Hoarding Level I

This well received and highly-evaluated one-day intensive workshop is for groups of all sizes who may or may not have first-hand experience working with hoarding situations and want or need to get a better understanding of hoarding behaviour.

Participants leave with a clear understanding of:

• The definition of hoarding
• Different types of hoarding
• How to identify hoarding
• Understanding what you see in hoarding situations
• Saving patterns in hoarding behaviour and how to identify them
• Additional disorders often found co-existing with hoarding behaviour
• Dos and don'ts of hoarding intervention
• A four-step process to assess if crisis services need to assess risk first (fire, public health, by-law, property standards, etc.)
• Recommended services
• Best-source research and what it says about hoarding behaviour and intervention
• Easy-to-use intervention tools & resources