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Hoarding: An In-Depth Review of Interventions

May 17 and 18, 2023

9am-12pm via Zoom

Montgomery County Health and Human Services Behavioral Health Training Institute

Hoarding: An In-Depth Review of Interventions

Presenters: Courtney Owen, LCSW and Dara Leinweber, Hoarding Program Coordinator

Social Work, PCB, and CPRP credits are pending approval

Training focus will include:

  • How to engage, build trust, establish rapport to begin the intervention process

  • How hoarding impacts the individual AND the community

  • Skills building

  • CBT-Focused Care Management

  • Model Motivational Interviewing and Harm Reduction as a part of treatment

  • Building a team as part of the intervention

  • Setting up and implementing a sorting session

  • Building sustainability and evaluation into program services

Jewish Family and Children Services has developed an innovative Hoarding Program model that demonstrates positive outcomes to reduce the negative impacts of hoarding behaviors and create stability for older adults to safely age in place. The overarching goals of the program are to implement behavioral and sustainable interventions to older adults in the Greater Philadelphia area by helping them age in place safely by reducing environmental safety concerns, preventing evictions, and increasing physical and mental health; and reduce recidivism in individuals by increasing preventative measures and after-care.

Register here: https://montco.quickbase.com/db/bkqw8eycz