Motivational interviewing and harm reduction with youth
Event date: -
Event location: Online
Event Link: https://cvent.me/8eEBOV
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Date: March 24, 2025
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
This training is suitable for:
Mental Health Professionals: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers
Medical Professionals: nurses, psychiatrists, pediatricians, family doctors
Direct Service Workers: drop in workers, shelter and hostel workers, child and youth workers, youth justice workers
Level of training: Introductory/Intermediate
Client age category: For professionals who work with clients aged 12 to adulthood.
Description:
This training will focus 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. Participants will engage in self-reflection and will provide the space for live role plays, as well as live discussion opportunities.
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: $300
Learn more and register at: https://cvent.me/8eEBOV