Working with Young People – Workshops on Non-Suicidal Self Injury & Building Resilience New Zealand

The complexity of issues facing young people today continues to grow.  Adolescence is in itself a time of conflict. The required responses of workers with young people continue to grow. These workshops utilises the latest research to better equip workers with young people, and will provide answers applicable to your day-to- day work.

What participants will gain from this workshop? – Self Injury

 Understand differences and links between non-suicidal self injury (NSSI) and suicidal behaviour.

 Identifying those most at risk of non-suicidal self injury.

 Risk factors for non-suicidal self injury.

 Protective factors for non-suicidal self injury.

 Strategies to address self injury behaviour – short / long term.

What participants will gain from this workshop? – Building Resilience

 A clear understanding of resilience

 What are the benefits of increasing resilience

 What are the key components of resilience

 Identifying ways of operating that may lessen resilience

 How to build a Resilience Program practical and easy to implement strategies

 

The Presenter

Garry King has extensive experience with working with young people encountering the issues of self harm and suicidal behaviour. This experience is the result of having worked as a teacher, youth worker and counsellor and complimented by degrees in welfare and education as well as masters degrees in counselling and suicidology. He has previously worked as the youth welfare consultant for the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention. He has appointed an adjunct lecturer, youth welfare at the Central Qld University and is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship to the USA. Garry has written a number of journal articles and books on youth welfare as well as being a speaker at national conferences. He is a peer reviewer for the International Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Garry is an invited author for the 2016 School Social Work USA.

 

Format

Tuesday 30 th May- choose one or both workshops:

“Working with Young People who Self injury” Workshop (Australian $99- inc

gst) Time: 9:15 – 12:45  /  “Building Resilience in Young People” Workshop (Australian $99- inc gst) Time: 1:30 – 4:30

Both workshops – Discounted rate – (Australian $190- inc gst)

Venue:- Mangere Town Centre Library, Bader Drive, Mangere Town Centre

 

Wednesday 31 th May- choose one or both workshops:

“Working with Young People who Self injury” Workshop (Australian $99- incl. GST) Time: 9:15 – 12:45

“Building Resilience in Young People” Workshop (Australian $99- incl. GST)

Time: 1:30 – 4:30

Both workshops – Discounted rate – (Australian $190- incl. GST)

Venue:- Pt Chevalier Library, Cnr Chevalier & Great North Rds, Pt Chevalier

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