Working with High Risk Children and Adolescents: Collaborative and Strength-Based Interventions | On Demand

ON-DEMAND: Recorded footage & course content (certificate, videos, quiz) will be available until September 1, 2026. Extensions cannot be granted under any circumstances.

This workshop provides participant with advanced frameworks for effectively treating children and adolescents who present with high-risk behaviours and complex emotional dysregulation. Moving beyond traditional compliance-based models, the training emphasizes collaborative, strength-based interventions that empower young clients and enlist families as active partners in the healing process. Participants will explore the neurobiology of “challenging” behaviour, reframing explosive outbursts and opposition as adaptive responses to unmet needs or skill deficits.

The session offers a deep dive into practical risk assessment and safety planning, ensuring youth and child professionals can manage acute crises such as self-harm, aggression, and suicidality with confidence. Dr. Muth will demonstrate how to integrate evidence-based approaches—including Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy—to resolve chronic problems and reduce therapeutic resistance. Finally, the workshop equips attendees with tools to build cross-sector teams, bridging the gap between therapy, school, and home environments to create a unified safety net for at-risk youth.