Non-Suicidal Self Injury in Children and Teens

Non-Suicide Self Injury in Children and Teens

3 hr session

March 21 from 1 pm to 4:15 pm EDT

Note

This course is offered in one segment via Zoom. You will receive a registration confirmation email with Zoom link information, additional instructions and a Zoom link a week before the training from the Institute for Human Service's training team (training@ihs-trainet.com), and another reminder 24 hours before the session starts. You may want to add the email address to your contact list to ensure the email comes through. Please check in the spam folder in case you don’t receive the first email. Sometimes employers’ firewalls and filtering services block communication from unrecognizable email addresses. We advise you include an alternative email address to prevent this from happening.

About the Course

Note: This course material has previously been trained as part of the 6-hour Self-Harm in Children and Teens course.

This 3-hour online interactive course is written for social workers, psychologists, and other clinicians who are assessing the needs of children with significant safety concerns in the areas of self-harm to include SIB (self- injurious behavior), eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia), and NSSI (Non-Suicidal Self Injury). We will review the characteristics, and behavioral indicators of these along with their accompanying predictors and diagnosis in this intermediate level course. Current research on best practice for treatment will be reviewed. The research-based concept of Self-Compassion will be introduced as a useful tool in working with these families. This will be an interactive online session with an opportunity for questions.

Course Objectives

As a result of participating in this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Define Non-Suicidal Self Injury including disordered eating.
2. Identify self- injurious behavior as seen in individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities.
3. Describe the core ideas in Self-Compassion.
4. Equip themselves with resources to support the clinical needs of their clients.

Continuing Education

This training is approved for 3 Social Work CE Credits. See additional information on each below.

The Institute for Human Services, provider #1802, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 03/25/2023 – 03/25/2026.

To earn CE credits, participants must attend the entire session in its entirety, remain on camera, complete an evaluation, and pay the CE fee at the time of registration.

The Institute for Human Services understands that circumstances arise that may prevent registrants from attending a pre-paid training. A training and continuing education credit (minus Eventbrite platform and any credit card fees) will be refunded if a registrant cancels their training attendance on the registration platform at least 7 days in advance of the training event. If the registrant does not cancel within 7 days of the continuing education session, no refund will be issued.

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Reminder: This virtual workshop will take place from 1 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern time. Please make note of your time zone.

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Trainer Bio

Laura A Gaines, MSW, LISW-S is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with over 20 years’ experience as a mental health clinician treating children and adolescents with a broad variety of mental health disorders. With a specialization in trauma and anxiety disorders she frequently assessed for, and supported children and teens with suicidal ideation. She is a volunteer with the texting hotline where she regularly engages with texters to increase their safety. Her goal is to provide evidence based, real life, practical assistance to the parents and professionals who are the safety net for our vulnerable children involved in the child welfare system.