Training Videos: Saferteens Intervention

A Seamless Referral to the Saferteens Interventionist with a Female Patient

This is an example of a patient-centered, Motivational Interviewing-based approach to a "seamless referral." This example can be adapted to your clinic and the way you provide care to your patients. 

Length: 4m 19s

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A Seamless Referral to the Saferteens Interventionist with a Male Patient

This is an example of a patient-centered, Motivational Interviewing-based approach to a "seamless referral." This example can be adapted to your clinic and the way you provide care to your patients. 

Length: 3m 24s

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Abbreviated Session with a Male Patient

This is an example of a full intervention session with a male patient with a history of fighting and alcohol use. This session is presented in an "abbreviated" format to simulate how the Saferteens-PC intervention can be delivered in a time-constrained setting. See the following two videos for examples of longer sessions.

Length: 38m 37s

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Full Session with a Female Patient

This is an example of a full session with a female that has a history of fighting and alcohol use.                                                            

Length: 1hr 6m

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Full Session with a Male Patient 

This is an example of a full session with a male that has low levels of current violence and no substance use, but has a history of violent behaviors.

Length: 57m 36s

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What's Important to You? (Goals/Values) 

In this section of the intervention, elicit and explore your patient's goals and values. The goal of the section is to build rapport with your patient and affirm positive thoughts and actions.

Length: 9m 18s

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What are you good at? What have you done? (Strengths)

In this section of the intervention, elicit and explore your patient's strengths. The goal of the section is to build rapport with your patient and gain trust.

Length: 3m 07s

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A Female Aggressor

The goal of the section is to learn about your patient’s past experiences with dating violence, and elicit and explore how it has or could impact their goals.   

Length: 18m 26s

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A Female Victim

The goal of the section is to learn about your patient’s past experiences with dating violence, and elicit and explore how it has or could impact their goals. 

Length: 6m 06s

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A Male Aggressor

The goal of the section is to learn about your patient’s past experiences with dating violence, and elicit and explore how it has or could impact their goals. 

Length: 7m 07s

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A Male Victim

The goal of the section is to learn about your patient’s past experiences with dating violence, and elicit and explore how it has or could impact their goals. 

Length: 3m 49s

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A Patient with Low Risk of Dating Violence (Male)

The goal of the section is to learn about your patient’s past experiences with dating violence, and elicit and explore how it has or could impact their goals. 

Length: 3m 13s

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Experiences with Fighting Peers (excluding Dating Partners)

The goal of this section is to learn about your patient's past experiences with violence and how it has or could impact their goals. 

Length: 18m 28s

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Patient with Frequent Marijuana Use

The goal of this section is to learn about your patient's experiences (if any) with substances, and to learn how they view their substance use and its impact or potential impact on their goals. 

Length: 11m 19s

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Patient with High-Risk of Substance Abuse

The goal of this section is to learn about your patient's experiences (if any) with substances, and to learn how they view their substance use and its impact or potential impact on their goals. 

Length: 11m 01s

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Patient with Low-Risk of Substance Abuse

The goal of this section is to learn about your patient's experiences (if any) with substances, and to learn how they view their substance use and its impact or potential impact on their goals. 

Length: 4m 20s

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Patient with Prescription Drug Misuse

The goal of this section is to learn about your patient's experiences (if any) with substances, and to learn how they view their substance use and its impact or potential impact on their goals. 

Length: 11m 46s

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Benefits of Staying Away from Fights

The goal of this section is to elicit and explore your patient's reason to stay away from fights. Elicit the negative impacts fights may have on their goals. Identify tools that they have used in the past that have kept them safe and have helped them avoid fights, and affirm past successes at avoiding fighting and any positive changes in thinking, attitude, or behavior. 

Length: 5m 16s

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Scenario 1 -- Peer Violence

To keep with the spirit of MI, we encourage you to personalize details in the scenario to make them more fitting for your patient. Through these role-plays you are creating a safe environment for the patient to establish tools that they could use the next time a situation like this happens. Each scenario has several key messages; you should go through as many key messages as you can that are relevant to your discussion with the participant until you feel you have fully explored the scenario.  

Length: 4m 53s

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Scenario 2-- Dating Violence

To keep with the spirit of MI, we encourage you to personalize details in the scenario to make them more fitting for your patient. Through these role-plays you are creating a safe environment for the patient to establish tools that they could use the next time a situation like this happens. Each scenario has several key messages; you should go through as many key messages as you can that are relevant to your discussion with the participant until you feel you have fully explored the scenario.  

Length: 4m 58s

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Scenario 3 -- Alcohol and Other Drug Use

To keep with the spirit of MI, we encourage you to personalize details in the scenario to make them more fitting for your patient. Through these role-plays you are creating a safe environment for the patient to establish tools that they could use the next time a situation like this happens. Each scenario has several key messages; you should go through as many key messages as you can that are relevant to your discussion with the participant until you feel you have fully explored the scenario.  

Length: 5m 28s

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Scenario 4 -- Retaliation, Peer Pressure and Alcohol/Drug Use

To keep with the spirit of MI, we encourage you to personalize details in the scenario to make them more fitting for your patient. Through these role-plays you are creating a safe environment for the patient to establish tools that they could use the next time a situation like this happens. Each scenario has several key messages; you should go through as many key messages as you can that are relevant to your discussion with the participant until you feel you have fully explored the scenario.  

Length: 9m 32s

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Final Summary

In this section of the intervention, the goal is to reflect with the patient on their goals, their motivations for staying away from fights, and to link together selected tools that aid in staying away from fights with personal strengths and goals. Additionally, affirm positive thinking, behavior, confidence, and plans for the future. 

Length: 2m 47s

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Resources

Built into this intervention screen is the ability to send a link to national resources to either the patient's email or phone (through text). See the "Resources" tab above for more information on what resources are included in this link. 

Length: 2m 04s

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Next Step

This is the last screen of the intervention. The goal is to solidify something that the patient can do in the next few weeks to get them closer to their goals and help them stay away from situations where violence is most likely. 

Length: 1m 31s

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Difficult Situation: Good Therapist turns "Bad"

This is an example of a therapist using controlling language, not meeting the patient where they are in life, and trying to push the patient to make a behavior change when they may not be ready. Be aware of these therapy traps. Especially ones when you start giving a lot of facts, or start lecturing a patient. After you watch this clip, watch the high-risk male dating violence script to see other techniques you could use in your sessions.

Length: 5m 02s

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Difficult Situation: Patient Defending their Behavior

The goals of this clip is to learn what to do if a patient defends their risky behavior and shows no interest in behavior change. In these circumstances, it is important to remember to be respectful, non-judgmental, and non-confrontational.

Length: 5m 31s

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Difficult Situation: Non-Talkative Patient 

The goal of this clip to is to learn what to do in situations when patients may be reluctant to engage in the therapy session, or may not be participating as much as you feel they should. If this happens, remember to meet the patient where they are at. Use reflective listening, and reflect on why they are not talking. Sometimes letting those moments of silence sit, can open a patient up. They may be non-talkative for many reasons, for example, they may be processing and need time, don’t assume why they aren’t giving you the information you want.

Length: 5m 02s

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