Family Members Coping With Substance Using Adolescents

 

OUTLINE

 

8:20 to 10:00              I:         The Outlines of a Plan:

a.      Know The Goal

b.      Detach From Enabling

c.       Take Control of Your Emotions

d.      Limit Your Exposure to Consequences

e.      Plan For Safety

f.        Reinforce Any Positive Steps

g.      Plan To Utilize Any Crises

 

10:00 to 10:10             Break

 

10:10 to 11:40             II:        Practical Resources For Clients

                                            a.  Daily Journals To Stimulate Self Awareness

                                            b.  Lists of Enabling Behaviors

                                            c.   Emotion Scales

                                            d.   Lists of Consequences

                                            e.   A Written Safety Plan

                                            f.    Friends I Can Count On

                                            g.    Reinforcement Techniques

                                            h.    How To Know It Is A Crisis

 

11:40 to 12:30               Lunch

 

12:30 to 2:00                 III:      The Substance Abusing, Wild Adolescent

                                              a.  What Make Adolescents Unique

                                              b.  Does Age Matter

                                              c.  Does Gender Matter

                                                           

2:00 to 2:10                   Break

 

2:10 to 3:30                   IV:       Managing The Substance Abusing Adolescent

                                                a.  Treatment Skills For Professionals

                                                b.  Treatment Skills For Family Members

 

Goal:               Participants will learn how to help family members plan to cope with and manage

                        substance abuse adolescents

 

Objectives:    Participants will learn how to form a plan to manage teach family members to take

                        control of their own emotions and resources.

 

                        Participants will learn how to make use of resources to so family members can take

                        control of their own emotions and behavior.

 

                        Participants will learn to manage the unique factors which apply to adolescent clients,

                        and whether the age and gender of the adolescent matters.

 

                        Participants will learn how to use treatment skills with adolescent clients and how

                        to teach these skills to family members.

 

Methods:        Handouts, lecture, power point presentation, case presentation, case discussion.

 

Presenter:      Jim Heisel, LISW-S LICDC is the owner of Heisel and Associates, a

                        business which serves the social services field by providing

                        professional education to social workers, counselors, chemical

                        dependency counselors, psychologists, rehabilitation counselors,

                        school counselors, marriage and family therapists, nurses and

                        employee assistance professionals.  Heisel and Associates sponsors up

                        to 60 days of professional workshops each year in Ohio, Kentucky and

                        Indiana, and has performed workshops in 17 different states. 

 

                        Jim Heisel has been a professional trainer since 1984.  He specializes

                        in providing workshops on adolescents, addicted people, couples,

                        families, evidence based treatment methods, supervision and

     professional ethics. Mr. Heisel has performed over 550 workshops.

     Additionally Mr. Heisel has been an adjunct lecturer at the University

     of Cincinnati and Xavier University.  He has taught over 35 college

     courses.  He is known for being practical, informative and highly

     entertaining.

 

Click here for presenter resume and recent evaluation results.

 

March 14, 2011 - Cincinnati

March 15, 2011 - Dayton

March 17, 2011 - Cleveland

March 18, 2011 - Columbus

March 24, 2011 - Louisville

March 25, 2011 - Indianapolis

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