Or the names they use for the clients. I used to be a closed head injured client instead of brain damaged, but I think that they're on to some new trendy lingo by now. There are even gimps who think of themselves as TBI, like it elevates them some way. Not that I can ever keep up. But, if you look at it, the phrase at risk sets up a relationship between the Do-Gooders and the kids.
Language is always political.
It's got to do with power and the distribution of goods and services. I suppose it's OK if you wanta hang some fancy monniker on yourself, but you got to be careful and not get co-opted. Chris Ringer is a therapist who does a seminar about co-dependency for the helping professions. You can see already that the lingo is spread on a couple of inches thick. Used to be you was a drunk before the chemical dependency industry showed failing hospitals how to get to the third party reimbursements.