that (Re)Focusing the client Repetition Charts Homework

LEGAL LANGUAGE Deliberately inaccessible Non-intuitive Ambiguous

EXPECTATIONS OF RATIONAL THOUGHT Adolescent Brain Development Roper v. Simmons Impulsivity Lack of judgment

ACCOUNTABILITY I am not my brother’s keeper

EMOTIONALLY CHARGED CONTENT Accusations Death/Sex/Morality Consequences

LACK OF EMOTIONAL VOCABULARY Children are seen and not heard “ I just snapped “ Whatever 12

CLIENT STRESSORS Parental disapproval Removal from home Peer relationships Self-protection/Identity Unarticulated trauma/PTSD

OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Parents/guardians DCFS School officials Mental Health Providers/Assessors

PROCESSING DEFICITS Stressors Cognitive impairments Educational deficits Technology as artificial intelligence/communication

CULTURAL COMPETENCIES A.Becoming fluent in poverty B.Mi casa, su casa (not so much) C.“Normalizing” pathology D.“Pathologizing” normal E.Compared to What? F.The Bad Girls Club

But I’m Not Your Mother/Father