Foster Care Training

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]

This workshop will focus on two of the five social-emotional learning competencies: Relationship skills and Responsible Decision-making skills. It will explore how developing strong communication skills builds healthy relationships and discuss the importance of communication skills in decision-making, conflict resolution, and working collaboratively. Through interactive, hands-on, arts-based activities, participants will discover practical techniques that teach self-control, problem-solving, and compassion.

Shame is a demonized emotion it has been used to categorize certain people or ourselves as ‘bad’ Shame can also be a barrier to accountability the stories we tell ourselves and our bodily responses when experiencing shame can keep us away from returning to moving with integrity. How do we bring shame out of the shadows in order to heal it and work with it? How do we use it to support being in accountable relationships with others, break cycles of harm, and help us build a world that does not binarize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead allows for seeing each other in fullness, which includes the messy […]

This is an advanced course developed for case managers and clinicians who have a basic understanding of MI. Participants will build on the knowledge gained from an introductory MI course. Participants will increase their understanding of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries (OARS). The content explores each interviewing technique in-depth to enhance the participants tool kit of MI responses with system-involved youth and adolescents. Participants will be able to apply the tools learned in this course to establish reports, collaboration, and understanding for their current clients. This course will provide practical skills and strategies to resist the righting reflex when met with client resistance. Participants will increase their understanding of […]

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their clients and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens.

While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service and care providers with needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. Participants will be provided information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Register Here

Many system-involved youth are prescribed psychotropic medication so it’s crucial for social service providers to have a basic understanding of psychopharmacology. This training will provide an overview of the different classifications of psychotropic medication and how they affect youth. The training will also discuss common barriers to system-involved youth wanting to take psychotropic medication and how to address these barriers as well as strategies to provide psychoeducation to parents of system-involved youth about psychotropic medication.

Substance use is a growing issue with system-involved youth and young adults. Some youth have used substances prior to entering the system, some have been exposed to them while running away from placement and some use substances after leaving the system. System-involved youth and young adults may use substances as a means to cope with trauma and adversity, because of peer pressure, experimentation, etc. It’s crucial for social service, care providers, foster parents and natural supports to understand how substances affect youth. This training will focus on alcohol, marijuana and opioids. Participants will learn strategies to talk with youth about substance use as well as strategies to support youth who […]

This course will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for system-involved youth using three social-emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. CASEL.(n.d.) Through didactic, collaborative, and interactive learning, participants will explore how social-emotional learning is essential to mental health and wellness and how using creative arts-based tools can teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. These activities will help staff provide thoughtful services to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of system-involved youth in care. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

This training will help you support children’s and adolescents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being through art and creative interventions. This training will focus on managing social anxiety and loneliness for children and adolescents using three social and emotional learning competency domains: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Through interactive, arts-based activities and dynamic discussion, participants will learn techniques and problem-solving strategies that teach self-compassion and build healthy connections with others. Participants will recognize how our social interactions improve as we develop greater insight and connection with ourselves.

With a growing awareness of relational wounds system-involved youth and young adults experience, it’s important to consider one’s attachment. Understanding attachment helps social service providers better conceptualize their youth and young adults in care and develop plans of support accordingly. This training will provide an overview of attachment as well as ways to support system-involved youth and young adults through an attachment lens. Register Here

As online interventions becomes part of many providers service provision, it is important that they are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to telemental health. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) research on Telemental Health and 3) best practicing when providing online health and mental services.

Clients who have Substance Use Disorders are in every part of our system. This 2-day 15-hour in-depth pre-licensure class on the assessment and treatment of substance-related disorders was developed for ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs. It is also appropriate for anyone else in the behavioral health field who wants simply to learn more about this important issue. Topics covered include: substances and their effects, current trends, screening and assessment, signs of intoxication, an overview of substance-related disorders as defined in the DSM-5, treatment/counseling strategies such as relapse prevention theory, harm reduction, contingency management, and motivational interviewing all of which are evidence-based approaches with proven success rates.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV. This training utilizes slides, videos, vignettes, discussion of anonymized cases, and small and large group discussions to bring this issue to life. The […]

Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

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.

Do you ever struggle with how close or distant your relationships with system-involved youth should be in order to maintain your ability to be helpful? We provide support to youth in our continuums of care and to their families in their own homes, in schools, in their communities, and remotely; this can be confusing for us and for those we support as to what our roles are and what kinds of relationships are being developed. The true helping relationship requires clear relationship boundaries so that we don’t unintentionally exploit system-involved youth and/or their families or experience our own compassion fatigue. This training clarifies what we mean by boundaries, ways in […]

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.

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve […]

Across the nation, system-involved youth (SIY) are experiencing a rising increase of emotional and behavioral health needs which can negatively affect them in the core areas of their life. All too often, these young people are subjected to unnecessary hospitalizations, long stays in inpatient facilities, juvenile justice system involvement, disproportionate school discipline, and out-of-home placements. There are also pronounced disparities impacting young people of color, families from low-income communities, and transgender or gender fluid youth. For too many youth, these crises end tragically. All SIY and their families should have access to robust crisis response strategies that address their needs equitably and effectively with appropriate and timely support delivered for […]