Training Summary: 

This training presents the agency’s model for understanding the experience of children presenting severely dangerous or disruptive behaviors. This training focuses on the importance of recognizing the underlying needs that drive crisis behavior and recognizing how developmental level plays into crisis response. This training also explores the how relational disruption impacts foster youth/youth in care. Didactic presentation, group discussion and small group exercises are utilized.

 

Class Objectives: 

Participants will:

• Understand attachment theory and how early relationships influence later behaviors
• Explore the effects of trauma on emotional development and how each behavior is an attempt to meet some kind of need
• Understand that behavior may be developmentally appropriate but not expected because of the child’s chronological age.
• Explore environmental factors in the family or neighborhood that may be influencing behaviors
• Understand how unaccommodated disabilities can result in crisis behaviors

 

Transfer of Knowledge:

·         Utilize new knowledge on the impact of trauma and relational disruption to help youth in care to regulate when distressed.

·         Explore hypotheses on youth’s crisis behavior with their clinical team, adopt disconfirming stances, and re-assess hypotheses as needed.

·         Identify and implement disability accommodations, family interventions, and environmental changes for youth in care.