The court improvidently exercised its discretion when it imposed a juvenile delinquency adjudication with a term of probation, because this was not "the least restrictive available alternative" (Family Ct Act § 352.2 [2] [a]). Instead, a supervised ACD would adequately serve the needs of appellant and society (see e.g. Matter of Jeffrey C.,
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