G2. Physical interventions with escalations in education and youth care put in a context

Yvonne van Engelen (The Netherlands)
Although aggression and violence should preferably be prevented, it often is inevitable to refrain from action in escalating situations in education and child and youth care. Unfortunately professionals still often show an inconsistent, inappropriate and, from a professional perspective, irresponsible approach at these moments, which can harm both the pupil, the professional and the therapeutic alliance. The way they are carried out and the context in which physical interventions take place are crucial for the further course of the intervention and subsequent treatment.

In this workshop conditions and some quality requirements will be described with which physical actions can become suitable and responsible interventions, provided that professionals be trained appropriately. More recognition and support from the Government and the Inspectorate would be desirable in this respect. In the workshop there will be space for contributions and experiences from delegates and for discussion.

Yvonne van Engelen, M.Sc. (Orthopedagoog Generalist NVO (General Educationalist), GZ-psycholoog BIG (Health Care Psychologist under Individual Health Care Professions Act), Supervisor NVO OG).
For several years employed in different fields of child care as group worker, middle manager and Health Care psychologist, Yvonne works since 2000 as a diagnostician, supervisor and coach for teachers within the field of special needs education for primary school aged children with emotional and behavioural problems and/or learning or intellectual disabilities and their parents.

She is also trainer and tutor in the management of aggression of CONNECTING, partnership for consultancy and training, with a special focus on child & youth mental health care, education and intellectual disabilities services and involved since the early 90’s in the development, training and education of Attention officers/Trainers in the Management of Aggression and Social Security/Safety (ATAS). She was recently also trained in LSCI.
Over the past years she organised with CONNECTING international conferences on aggression management for trainers, wrote and presented at several international conferences about aggression management in child care and education. At present she is secretary and vice chair of the in November 2008 officially launched Association ‘European Network of Trainers in the Management of Aggression (ENTMA08)’.

H. How to make a Positive Peer Culture effective in a residential setting

Beate Kreisle (Germany)
Beate Kreisle (Germany) will talk about her experience with changing young people’s ‘evil ways’ and becoming positive members of our society. The workshop will contain information, interesting interventions (while working with troubled kids) and (audio-visual) impressions of special group meetings.

Beate Kreisle is a licensed psychologist, working in a children’s home with small residential groups in Moos in the Lake Constance region (Germany).

I. LSCI and Child Participation

Stein Lied (Norway)
Stein Lied (Norway) uses LSCI in different situations: In Norway during treatment of children in residential homes, in Sri Lanka, working for Save The Children with children affected by armed conflicts. He will tell about his way of working and what makes LSCI effective.

Stein Lied is educated in Norway as a social-pedagog (1978). He was working in different settings (resident/non-residential) with children/youth & families. Last 15 years as director for treatment programs for severly troubled youh. He is LSCI Senior Trainer since 2003. Member of Save the children Norway Emergency Stand by Team.

J. Using LSCI in a specialist centre for youth at risk

Gerry Daly
Kibble, a specialists centre for youth at risk, introduced LSCI as a way to offer (more) appropriate support to the needs of their youngsters.

My workshop will focus on influencing organisational culture with regard to managing challenging behaviour with adolescents. It will look at the importance of leadership, values and training - the training models will be Safe Crisis Management, LSCI and Response Abilities Pathways. I will also look at the importance of supervision and performance monitoring.

Gerry Daly is social worker and I has 30 years of experience; for the last 21 years he has worked in group care settings. He has responsibility for the implementation of training in several child care organisations.

(www.kibble.org).

K. Promoting empowerment cultures, a communty-based re-education program in Portugal

Patricia Sarmento (Portugal)
Re-EDucation (Re-ED) is a comprehensive and ecological model, very powerful in the work with kids, youths and families at-risk. When applied to programs (socio-skills programs for groups; classrooms; etc) there are important Re-ED elements that you want to consider and that enhance the intervention: program philosophy; program structure; climate and group process and individualized programming. I’ll present how the Re-ED model has shaped a community-based program for youths at-risk in Lisbon, being this the philosophy adopted by Pressley Ridge. Also, I’ll give some examples on how LSCI can make the difference in the lives of kids.

Patrícia Sarmento is graduated in Psychology by the Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, University of Lisbon and has a pos-graduation in Psicossocial Intervention with kids, youths and families by Instituto de Estudos da Criança, University of Minho. She works for Pressley Ridge Portugal, where coordinates an after-school, community-based program for 50 at-risk kids and 30 families for 4 years.