- Topic Areas:
- Workshop
- Category:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2010
- Faculty:
- Kenneth Hardy, PhD
- Duration:
- 2:36:50
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date :
- Dec 10, 2010
Description
Description:
This workshop will provide a strengths-based approach for working effectively with at risk teens who hurt. The VCR Approach, a strengths-based model, for working with at risk youth will be discussed as a conceptual framework and clinical strategy. Special attention will be devoted to working with youth from marginalized backgrounds.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe critical hidden wounds that serve as major aggravating factors connected to acting out and at-risk behaviors.
- Explain how to effectively engage with at-risk youth from diverse backgrounds.
- List common pitfalls and traps that often impede effective work with troubled and adolescents.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
