Leading Social Skills Groups with At-Risk Youth and Families (In Person or Virtual)

Christine Highet

Training Description

Training will address the following guiding questions for participants: How do we connect with ourselves? With system involved youth and families? With others who support system involved youth and families? Training will provide best practices and processes for leading social skills groups with youth who are at high risk for system involvement, as well as youth who are already part of child welfare or juvenile justice systems. And finally, what are key strategies and ideas for doing this all online?

Learning Objective

● Identify and explain 3 examples of positive relationships and connections with at-risk/system involved youth and families.

● Identify at least 2 key steps needed to lead a social skills group with at-risk/system involved youth: before, during, and after.