At-Risk Behaviors


Recognizing and Responding to At-Risk Behaviors

Recognizing and Responding to At-Risk Behaviors

As a youth worker, your ability to recognize and respond to at-risk behaviors is essential. Young people often face challenges that may put their health, safety, or future at risk.
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Live & Recorded Course Self-Sabotaging Behaviors

Self-Sabotaging Behaviors

Self-sabotaging behaviors are often a normal part of change and youth workers need to know how to appropriately respond.
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Live & Recorded Course Suicide Prevention Steps Youth Workers Need to Know

Suicide Prevention Steps Youth Workers Need to Know

Whether or not you are appropriately trained in suicide prevention techniques can make the difference between life and death for the youth you work with.
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Live & Recorded Course Relationships, Girls, and Juvenile Justice Interventions

Relationships, Girls, and Juvenile Justice Interventions

Girls are the fastest growing segment of the juvenile justice system. Relationship-building between girls and adults is one of the most critical factors in their healthy development.
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Live & Recorded Course The Incremental Strategy of Harm Reduction in Youth Work

The Incremental Strategy of Harm Reduction in Youth Work

Many youth do not know how to avoid or escape harmful situations and circumstances, even if they want to.
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Live & Recorded Course Youth Substance Abuse Prevention

Youth Substance Abuse Prevention

You can help prevent substance abuse in the youth you serve. Understanding different types of risk and protective factors that impact substance abuse will assist your prevention efforts.
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Live & Recorded Course Recognizing Risks and Building Effective Responses to Human Trafficking and Exploitation

Recognizing Risks and Building Effective Responses to Human Trafficking and Exploitation

Youth are often targeted by sex and labor traffickers because they are more vulnerable and less likely than adults to know where to turn for help.
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Live & Recorded Course Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Youth Work

Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Youth Work

When youth act out or behave negatively, it may seem they are just trying to cause trouble. That thinking perpetuates the false narrative that some youth are simply “bad kids.”
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Live & Recorded Course ADHD Awareness and Strategies for Youth Workers

ADHD Awareness and Strategies for Youth Workers

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. ADHD affects how the brain grows and develops. As a youth worker, you could be a key...
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On-Demand At Risk Behaviors Training Program

Increasingly, youth workers are supporting children and teens with more complex behaviors and challenges. YIPA training provides targeted information, practical strategies, and skill building approaches to provide working with at-risk youth training that is immediately useful in your professional roles.

Our at-risk behaviors training program modules are designed to be on-demand, allowing youth workers and organizations to plan training to fit into their schedules. These programs are either webinar or interview-style, and are taught by experts and leaders in the field working with at-risk youth.

Relevant and Timely Training Topics

We focus on relevant topics that provide youth workers with the skills they need to manage potentially challenging issues. ... Read more