Alan M Vietze, LCSW Priority & Sequence Attuning to Youth Alan M Vietze, LCSW Priority & Sequence

The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely she/he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love. Bruce D. Perry

The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist. The next best is a leader who is loved and praised. Next comes the one who is feared. The worst one is the leader that is despised … The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly. When they have accomplished their task, the people say, “Amazing! We did it, all by ourselves!” Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching quotes (17)

How We Treat Each Other Is How We Treat Youth

This workshop will address engagement with youth, how to attune to their trauma how recognize our own trauma. how to diffuse the intensity, and the impact of abuse and aggression, using alternative approaches and allied therapies to self-regulate and understand their own stress response. and how we develop inviting, predictable and soothing environments

The Intense Youth

Diffuse and Harness Intensity

Engagement

Trauma Attune to Yours Theirs

Out of Home Services Distinct Intensities of Services with Clinical Criteria Tied to Clearly Delineated Interventions Small units in Non-institutional community settings Unconditional Approach Reduction of Seclusion and Restraints Psychotropic Medication Policy

Understand The Impact of Abuse and Aggression,

Using Alternative Approaches

And Allied Therapies to Self-Regulate

How Do We Help Youth Develop Confidence

Through Skill Building

Often Youth Use Challenging Behavior To Get What They Want

To Understand Their Own Stress Response

And We Must Do the Unexpected

We All Know that Disciplining Youth Doesn’t Work

Celebrate Their Greatness Even in the Darkest Moments

We Just Have to Tune in to Understand as Bruce Perry Says, How to “Manage the Proper Dose and Rhythm”

And How Do We Develop Inviting, Predictable and Soothing Environments

And in Terms of Relationships, Empathy is Paramount

Children and Youth Whom We Treat and For Whom We Provide Care Should Feel Better When They Leave Us