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Monitoring Safety Planning, Supervision, and Treatment Progress
March 19, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CDT
Course 4 identifies the key components of an effective safety and supervision plan for families and youth who present with PSB.
NOTE: Please complete each course in the PSB-CY course series, as the series material was created to be completed fully and sequentially.
Key areas of review include:
- Strategies for determining what level of care is best to meet the youth with PSB needs and the safety of others.
- When and how to implement and adjust safety and supervision planning, including the potential to seek higher levels of care.
- How to determine when treatment needs have been met and when treatment may come to closure given the skills and plans families have acquired over the course of treatment.
Courses Details
As discussed in prior lessons, initial and ongoing assessment is crucial to ensure the safety of the youth with PSB as well as others. Team-based decision-making for monitoring safety and supervision plans will be outlined. Decision-making, whether to loosen restrictions or increase steps for safety, can be challenging and will change over the course of treatment. Caregiver investment and engagement are vital to a youth’s success, including ensuring the safety plan is followed as prescribed. While a small percentage of youth will require out-of-home placement options, most families and youth will be working with providers on an outpatient basis.
The course highlights strategies that caregivers and professionals can use to assess and plan how to gradually decrease restrictions and safety rules over time, including the use of electronic devices. Additionally, this lesson identifies additional resources that may need to be incorporated to enhance treatment progress.
Following this course, the learner should be able to:
- List the key components of an effective Clinical Safety and Supervision Plan for youth with PSB.
- Monitor treatment planning and implementation, including coordination among all professionals involved with the family.
- Summarize strategies that caregivers should use to assess when and how to gradually decrease safety and supervision over time, including electronic monitoring.
- Identify other needed resources that may need to be incorporated to enhance treatment progress.
- Identify strategies used to determine when treatment needs have been met, allowing for a recommendation to end services, and collaborating with the MDT.
These courses are sequential and developed to be experienced in order. Each course will take the average learner at least 90 minutes to complete. Please plan to complete each of the four courses listed on the PSB-CY Courses homepage.
Authors
Paul Shawler, Ph.D.
Dr. Shawler is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and founder of Shawler Psychology, PLLC, a behavioral health treatment and consulting company located in Southern Illinois. Dr. Shawler served 14 years in the Army National Guard. Dr. Shawler currently serves as a consultant and trainer for the NCSBY. His areas of interest and expertise include policy development and implementation of evidence-based programs for children and adolescents, juvenile justice and child welfare system reform, training in trauma-informed practices and prevention of child maltreatment, family systems, and the treatment of youth with developmental disabilities.
David J. Kolk, Ph.D.
Dr. Kolko is a Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, Pediatrics, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He directs the Special Services Unit at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. He is also the director of the Services for Adolescent and Family Enrichment program (SAFE), a collaborative program for youth referred for a sexual offense by the Juvenile Court. His treatment research interests include the study and treatment of child abuse/family conflict, child behavior disorders/antisocial behavior, including fire setting and sexual offending, and the integration of pediatric behavioral health services in primary care.
Continuing Education Credit
- Social Work, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: Programming approval for CE credits have been obtained for Social Work, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists from the UT Austin School of Social Work.
- Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs): Contact Hours from the National Council on Family Relations to CFLEs are available.
- Certificates of attendance are available for providers interested in documenting their professional development activities.
Course Resources & Materials
This course is part of the Sexual Behavior in Children & Youth (SBCY) Series. For more information on other professional development opportunities on this topic, visit the series homepage!
