Relational Responses to Crisis Management

This course teaches how to recognize and risk assess behaviors, prevent and respond to a crisis, and report and manage critical incidents in way that provides for maintaining healthy relationships between children and their caregivers. The aim of this workshop is to increase awareness, provide information regarding risk factors and warning signs, as well as teaching appropriate responses for when encountering children exhibiting these behaviors. In addition, techniques for managing other risky behaviors that youth may exhibit such as indiscriminate friendliness, bullying, verbal and physical aggression, absconding (AWOL) are also reviewed.