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The Impact of Gun Violence on System-Involved Youth

Fri, Feb 03

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Nicole Klasey, Psy.D.

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The Impact of Gun Violence on System-Involved Youth
The Impact of Gun Violence on System-Involved Youth

Time & Location

Feb 03, 2023, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM PST

Online Event

About the Event

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D. 

Training Description

Gun violence impacts many system-involved youth and their families. It has been highlighted in the media with mass shootings, police brutality and murders. Given the fact that gun violence touches so many lives, it’s important for the people who support foster youth to understand gun violence in order to support system-involved youth most effectively when gun violence touches their lives.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to identify at least two types of gun violence.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to prevent gun violence.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to support system involved youth impacted by gun violence.

Agenda 

12:30-12:45pm  Welcome and Introductions

12:45-2:30pm  Overview of gun violence

· Defining gun violence

· Prevalence of gun violence in the US

· Groups disproportionately impacted by gun violence

· Hearing from survivors of gun violence

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

2:45-3:15pm  Gun violence prevention

· Impact of gun violence on communities and ways to support communities

· Impact of gun violence on youth on mental health and education

· Hearing from survivors of gun violence

3:15-4:15pm  Supporting system involved youth impacted by gun violence

· Supporting youth during anniversaries

· Supporting youth with gunshot wounds

· Supporting youth 1 on 1

· Current community programs to address gun violence

4:15-4:30pm  Questions & Answers, closing

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 (3.75) 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.

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