Provides techniques that can be utilized in the home to help handle a youth who has become escalated. Participants get the opportunity to practice skills to help manage a crisis verbally.

Discusses the importance of maintain youth in placements and the detriment of providing notice that they youth needs to move homes.

Covers how to handle a crisis, what paperwork to fill out, signals of suicidal/self harming behavior, and how to ask for help if a crisis occurs.

Discusses the 40 Developmental Assets and using a youth’s strengths to encourage successes. Provides tips and shares successes of helping youth build their assets.