Aspire receives Madison grant for youth therapy
Aspire Indiana Health has a received a $5,000 grant from the Madison County Community Foundation to fund Credentialed Sexual Abuse Youth Clinician (CSAYC) training for bachelor’s and master’s degree level staff.
Therapists will participate in an eight-day training that will allow them to receive their CSAYC certification and their Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) certification. Care coordinator/life skills specialists will participate in a one day training which will allow them to obtain their Direct Care Certificate of Training.
"We are thrilled to be awarded this grant, which will assist in therapists and care coordinator/life skills specialists getting trained to work with sexually maladaptive behaviors in youth in Madison County. This training would have not have been possible without the financial support of Madison County Community Foundation,” said Vanessa Pataky, Senior Director, Service Access.
CSAYC is an evidence-based practice that provides clinicians with advanced didactic and experiential training specific to engaging with sexually maladaptive behaviors in youth and their families with the goal of preventing further instances of juvenile sexual violence and setting offenders on a rehabilitative path.
The served population will be juveniles currently in the Aspire patient population who are in need of or lack access to other strong intervention services. This program works to address the needs of the community and provide for those youth who have experienced any sexual trauma within their lives.
Sexual violence can have significant negative impacts on victims’ physical, reproductive and mental health and their ability to have healthy relationships and those effects listed beforehand.
