Description

Teenagers and young adults are rapidly changing cognitively, emotionally, socially, physically, and sexually. Our digital world creates added emotional challenges for them. Too often young people resort to self-injurious behavior to cope. In this workshop, we dive into the clinical realm of the types of self-injurious behaviors, the function of the behaviors, assessment, treatment approaches, and strategies for extinguishing self-harm with teen clients.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define the types of self-injurious behavior.
• Describe the functions of self-injury.
• Distinguish interventions for self-injury.
• Summarize methods for collaborating with parents/caregivers.

This course qualifies for 1.5 CE hours of Clinical, Evidence-Based Practices, and General Skill Building training.