Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI)

Welcome to the L.S.C.I. Training Support Center for Linn County, Oregon

This site has been put together for those people who have gone through the four day LSCI certification training here in Linn County. Our hope is that this site will offer some aids to you in an effort to help you implement LSCI techniques in your school or agency.

One of the main goals of bringing this training to Linn County is to create a common language between adults and youth to help facilitate conversation as we process issues with them.

The more times a youth is helped using the same intervention, the more likely they will begin to understand how their thoughts and feelings drive behavior and associate with positive or negative interactions with others.

To date, more than 800+ people throughout Oregon have completed the LSCI Certification Training. This includes school administrators and personnel, teachers, mental health specialists, alcohol and drug intervention specialists, juvenile probation officers and others.

Participants will learn what to do when a youth:

• Acts out in stress toward unsuspecting helpers, sparking explosive and endless power struggles
• Makes poor decisions based on distorted thought patterns and perceptual errors
• Has the right intentions and motivation but lacks the social skills to be successful
• Is purposefully aggressive and exploitive with little conscience
• Acts in self-damaging ways due to being burdened with shame and inadequacy
• Becomes entangled in destructive peer relationships and is vulnerable to manipulation.

Our LSCI blog includes resources to help aid you in implementing LSCI techniques in your school or agency. It also provides information on upcoming trainings.

Abbreviated training can be provided as an overview to the LSCI process. Training support can be requested by contacting our LSCI certified trainer.