Individual Crisis Management Plan Workshop

Clinical services play an important role in overseeing and monitoring young people's responses to crisis situations. Developing and implementing an individual crisis management plan (ICMP) is critical to responding appropriately and therapeutically to young people in crisis. Each young person should have a functional analysis of his or his high risk behavior and a plan that will eliminate the need for external controls by helping the young person develop replacement behaviors and more appropriate coping skills. The ICMP should include strategies for de-escalating potential crises and for intervening in violent situations that include specific physical interventions, if appropriate, or alternative strategies if physical intervention is not an option. This planning involves screening the young person for any pre-existing medical or psychological conditions that would be exacerbated if the young person were involved in a physical restraint. Medications that young person may be taking which would affect the respiratory or cardiovascular system should be noted. If there is a history of physical or sexual abuse, this should be considered as it could contribute to the young person experiencing emotional trauma during a physical restraint. There should be ongoing reviews of the young person's progress toward goals or eliminating the need for external controls. This one-day workshop will outline the process and steps in developing individual crisis management plans.

Program Objectives

Participants will be able to:
—differentiate between proactive and reactive aggression and understand the appropriate intervention strategies for each
—develop ICMPs for high risk behaviors
—involve direct care staff in the development of updating of ICMPs
—develop a plan to implement ICMPs in their own agencies

Intended Audience

TCI trainers, clinical staff and social workers, nurses and medical staff. Participants are required to have attended a TCI direct training in their agencies or a TCI training of trainers, and have some clinical experience.

Program Outline

(9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Overview of TCI System
Role and Tasks of Clinical Services
Types of Aggression
Assessing Aggressive Behavior
Developing ICMPs
Implementation Planning

Materials

Participants receive handouts and a template for Individual Crisis Management Plans.

Offerings/Tuition

If you are interested in bringing this workshop to your agency, please contact Eugene Saville, Residential Child Care Project, eas20@cornell.edu, for further information.