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Assessing and Treating Adolescents with High-Risk Behaviours

Adolescent high-risk behaviour (violence, aggression, sexual offending, etc.) is a serious public health concern. Service providers working with this population must have a sound understanding of factors related to both emerging and latent violent/aggressive characteristics that are associated with recidivism. Increasingly, treatment to address these problems is occupying other sectors outside of mental health – public health and youth justice are two examples.

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Description

This workshop will provide understanding and guidance from the perspective of an experienced clinician and program director to design programs and services that better address the issues.

In this course front line staff, therapists, and managers will learn factors for assessing risk and identifying treatment direction, as well as developing cogent safety plans and community reintegration plans. Understanding risk and providing the appropriate treatment in accordance with the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Principles will dramatically increase positive outcomes and decrease service duration and risk to community.

Outcomes

    1. Identify risk issues and balance the static and dynamic risk factors.
    2. Develop a comprehensive assessment which can be modified for on-going interim treatment evaluations and post-treatment outcomes.
    3. Develop safety plans with individual clients to reduce their risk of offending.
    4. Develop protocols and practices for working with other service providers.
    5. Identify treatment interventions and target specific areas for change.
    6. Through the use of case studies, examine factors associated with treatment gains and successful client outcomes.

Price

Member Fee: $271.20

Non-Member Fee: $327.70

GROUP DISCOUNT: Save 20% off the REGULAR individual fee with group registration of 4 or more participants. Contact Angela, angela@safeguards-training.net or (905) 889-5030 ext. 121.

Course Dates & Location

Currently available as in-service training.

Instructor

Bill Helmeczi

Bill has been the Director of Mental Health at Pathstone Mental Health for nearly 15 years. He began his career as a front line staff in youth justice. Bill has a specialty working with high risk youth. He has presented at numerous conferences in Ontario and the Eastern United States. For the past 18 years he has been an instructor at Brock University in the departments of Psychology and Child and Youth Studies. He has two graduate degrees in psychology, and a doctorate in Public Health Policy. His doctoral dissertation was on high risk youth and factors that predict recidivism.

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