Emotional issues can affect a person’s success in social relationships, educational pursuits, safety and the ability to eventually live happily and independently. We mistakenly allow emotions to control us, when in reality we need to learn how to control our emotions. Learning how to control emotions is an essential skill that everyone who wishes to be successful must acquire.
The Youth Short Term Executive Plus Program (YSTEP) is designed to teach young people how handle their emotions better and how to be more productive in everyday life. YSTEP is an interactive group intervention for emotional dysregulation following brain injury. It was developed by the Centers for Disease Control supported Injury Control Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and has been utilized at the El Paso County Juvenile Justice Center since 2012 for youth court ordered into the Challenge Academy, a post-adjudication program offering supportive residential drug and behavioral health treatment. Participation in the program has demonstrated promising results in impacting recidivism rates as fundamental strategies taught are designed to promote self-regulating skills as well as development of decision-making skills and causal relationships. Learn how the YSTEP Model has been used within this setting and how it can be incorporated across other settings as well.
Presenter:
Kim Shumate, Clinical Services Director, El Paso County Juvenile Justice Center
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