Motivational interviewing and harm reduction with youth
Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute
Live webinar: February 8, 2022 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST
Facilitators: Adina Hauser, MSW, RSW and Joanna Seel, MSW
This webinar will focus on instruction on evidence-based interventions geared towards youth who use substances. It will provide background and instruction on therapeutic techniques for increasing youth engagement and strategies for addressing substance use concerns, in particular motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and the transtheoretical model.
This programming will include discussion on the implications of the pandemic on youth, their substance use, and the shift to virtual-based care and its impact on youth engagement.
This training will ask participants to engage in self-reflection and will provide the space for live role plays, as well as live discussion opportunities for participants.
Learning objectives:
- identify the unique needs of youth who use substances
- gain familiarity with the stages of change model and how it pertains to intervention with youth
- acquire harm reduction strategies to engage youth more effectively
- leave with case formulation and motivational interviewing strategies that will assist them in their clinical work with young people
Registration fee: $250. Student and group rates are available.
For full registration details please visit https://cvent.me/m7PMb9
Continuing Education (CE) information: 6
SickKids CCMH Learning Institute has approval from the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) for participants of our programming to apply the number of CE hours earned in the program towards their continuing education hours.
Other licensing boards and professional organizations will grant continuing education credits for attendance at their own discretion; participants will need to submit the course outline and certificate for their consideration.
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