Description:

The purpose of this training is to provide child welfare professionals with foundational knowledge about trauma and its effect on children and families as well as explore strategies that are trauma-informed in working with populations with a history of trauma.

Participants will:

• Be able to define trauma and describe how it differs from everyday stress
• Learn how to view behaviors and interactions with children and families through a trauma lens
• Identify the impact trauma may have on childhood developmental tasks
• Understand the role of resilience on buffering the effects of traumatic events
• Be able to describe ways they can help children and families experiencing traumatic stress reactions

Description:

What is Compassion Fatigue? Who does it affect? Why should you care? How do you deal with it? This workshop will answer these questions and build skills in the participant to identify, consider, and manage symptoms of compassion fatigue. Participants learn in an experiential environment that provides opportunity for reflection and analysis on their own symptoms of compassion fatigue through use of self-assessments and group discussion. At the conclusion of the session, participants will be provided with a self-care activity that provides the opportunity to relax and recharge.

Participants will:

• Be able to define the 3 elements of professional quality of life
• Identify characteristics that contribute to or provide resilience from compassion fatigue
• Create a self-care plan for implementation following the training

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
(for adults who interact with young people):

A FREE training about common mental health challenges, misconceptions, and how you can lend a helping hand to a person in need of support!

Mental Health First Aid USA is an 8-hour training to teach participants how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it helps trainees identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

Research studies have consistently shown that hope is the number one predictor of future wellness outcomes for individuals. Hope is easily defined, easy to assess, and easy to teach and practice. Simply stated, hope is the idea that “I have a great future in front of me and I have the power to make it a reality.” We know kids and families have been through a great deal of stress related to the pandemic. Applying hope science to our work with kids and families can help them better handle the stressors of difficult times. People who work in direct care of youth and families are not immune to the impacts of secondary trauma. Applying hope science as part of our self-care plan can lead us to increased outcomes related to our own well-being.

Participants will:

• Define hope
• Measure hope
• Teach hope
• Practice hope science

Participants will get breakfast, lunch a copy of the book Hope Rising by Chad Hellman and 6 CEUs.

Research studies have consistently shown that hope is the number one predictor of future wellness outcomes for individuals. Hope is easily defined, easy to assess, and easy to teach and practice. Simply stated, hope is the idea that “I have a great future in front of me and I have the power to make it a reality.” We know kids and families have been through a great deal of stress related to the pandemic. Applying hope science to our work with kids and families can help them better handle the stressors of difficult times. People who work in direct care of youth and families are not immune to the impacts of secondary trauma. Applying hope science as part of our self-care plan can lead us to increased outcomes related to our own well-being.

Participants will:

• Define hope
• Measure hope
• Teach hope
• Practice hope science

Participants will get breakfast, lunch a copy of the book Hope Rising by Chad Hellman and 6 CEUs.

Research studies have consistently shown that hope is the number one predictor of future wellness outcomes for individuals. Hope is easily defined, easy to assess, and easy to teach and practice. Simply stated, hope is the idea that “I have a great future in front of me and I have the power to make it a reality.” We know kids and families have been through a great deal of stress related to the pandemic. Applying hope science to our work with kids and families can help them better handle the stressors of difficult times. People who work in direct care of youth and families are not immune to the impacts of secondary trauma. Applying hope science as part of our self-care plan can lead us to increased outcomes related to our own well-being.

Participants will:

• Define hope
• Measure hope
• Teach hope
• Practice hope science

Participants will get breakfast, lunch a copy of the book Hope Rising by Chad Hellman and 6 CEUs.