De-escalation: Moving Crisis Intervention Back to Case Management

Sonja Lenz-Rashid, PhD, LCSW

Training Description

This training is to help staff working with foster youth do community-based social work, case management, and clinical work. This training will include how to assess for and intervene with crisis intervention and de-escalation with clients who are experiencing a crisis. When working with youth it is imperative all staff know and understand their responsibility as staff in charge - and how to de-escalate clients when necessary. This training also covers content on how to move back to case management. Powerpoints, ice breakers, case vignettes, examples, small group sharing of scenarios will be used.

Learning Objectives

• Practicing how to assess when a crisis situation occurs with children and youth

• Practicing how to intervene with crises situations with youth