Myth or Reality
Using "levels or "phases" of treatment progress contributes to youth success.
MYTH. Identifying levels of success or "growth" is counter to meeting an individual where they are currently at. Some individuals will potentially never achieve the same level of function / self-control as others, making it difficult to impossible to ever achieve the "same standards."
Healthy __________ are necessary to manage stress, span anxiety, and build resilience.
Relationships
What are we seeking to understand about a youth's behaviors?
Hint: One of the 5 W's
The WHY
Which of the two do we strive to practice with our youth?
Collaborative Problem Solving: Lagging thinking skills, youth have a kind of learning disability
Conventional Wisdom: Passive, permissive inconsistent parenting, youth trying to get or avoid things
Collaborative Problem Solving
What region of the brain shows less activity due to trauma?
The Temporal Lobes
The more rules we establish, the more negative behaviors we have to contend with.
TRUTH. More rules does not translate to more control in a situation. More rules requires more external control that then often creates negative relationships.
After stress is over, the stress response normally turns off and returns to a normal state. What can create stress responses that stay active?
Hint: ACE
Adverse Childhood Experiences
A __________ adult can ________ a __________ youth
A DYSREGULATED adult can DYSREGULATE a CALM youth.
A REGULATED adult can CO-REGULATE a DYSREGULATED youth.
When engaging with youth to teach or discuss various topics, how does the information process in their brain?
Sequentially from bottom (Braingstem) to top (Cortex-Control Center)
Youth are purposeful, manipulative, and trying to get away with something.
MYTH. Youth are doing the best they know how to survive, using the only skills they know how to use.
According to Dr. Bruce Perry, what is the most powerful therapy?
Human Love
What percentage of our population has experienced 4 or more Traumatic moments?
78%
According to William Glasser, there are 7 Deadly Habits and 7 Caring Habits. List two of each:
7 Deadly Habits: Criticizing, Blaming, Complaining, Nagging, Threatening, Punishing, and Bribing
7 Caring Habits: Caring, Trusting, Listening, Supporting, Negotiating, Befriending, and Encouraging
What are the Five Basic Needs we should recognize in the youth we build relationships with?
Survival / Love & Belonging / Power / Freedom / Fun
We can only control ourselves and the environment.
TRUTH. We cannot and do not control another person. You generally only have control over yourself. In our treatment setting, we control the environment and ourselves. Your decisions and response will generally make things better or worse.
What does the Relational Approach acronym P.A.C.E. stand for?
Playful / Accepting / Curious / Empathetic
A breakdown in their capacity to regulate internal states is at the core of a person's _____________
Traumatic Stress
What are the three ways to respond to Challenging Behavior?
Regulate / Collaborate / Harmonize
Youth need to learn how to deal with the real world. We cannot respond differently than the way the real world will respond.
MYTH. Our youth have already demonstrated that they cannot function adaptively in the "real world" so replicating real world environments will only reinforce maladaptive behavior. To prepare out youth for the "real world," we must develop their skill sets by meeting the youth where that are at functionally and helping them work upwards.
A large research study looking at the effect of medication on youth comparatively to standard treatment interventions found that over / above medications, symptomology is reduced when around SSNR. What is SSNR?
Safe / Stable / Nurturing / Relationships
Our youth have developed a distrust and guardedness against others. What are some characteristics of these "skills"?
Self-soothing
Staying vigilant
Quickly befriending strangers
Deceptive / Manipulative
Self-Preservation
Hiding inner life from others
Avoided closeness
Competition with others
What are the three Brain Centre's impacted by ACE's?
Memory and Learning Centre
Control Centre
Emotional Centre