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Youth Risk Behavior Assessment

CE Hours 3

About this live event

This training will focus on youth risk behavior. A review of important developmental features and statistics of various youth risk behaviors (i.e., drug/alcohol abuse, sexual risk taking, violent behavior, recidivism) will be presented. Risk and protective factors for youth risk behavior will then be discussed. Finally, participants will be introduced to relevant youth assessment measures and provided opportunities to practice applying them.

Learning Objectives

  • Tailor assessment and prevention strategies to key features of adolescent development that may lead to risky behaviors.
  • List salient protective factors to prevent a variety of youth risk behaviors.
  • Utilize relevant assessment tools to assess for a variety of youth risk behaviors.

Learning Levels

  • Beginner

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Agenda

11:00am - 11:15am Introduction, about me, program objectives

11:15am - 11:30am How risk-taking changes a teenager’s brain – Kashfia Rahma, TED Salon

11:30am - 12:00pm Adolescent development

  • Cognitive Development
  • Social Development
  • Influences on risk-taking behavior
  • Function of risk-taking behavior
  • Gender differences

12:00pm - 12:30pm Prevalence of common youth risk behavior

  • Sexual Risk Taking
  • Interpersonal Violence
  • Substance Use
  • Recidivism
  • Commercial Sex Trafficking

12:30pm - 12:45pm Break

12:45pm - 1:00pm Risk and protective factors

1:00pm - 1:45pm Assessment of youth risk behavior

  • Sexual risk-taking behavior
  • Substance use
  • Interpersonal violence
  • Recidivism
  • Commercial sex trafficking

1:45pm - 2:00pm Prevention strategies

2:00pm - 2:15pm Resources, Q&A,Conclusion

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Geetha Gopalan

    Dr. Geetha Gopalan is an Associate Professor from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Her research focuses on the implementation of evidence-based mental health interventions with youth and families, particularly family-level interventions to improve youth mental health and reduce youth risk behavior among families with intensive service involvement and psychosocial needs (such as those involved in the child welfare system). Recently, she was the Principal Investigator on an NIMH-funded study to expand the implementation of a Multiple Family Groups (MFG) intervention to reduce child disruptive behavior difficulties, and she has participated in two NIMH-funded intervention research training institutes. Dr. Gopalan has also worked as a clinical practitioner in the New York City child welfare system and the child and adolescent emergency psychiatry program at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity. The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) for the duration of the training to earn CE credits.

Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go platform, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ce-go.com".

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  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    Youth Risk Behavior Assessment, Course #5449, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by CE Learning Systems, LLC. as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 12/07/2023 - 12/07/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits. ACE individual course approval meets the NJ Board of Social Work Examiners requirements for individual course approval pursuant to NJ Code 13:44G-6.4.16. ACE individual course approval meets the NJ Board of Social Work Examiners requirements for individual course approval pursuant to NJ Code 13:44G-6.4.16.

  • National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

    CE Learning Systems has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Learning Systems is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Make An Impact is a service division of CE Learning Systems.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems SW CPE 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 #0060.

  • New York Education Department Board of Creative Arts Therapy (NYSEDCAT)

    CE Learning Systems (d/b/a CE-credit.com), 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-0008

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC 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-0072.

  • New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts (NYSEDLP)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC dba CE-credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com 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 psychoanalysts #P-0031.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYSEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0016.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYSEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0045.

Grievance

If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Tyler Gibson via confidential email to tyler@celearningsystems.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.

Refund

If you need to cancel your registration, please email support@ce-go.com or call 877 248 6789. Please note that no refunds will be given.

Disability accommodation

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs when you register by sending an email to support@ce-go.com or by calling us at 888 498 5578.

Cancellation

If you need to cancel your registration, please email support@ce-go.com or call 877 248 6789.

Technology

1. This virtual event will be hosted via Zoom Webinar, and you may be prompted to download or upgrade your Zoom app if using a mobile device. A strong WiFi connection will be required for best quality.


2. We recommend clicking your "Join Webinar" button early and checking that your speakers are on before the event begins. Please do not worry about being seen or heard! Attendee video feeds and mics are turned off by default when entering a webinar. You will be able to ask questions via the Q&A feature.


3. Please respect that no copying, recording, or distribution of live session content is allowed. CE's are provided for the "live" sessions only. CE's will not be available for the recordings.

Youth Risk Behavior Assessment
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  • CE Hours
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  • Type
    Live Interactive Webinar
  • Date
    Fri Mar 22nd, 2024
  • Time
    11:00am - 02:15pm EDT

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