Description:

The workshop is designed to increase the healthcare providers’ knowledge and understanding about young adult relationship abuse, mandated reporting, and incorporating evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches in educating your adolescent patients about abuse prevention and promoting healthy relationships. Participants will explore ways to improve services and increase the safety of their adolescent patients by learning how to conduct an assessment, educate, support, and provide appropriate resources and referrals to community-based advocacy programs. Educational materials promoting healthy relationships will be provided.

Recommended Audience: Healthcare providers in all professional fields serving adolescents. CEUs are pending through the Nevada Board of Examiners for Nursing and Social Work.

This presentation is supported by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NB01OT009412-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield or the Division nor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.