Safety Planning with System-Involved Youth and Transitional Age Youth in Abusive Relationships

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D. 

Training Description

Given the prevalence of domestic violence with transitional age system involved youth as well as teens, it's crucial social service provider, foster parents and other natural supports know how to create safety plans with individuals in an abusive relationship. This training will provide an overview of safety planning within the framework of harm reduction. Participants will learn how to safety plan for youth and young adults while they are still in violent relationships as well as when they are ready to leave them or have left them.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to identify at least one safety strategy for a system involved youth or young adult in an abusive relationship.

· Participants will be able identify at least one safety strategy for a system involved youth or young adult who is leaving an abusive relationship.

· Participants will be able to identify at least one reason it’s important to incorporate harm reduction in safety planning with a system involved youth or young adult in an abusive relationship.

Agenda 

1:00pm-1:15pm  Introductions

1:15pm-2:30pm  Safety Planning Overview

   · Prevalence of teen dating violence

   · Harm reduction overview

   · Safety planning while individual is in an abusive relationship

2:30pm-2:45pm  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

2:45pm-3:45pm  Safety Planning Strategies

   · Safety planning while an individual is leaving an abusive relationships

   · Safety planning after leaving an abusive relationship

   · Talking to youth, parents, and colleagues about harm reduction and safety planning

   · Vignettes

3:45pm-4:00pm  Closing and Wrap-up

Meet Our Trainers

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.