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6 Challenges of the Human Services Worker

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It’s hard being a human services worker. Let’s take a few minutes to understand these challenges and how human services professionals can work to overcome them. Challenges a human services worker will face. Often, they and/or family members demand specific types of interventions. A shift in roles.

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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

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In the line of duty, they can experience events that have a lasting impact on their behavioral and mental health. Unfortunately, once they’ve left the service, they do not always receive the care they need or deserve. Behavioral and mental health challenges for veterans Veterans are at high risk for mental health issues.

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Autism Social Skills Training: Strategies for Developing Empathy

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Many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have some level of difficulty with social communication and interaction skills. Client Consultant the Center for Spectrum Services. By using a variety of instruction and interventions, you can begin to help your clients on their journey to acquiring these crucial social skills.

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Addressing Trauma and Abuse in Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Individuals who are non-verbal or need assistance with communication are often not able to report abuse, or if they do, they are often not considered to be reliable sources. Trauma-informed care is a model that can be adapted for any human service organization, including IDD organizations. What can IDD organizations do?

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

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Safety planning has proven an effective means of supporting those struggling with mental health crises, abusive relationships, or other forms of trauma. For behavioral health specialists, a safety plan can help to open lines of communication with a client and provide a template on how you and your client can check in with one another.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

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Safety planning has proven an effective means of supporting those struggling with mental health crises, abusive relationships, or other forms of trauma. For behavioral health specialists, a safety plan can help to open lines of communication with a client and provide a template on how you and your client can check in with one another.

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An Overview of Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change

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Motivational Interviewing is an important technique in the field of behavior change and therapeutic communication. Motivational interviewing approaches resistance not as a barrier to overcome but as a signal to adjust the communication strategy. Originally developed by psychologists William R. What is motivational interviewing?