Volunteer's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis Participant's Guide

Rich Van Pelt trains thousands of educators, counselors and youth workers each year in adolescent crisis intervention and teen suicide prevention and response. His expertise springs from more than three decades of youth and family work, including ten years with incarcerated youth in the Colorado Department of Corrections. He is president of Alongside Consulting, a Denver-based leadership development organization, and is national director of ministry relationships for Compassion International. Often called on to offer counsel and direction after major teen incidents, like the Columbine shootings, Rich is also the author of Intensive Care: Helping Teenagers In Crisis and co-author of The Youth Worker's Guide to Helping Teenagers In Crisis. Jim Hancock invested two decades as a church-based youth worker. Now he spends his days writing and creating digital movies and learning designs for youth workers, parents, and adolescents. He's the author of many youth ministry resources including How to Volunteer Like a Pro and The Justice Mission, and co-author of Good Sex 2.0 and The Youth Worker's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis.

• 01 Understanding CrisisHow to see and respond to crisis as a 'dangerous opportunity' for growth in the lives of adolescents and youth groups02 Spotting CrisisHow to become the sort of youth worker kids turn to in a crisisHow to get the story behind the story separating superficial 'presenting problems' from the 'core issues' in a crisisHow to assess and respond to suicidal language and gestures03 Responding to Crisis How to initiate an appropriate, proportional response to help a kid in crisisHow to refer a teenager to a skilled helper (without leaving the kid feeling abandoned)How to manage confidentiality, parental notification and legal requirementsHow to do whatever you can for as long as you can to help a kid in crisis04 Preventing Crisis in Your GroupHow to stay alert for early crisis warning signsHow to create a safe place to talk about unsafe thingsHow to address signs of addiction in teenagersHow to help kids understand that discipleship is communal