Crisis Management With High Risk System Involved Youth

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D.

Training Description

System-involved youth may externalize their distress and engage in risky behaviors. So, it is imperative for those who support them to learn how to navigate crises with high risk populations. The training will help training participants understand the function of risk behaviors, useful harm reduction strategies, and how to create a safety plan with system involved youth engaging in risky behaviors.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify at least 1 harm reduction strategy which can be used with system-involved youth engaging in high-risk behaviors

2. Identify at least one safety strategy for system-involved youth engaging in risk behaviors

3. Identify at least one way to support system-involved youth in crisis.

Agenda

12:30pm-12:45pm Introduction

12:45pm-2:15pm Crisis management overview

· Defining crisis

· Goals of crisis management

· Self-regulation in crises

· Precrisis assessment

2:00pm-2:15pm BREAK (CE hours not provided for this time)

2:15pm – 3:15pm Safety planning practice

· Things to consider in crisis

· Safety planning and harm reduction

· Crisis examples and safety planning

· Vignettes

3:15pm-3:30pm Wrap-up/Questions and Answers

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Klasey is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

This course meets the qualifications for 2.75 BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.