Risk Assessment & Certificate of Evaluation, Presented by Mental Health First Responders

This is a 2.0 hour session.

We will review the work of Mental Health First Responders and the Mobile Crisis Team (MCT) Initiative in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. We will share the hard won insights of our work with local law enforcement. MCT Clinicians are truly working at the intersection of criminal justice and social justice. We will discuss what it’s like to work with police amid a nationwide call to defund the police. We will review how we assess risk, the quality of information we are seeking, care options once a level of risk is determined, and some strategies used during evaluation. New and seasoned social workers will benefit from the content and case studies presented. New ideas, tools and handouts will be shared. We hope you take the insights, strategies and tools back to your community and agency, in support of greater human rights and safety for all.

Presented by:

A transplant from a young age, Rosie Youngblood is an LCSW. She graduated from the UNM and NMHU. Rosie has experience in inpatient behavioral health and skilled nursing, crisis intervention, LGBTQ populations, and case management.

As an LPCC, Gilbert Valdez aligns himself with the visions of nonprofit organizations con coraz�n. Previously, an adjunct professor in psychology, a seasoned clinical supervisor who has treated families, children with SEDs and adults with SMIs. MST, TF-CBT, DBT, Play and Sandplay Therapies are modalities he’s experienced in.

For 15 years, Michael Lucero has been practicing therapy in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Santa Fe. He is a native New Mexican who has provided clinical supervision, client-centered individual, group, co-occurring, and family therapy. Michael has been a part of two separate mobile crisis response teams.

2.0 CEU's

NASW Member- $40
Non-Member- $60