Crisis Intervention and Verbal De-escalation: How Best to Support System-Involved Youth

Sonja Lenz-Rashid, PhD, LCSW

Training Description

This training is to help support those working with system-involved youth in various capacities. This training will include content on assessment and intervention during crisis situations with system involved youth who are psycho-socially and cognitively escalated and agitated. It is essential that all those who work with system involved youth know and understand how to de-escalate clients quickly and effectively. Powerpoints, videos, challenging case vignettes, and small group sharing of scenarios will be used.

Learning Objectives

1. Practice how to assess the different levels of crises when working with children and youth.

2. Practice how to intervene with various crises situations with system involved youth.