Coaching System-Involved Youth (SIY) to Develop Win/Win Attachments for Themselves

Robert Dousa

Training Description

One of the most significant challenges of supporting system-involved youth (SIY) is helping them authentically represent their core gifts, passions, and strengths when interacting with others at home, school, and work. It can also be challenging to help SIY find, follow, and maintain healthy secure attachments with peers and/or adults that can help them to: be successful in relationships, academics, and career related activities; build networks of support; and avoid using drugs and compulsive behavior to self-medicate. To be successful relationship partners within their own families, peer groups, and professional relationships, SIY need to know how to broker win/win outcomes for their relationship transactions so they can minimize negative outcomes and maximize success in life’s important activities.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

● Identify at least 2 techniques for helping SIY to act authentically;