Foster Care Training

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.

The experience of loss and secondary trauma for service providers, caregivers, and others who work with foster youth can at times impact quality care that is offered. This training looks at how vicarious and secondary trauma may impact those who work with system involved youth. This is an opportunity to explore the trauma that exists at micro and macro levels, and how these dynamics influence and are influenced by the direct dynamics within families and teams. Participants learn strategies to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and strategies of sustainability for those who work long term with foster care.

Youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation present with a unique set of needs, requiring a specialized approach to engagement and support. The CSEC 102 training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for serving youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. We also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as […]

During this session participants will explore the common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. participants will also engage in discussions on how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited.

This training focuses on helping professionals and youth learn to develop strong communication skills and express themselves confidently through storytelling and public speaking. Participants will explore how storytelling techniques can be used to help youth develop skills of resiliency, strong support tools, empower youth, enhance mentorship, and create spaces where young people feel heard. Podcasting will be utilized as a platform where professionals and youth can share their experiences, hear their own voices, and refine their storytelling skills for greater impact. This training helps youth-service providers develop tools to help youth improve their communication skills, grow in confidence, course correct, and develop more effective public speaking techniques.

While the larger human trafficking narrative has focused on child sex trafficking, it’s equally as important to discuss child labor trafficking. This training will provide an overview of child labor trafficking in the United States, including what it is, risk factors, and pathways of entry. Participants will also near about warning signs someone is being labor trafficked and recommendations to support labor trafficking survivors. Lastly, the trainer will discuss labor trafficking with adults and the impact it has on their youth in care. Register Here

Unfortunately, sexual violence is prevalent amongst system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of the different types of sexual violence as well as prevention and supportive strategies. This training will equip social service to better support system-involved youth and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Register Here

Many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions, particularly anger. Youth often acknowledge their need for anger management skills. This workshop will provide you with strategies to talk with youth about anger management and how to support them. Register Here

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Register Here

This training will focus on supporting youth in care to grow healthy relationships. This training will provide an overview of attachment and how attachment trauma impacts relationships. This course will discuss and explore the concept of self-soothing and how using creative tools can calm the mind and body, thus creating opportunities for building healthy connections. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that promote collaboration, repair, restoration, and strengthening of relationships, while also developing resilience and compassion.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws. Ethical practice issues in working with youth and families will be discussed. The NASW and CAMFT Codes of Ethics will be reviewed with attention to relevance in youth and family services.

This interactive training provides those that support system-involved youth with a comprehensive overview of California-specific legal and ethical standards for delivering services and support via telehealth. Through real-world scenarios, case vignettes, and applied best practices, participants will deepen their understanding of informed consent, confidentiality, and appropriate telehealth use with vulnerable populations. Emphasis will be placed on the unique needs of foster youth and system-involved youth, including how to assess telehealth suitability, ensure continuity of care, and navigate consent and emergency protocols across systems. This training equips providers to ethically and effectively use telehealth as a tool for access and equity in supporting system-involved youth with complex behavioral health needs.

There is a large need in California for serving monolingual Spanish Speaking LatinX families through service delivery. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough bilingual providers to meet the growing need. Therefore, it is imperative to build on our knowledge and skills in working with translators and interpreters in the field while remaining therapeutic and culturally responsive. In this workshop, we will review the best practices that the literature addresses when providing linguistically appropriate and culturally responsive services with the use of translators and interpreters.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

This training will review the basic principles, techniques, and popular theories related to family centered services. This training is best suited for providers who have an interest in learning more about family centered services, particularly if most of their service delivery has involved individual based models. Through this training, we will review how to engage and conceptualize presenting issues through a family systems lens. We will also discuss cultural considerations, including how presenting issues in families may be a result of sociopolitical factors and their intersection with the identity of individuals of a family. Participants will learn relation skills to work with youth and their families in various situations.