We currently have confirmed the following speakers with their provisional speaking titles.
Speaker bios, abstracts and confirmed titles will be announced by our newsletter and updates on this website.
All speakers has been allotted a 50 minute plenary session.
Introducing a new framework: The Youth and Emerging Adults Risk and Strength System (YEARSS), a developmentally informed version of the HCR-20 V3
Kevin Douglas and Øyvind Heen Ottesen
Session 1:
Randy BORUM (USA)
PROVISIONAL TITLE, to be changed:
Youth and emerging adults: The intersection of risk and vulnerability
&
Elizabeth HARNES (NOR)
PROVISIONAL TITLE, to be changed:
Assessing and understanding capacity and competency in young people in mental health settings
LUNCH
Session 2:
Kari ØVERLAND (NOR)
Developmental considerations in forensic evaluations of youth and emerging adults
&
Zemir POPOVAC (NOR)
Understanding and preventing serious violence in young people
BREAK
Zainab al ATTAR (UK)
Neurodiversity, crime and violence: Relevance to youth and emerging adults
&
Atte OKSANEN (FIN)
Understanding and managing young people fascinated by violence and weapons and the role of the internet
EVENING
Session 3
Lorraine JOHNSTONE (UK)
Overlapping risks in youth and emerging adults: Violence, victimisation and suicide/self-harm
&
Berit RICHIE and Donna McEWAN (UK)
Gang violence and organised crime in young people: Understanding and managing the risk
BREAK
Michael CALDWELL (USA)
Evidence-based interventions for young people at risk of serious violence
&
Terje OGDEN (NOR)
Family-based and systemic treatment approaches to working with young people at risk of harm
LUNCH
Session 4
Kevin DOUGLAS (CAN & NOR)
Risk assessment and management with young people and emerging adults at risk of crime and violence
&
Linda GRÖNING (NOR)
Legal perspectives on managing young people at risk
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