The RAID® Approach for Self-Harm and NSSI.
The RAID® Approach for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury is a 1-day course that applies the RAID® approach to this challenging condition by helping us analyse what benefit the client derives from it and helping them to achieve the same benefit in a greener way – a way that works better for them.
It is APT-accredited and gives you access to relevant downloadable resources for use post-course. The course is available for whole teams and can be attended face-to-face or online. It is intended for people who have already attended The RAID® course for working with difficult and disruptive behavior.
Executive Summary:
Deliberate non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the intentional cause of harm to one's own body. More often, however, it is thought of as the coping with intense emotional distress by inflicting injury to oneself. It is more prevalent amongst young people, though by no means confined to them.
Non-suicidal self-injury is not attempted suicide, rather it is usually a way of coping with acute distress.
More than 24,000 teenagers are admitted to hospital in the UK annually after deliberately harming themselves; 1 in 10 teenagers self-harms. Rates of non-suicidal self-injury in the UK have increased over the last 10 years and are amongst the highest in Europe. Multiple adults are in secure facilities harm themselves in extreme ways sometimes being reckless as to the outcome of the harm they inflict.
Sometimes, non-suicidal self-injury is triggered by events such as: bereavement, loss of employment, imprisonment, relationship problems, and other crises, yet at other times, none of those are present, and the non-suicidal self-injury seems to be purely a very effective means of coping with distress from whatever source. Sometimes also it serves a different function. In any event, the key is to discover what function it serves and to help the person achieve that function in a better way for them.
This course sets out to give a clear and effective approach to achieve exactly that.
Who should attend?
All professionals who sometimes see people who self harm, whether 1:1 or as part of a team. You should also have attended The RAID® Course for working with difficult and disruptive behavior.
The course covers a great deal:
- Engaging with the person: forming a relationship whereby the person will take notice of what you say.
- Analysing why the person self harms. Although some triggers are more common than others, each person has their individual profile and it is essential to uncover it.
- Motivating the person to change: having the person reflect on their non-suicidal self-injury, identify why they might wish to stop it and become optimistic about the prospects for stopping (and doing something more constructive).
- Finding something better. Importantly, many people report that non-suicidal self-injury works extremely well for them and nothing else does. We look at solving this conundrum.
- The best laid plans are sometimes no more than that: how to have the person act on the plans you have jointly made.
- Dealing with frustration: coping with relapse in people who are doing well; responding to people who say one thing and do another.
- Long term strategy. How to get the person to look forward, to have goals and strive to achieve them. How not just to 'not self harm' but leave it right behind them.
- Methods of working. Gaining support for oneself and providing support 24/7 for the person concerned.
What the course will do for you:
- You will learn 'the fact and figures' relating to non-suicidal self-injury.
- How to help the person infer their own learning points - and act on them.
- Develop an understanding of why some people self-harm in spite of the distress it causes - and the reason is almost never 'attention-seeking'.
- Learn a clear sequence of steps that are necessary and sufficient in helping and treating people who self harm.
- Learn how to help the person focus on positive future goals in place of non-suicidal self-injury.
- How to provide support for the person when you are not available, and support for yourself when you need it.
- Overall you will have a very clear ‘road map’ for working with non-suicidal self-injury.
What you receive as a result of attending the training:
You will be registered as having attended the course, and receive a certificate to this effect. This gives you access to online resources associated with the course and free access to the online exam if you wish to sit it.
Booking this training is easy...Booking Options... for individuals or small groups For teams and organizations:Option 1: Online Live and Exclusive course: Live and interactive online course, delivered via Zoom or Teams* exclusively for your team or organization. Price: $3,100* for a group of up to 15 people (price includes a workbook for every delegate, posted to one address, or a PDF version can be provided). Extra delegates $170 per person. *We standardly deliver courses via Zoom (which is recommended). If you would prefer to use Microsoft Teams, there is an additional charge of $160 CAD per day. Option 2: Face-to-Face Onsite course: We bring the course and tutor to you, for an all-inclusive fee. Price: $5,040 (plus tutor travel and accommodation expenses) for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $270 per person. Option 3: 'Train the Trainer': If you or a colleague are a senior professional (e.g. consultant psychologist) and have a talent for communication and teaching, then you are welcome to apply to become an APT-accredited tutor. You could then tutor the course in your own organization, under license. This is not only a highly appropriate use of senior professionals, but it also saves your organization the tutor-component of the fee each time you run it or your chosen modules (50% of the face-to-face fee, regardless of whether the course is held online or face-to-face). To see the full benefits of this and to see whether you are eligible, click the button:
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NICE guidelines relevant to this course:
Self-harm in over 8s: long-term management (CG133) ❯
Self-harm in over 8s: short-term management and prevention of recurrence (CG16) ❯
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Feedback Ratings.
We continuously monitor the quality of our training by obtaining feedback on the two key scales of relevance and presentation from every course delegate. Below are the average ratings for the last ten runnings of this course, which are updated periodically.
Face-to-Face*
Presentation: 96%
Relevance: 95%
Online Live*
Presentation: 96%
Relevance: 98%
*This is a new course and the above feedback is taken from the RAID® Course.
Reviews.
APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments The RAID® Course has received.*
"One of the best presented, organized and thought-out courses I have been on. I speak as a course participant but also as a trainer of 20 years experience."
"I really enjoyed this course, absolutely the most impressive and useful training I have received in the 11 years working for the Trust."
*This is a new course and the above feedback is taken from the RAID® Course.
