Crisis Intervention and Prevention Programs

Introduction to Crisis Management
This one day workshop is designed to meet the needs of Counsellors, Youth Workers, Teachers, Managers, Volunteers and other whose work involves violent situations. Participants will explore principles, concepts and practise strategies in dealing with the resistant and potentially aggressive clients. Instructional techniques utilized include lecture, group discussion, role play simulations and personal and organizational inventories.

1 Day Workshop Cost: $85.00

Crisis Intervention and Prevention: Defusing Anger, Hostility and Resistance in Conflict Situations
This workshop is particularly useful for dealing with anger or violence in clients, others and ourselves. Individuals in crisis may respond to a sense of helplessness and loss of control through withdrawal, depression, suicide attempts or overtly through angry outbursts and/or violent attacks. The intent is to help workers to respond to individuals in their care through enhanced personal awareness, communica-tion and disengaging skills. We will focus on defusing the level of arousal, practising interventions which facilitate client self-control and forming coalitions which concentrate on problem solving.

3 Day Workshop Cost: $225

Conflict Resolution/Management
This two-day workshop provides an overview of the major principles and methods involved in conflict resolution and conflict management. Using an experiential and information sharing design, participants will examine conflict from both a personal and organizational framework. This includes an exploration of one's own personal history and present day associations with conflict situations. In addition, the workshop will focus on formal and informal conflict resolution models; recommended styles which foster effective conflict management; factors which escalate conflictual situations and skills for responding to different people.

2 Day Workshop Cost: $160

A 5 Day Train-the-Trainer Crisis Intervention and Prevention Program: Defusing Anger, Hostility and Resistance in Conflict Situations
This workshop will train interested individuals to deliver a 3 day crisis intervention and prevention training program within their organizations. Participants will be introduced to experiential designs, adult learning theory, group dynamics, facilitation and presentation skills. Individuals will explore their strengths, preferences and trainer style with the assistance of a variety of inventories. This is an intensive training program involving group presentations, co-facilitating practise and individual processing of experiential designs. Participants applying to this program must have completed CTI's 3 day Crisis Intervention and Prevention Program within the past 3 years.

5 Day workshop involving evening work and follow-up meeting
Cost: $600.00

Advanced Crisis Intervention with Philip Perry Ph.D.: The Break Down to Break Through Approach
This workshop is designed to challenge "seasoned" crisis interveners in ways that promote self evaluation as well as stimulates new and revitalized ways to make a difference with others in crisis situations.

1 Day Workshop Cost: $95.00

Introduction to Effective case Management Practices: Reducing the risk of reoffending by utilizing a crime cycle analysis and a relapse prevention approach.
Participants will explore and apply in practise the principles which have emerged in the literature on "What works" (Andrews, Bonta, Gendreau, Ross & Fabiano). We will conduct risk/needs assessments, complete comprehensive psycho-social and criminal histories, and crime cycle analysis in identifying the risks posed and the criminogenic needs of the individual you are working with. We will utilize both a social learning approach and relapse prevention contracts as a means of implementing effective case management practices. We will explore the stages of change model, approaches which facilitate individual commitment and, skill building practises in developing internal management skills.