Working with young people with complex needs

Young people face unique stresses, pressures and transitions that are reflected in their experience of substance misuse, offending and mental health problems.

Explore key issues in adolescent development as a backdrop to understanding how young people experience problems.

Gain a deep understanding of adolescent complexity and explore a range of practice interventions to help young people reduce difficulties.

Also available for teams in-house (we come to you).

Course aims

• Develop a deeper understanding of adolescent complexity and explore practical interventions to support young people with complex needs

Course objectives

• By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:
• Explore adolescent development in context of the life course
• Identify specific sub-populations of adolescent difficulty and their predicted trajectories
• Discuss how to screen and assess the unique facets of adolescent problems
• Evaluate appropriate treatment responses depending upon the young person’s specific developmental needs
• Provide a range of practical interventions to reduce young people’s difficulties