Training Description
Youth Serving Organizations (YSOs) are often thought of as more leisure-oriented organizations, such as Boys & Girls Clubs, sport teams, and summer camps. In most instances, however, YSOs can be akin to that of first responders in terms of situational prevention. As such, it is important that mental health, criminal justice professionals, and YSO staff understand the need for strategized safety plans. In this presentation, attendees will learn about the scope of safety concerns in YSOs and will discuss how to identify risk within YSOs. Workshop attendees will learn the steps to applying the situational prevention approach as well as gain an understanding of how situational prevention can be utilized as an effective and sustainable strategy approach for YSOs. Finally, attendees will be presented with promising research findings from a prevention trial with Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Trainer Biography
Keith Kaufman, PhD is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Portland State University, where he served as chair in the Department of Psychology for a decade. Dr. Kaufman’s clinical work has involved the assessment and treatment of both child sexual abuse victims and juvenile sexual offenders and their families. He has served as a member of the Oregon Youth Authority’s Advisory Board, the executive board of the National Alliance of Sexual Alliance of Sexual Assault Coalitions, and President of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA). Dr. Kaufman has received grant funding over the past 15 years from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Centers for Disease Control.
Learning Objectives
This training is designed to help you:
- Identify individuals who may pose a threat within a youth-serving organization
- Create a prevention plan that is both sustainable and comprehensive
- Apply a prevention plan to youth-serving organizations that are and are not leisure-based