Making It Fair:
Respectful Intervention With Disadvantaged Young People Who Have Enacted Violence and Abuse
Alan Jenkins
Intervention with young people who have engaged in violence and abusive behavior can foster a sense of justice, equity and respect. However, our practice can also inadvertently oppress and victimize, in the service of noble motives such as responsibility and accountability. This workshop will address the politics of intervention by highlighting dilemmas and principles for just and respectful practice. Invitational practice which fosters a foundation for fairness, accountability to the experiences of childhood and the discovery of respectful ethics, will be outlined and demonstrated.
This workshop will highlight practical ideas to address the following dilemmas:
- How can we privilege fairness in an unjust world?
- How can we challenge abusive behavior without reproducing abuse?
- How can we address young people's own experiences of victimization and oppression without sacrificing a priority on responsibility and accountability for their own abusive actions?
- How can we work with shame without shaming young people?
Presenter's Bio: Alan has worked in a range of multi-undisciplinary teams addressing violence and abusive behavior of twenty-five (25) years. Rather than tire from this work, he has become increasingly intrigued with possibilities for the discovery of ethical and respectful ways of relating. The valuing of ethics, fairness and the importance of protest against injustice has led him to stray considerably from the path prescribed in his early training as a psychologist, towards a political analysis of abuse. Alan's most recent publication is 'Becoming Ethical: A Parallel Political Journey With Men Who Have Abused' published in 2009. He is currently a director of Nada, an independent service that provides intervention in family abuse, violence and workplace harassment. He manages the Mary Street Program for young people who have sexually assaulted, along with their caregivers and members of their communities.
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When: |
Friday, April 30, 2010 9:00am-4:00pm
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Where: |
Salesmanship Youth and Family Centers
106 E. Tenth Street, Dallas, TX 75203 |
Cost: |
| Individual | $75.00 | | Student | $37.50 | | Group | $60.00 |
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Credit: |
6CEUs |
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