Buffalo Trauma Training Details

Dr. Jeff R. Temple

Discount price for our trauma certificate participants and graduates is $125.

The public health importance of teen dating violence, defined as physical, sexual, or psychological abuse within dating or intimate adolescent relationships is becoming increasingly apparent. Research shows that adolescents with a history of dating violence, compared to those without, exhibit higher rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, substance use, PTSD, risky sexual behavior, teen pregnancy, disordered eating, and injury.

This presentation will provide you with an understanding of the dynamics and factors involved with teen dating violence and its relationship to substance use and other adolescent risky behaviors. As these issues touch school settings, outpatient providers, medical providers, and inpatient providers, it is important to recognize that teen dating violence can be prevented and with that, reduce the likelihood of being revictimized in future relationships. Many providers are treating adolescents for depression, anxiety, and/or substance abuse. It is important to understand how to engage adolescents in a way that allows for an assessment of violence in their dating relationships as a factor, and how to address it in treatment.

Dr. Temple will share the results of an ongoing, eight-year longitudinal study of the risk and protective factors of adolescent risky behaviors. He will introduce dating violence prevention programs that can be used in school, community, and inpatient-based settings. The Fourth R (4R) program is an evidence-based, universal socio-emotional (SEL) program that teaches healthy relationships through skill-based learning while addressing the risk and protective factors of youth risk behaviors. While it is designed to be most effective in a school setting where it can be interwoven with other academic subjects, it can be used in other settings where community professionals see a need to teach these skills and knowledge. SEL enhances students’ capacity to integrate skills, attitudes, and behaviors to deal effectively and ethically with daily tasks and challenges. Typically taught in the classroom, 4R uses a thematic approach to reduce risk behaviors including violence/bullying, risky sexual behavior, and substance use. Discussion will focus on how it can be used in other service settings. 4R addresses adolescent risk behaviors by focusing on their relationship goals and challenges that influence their decision-making. The universal approach to teaching all adolescents reduces the stigma of being labeled as “high risk”. Through 4R, all adolescents are better equipped with the skills they need (such as help-seeking) to build healthy relationships and to help themselves and their peers reduce risky behaviors.

Learning Objectives:
• Distinguish between unhealthy and healthy relationship behaviors in adolescents;
• Examine adolescent use of social media, its reproduction in their offline lives, and how it affects the quality of their relationships;
• Identify risk and protective factors for dating violence, substance use, and risky sexual behavior that can be addressed in school settings, outpatient settings and inpatient settings;
• Use an approach that does not stigmatize adolescents by considering application of content as knowledge and skills that all adolescents need;
• Apply 4R and related strategies to engage adolescents, parents and/or other professionals in open discussions about healthy relationships.

Research:
The Fourth R (4R) intervention model is a recognized EBP by SAMHSA https://tinyurl.com/SAMHSA-FourthR. Dr. Temple currently has two grants from the Centers for Disease Control to study the use of 4R in high schools, and a grant from the NIH grant to evaluate 4R in middle schools. Additional information about FR and summaries of studies can be found here: https://youthrelationships.org/fourth-r-findings and https://tinyurl.com/Temple-FourthR-research.

Target Audience: social workers, mental health practitioners, creative arts therapists, marriage and facility therapists, psychologists, addiction professionals, case managers, medical professionals, and other interested individuals

Content Level: beginning and intermediate

CEUs

NY Social Workers: University at Buffalo School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0001. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance. 6 live in-person contact hours are approved.

NY Mental Health Counselors: University at Buffalo School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0008. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance. 6 live in-person contact hours are approved.

NY Creative Arts Therapists: University at Buffalo School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0003. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance. 6 live in-person contact hours are approved.

NY Marriage and Family Therapists: University at Buffalo School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0007. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance. 6 live in-person contact hours are approved.

NYS OASAS Provider #0045: 6 hours approved for CPP & CPS Initial Hours, Section 1; CASAC, CPP & CPS Renewal Hours

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