How to establish a contact with the adolescents?

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It is helpful to establish a routine practice on initial contact that empowers the adolescent. Often recognising the young person first, through a hand-shake, in the presence of a parent, guardian, or others goes a long way in establishing the special nature of the professional relationship. It also helps to separate the young patient from the parent, permitting you to establish through consent/assent a confidential relationship under which the teen can be honest. Without confidentiality, adolescents will avoid disclosure of many of their behaviours that put them at risk for disease and dysfunction.