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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. How We Treat Each Other Is How We Treat Youth

5. 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

6. The Intense Youth

7. Diffuse and Harness Intensity

8. Engagement

9. Trauma
Attune to
Yours
Theirs

10. 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

11. Understand
The Impact of
Abuse and Aggression,

12. Using Alternative Approaches

13. And Allied Therapies
to Self-Regulate

14. How Do We Help Youth Develop Confidence

15. Through Skill Building

16. Often Youth Use Challenging Behavior To Get What They Want

17. To Understand Their Own Stress Response

18. And We Must Do the Unexpected

19. We All Know that Disciplining Youth Doesn’t Work

20. Celebrate Their Greatness Even in the Darkest Moments

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

22. And How Do We Develop Inviting, Predictable and Soothing Environments

23. And in Terms of Relationships, Empathy is Paramount

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