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Triad Girls' Group Treatment Manual
(Beginning to Intermediate Level)
Developed by: The Department of Mental Health Law & Policy of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute which is funded by a grant from the Children's Board of Hillsborough County.
10 Credit CE Course - $50 to complete post-test and receive 4 CE credits. Manual can be downloaded at no charge.
The Triad Girls' Group was developed in response to the lack of a comprehensive intervention for adolescent girls with histories of substance abuse, emotional problems, and violence/trauma/abuse. This Triad of issues frequently co-occurs but they are addressed separately in most treatment programs. An evidence-based intervention integrating these issues for adult women, the Triad Women's Group, served as a starting point in the development of the group model. This manual is intended to assist girls in discontinuing or avoiding substance use and abuse as well as other risky behaviors, to empower them to improved mental health, to support their survival and healing from violence and trauma, to identify the strengths that have helped them survive, and to decrease the chances that they will become involved with or reenter the juvenile justice system.
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
- Understand the Triad of issues that frequently co-occur for adolescent girls.
- Learn an evidence-based intervention integrating these issues.
- Learn about the structure of the group treatment.
- Prepare yourself for working with triad girls.
- Understand the unique mental health needs for adolescent girls.
- Be able to teach adolescent girls the SALT strategy for dealing with crisis situations.
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