Appelstein Training Resources, LLC

Appelstein Training Resources, LLC

Youth care specialist Charlie Appelstein, M.S.W., President of Appelstein Training Resources, LLC (ATR) provides expert strength-based training, consultation, publications, CDs, and DVDs for individuals and groups who work with children and youth experiencing serious emotional and behavioral issues.

Charlie & his daughter

Described as "the best youth care trainer in America" by Robert Lieberman, former president of the American Association of Children's Residential Centers, Charlie has devoted his entire adult career to helping children and youth struggling with emotional and behavioral challenges and those who guide them. An engaging, informative, and humorous speaker, Charlie is the author of three critically acclaimed books on youth care and the creator of two innovative CDs that helps kids and parents make better choices and lead happier lives. Charlie’s strength-based approach delivers a message of hope and possibility to our most vulnerable youth and those who shape and influence their lives.

Training Announcements:

The following workshops are open to the public and are co-sponsored by Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars and Appelstein Training Resources, LLC.

* CBPS is approved by the Maryland State Board of Social Work to sponsor Category I CE programs; approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer CE for National Certified Counselors (NBCC) Provider #5763; approved by the Board of Behavioral Sciences in California to offer CEUS for MFCCs and LCSWs. Approved by the National Association of School Psychologist, provider #1067. CBPS maintains responsibility for this training.


Cancellation Policy: Written cancellations must be received by mail or email at least 10 business days prior to the trainings in order to receive a refund. $10.00 will be retained as a handling fee.

For information, call us at (877) 766-4487 or email: charlieap@comcast.net.

Full-Day Workshop: No Such Thing As a Bad Kid - The Power of a Strength-Based Approach in Reshaping the Lives of At-Risk Children, Youth, and Their Families

Workshop Description: Strength-based practice is an emerging approach to guiding at-risk children, youth, and families that is exceptionally positive and inspiring. Its focus is on strength-building rather than flaw-fixing. It begins with the belief that all individuals have, or can develop, strengths and use past successes to mitigate problem behavior and enhance decision making. This full-day comprehensive workshop will highlight many of the key principles and techniques of this transforming approach. Areas covered include: What is strength-based practice & the power of a positive attitude; strength-based communication principles and techniques - including reframing, solution focused questions, using inspirational metaphors, and key de-escalation techniques; self-esteem building & activities for at-risk children and youth; how to assist cognitively inflexible young people; the importance of being family friendly; why, how, and when to use incentive plans; the importance of controlling personal emotions (i.e. managing number one first); respectful limit setting; and a host of creative cognitive behavioral strategies.


Who Should Attend: Child and youth care professionals, teachers, social workers, foster parents, therapists, youth corrections workers…any professional guiding children and youth who struggle with emotional and behavioral challenges. Each participant will receive a 45 page handout. All of Charlie’s books, CDs, and DVDs will be sold at a special discount to participants.


Charlie will be offering this full-day strength-based training on the following dates and at these locations:

For more information about these events, please contact us at charlieap@comcast.net.

Two-Day Train the Trainer Course: How to Create & Maintain a Positive, Strength-Based Culture in Your Setting

Workshop Description: Strength-based practice is an emerging approach to helping at-risk children, youth and their families that is exceptionally positive and inspiring. Its focus is on strength-building rather than flaw-fixing. It begins with the belief that every individual has strengths and past successes that can be utilized to stop problem behavior and enhance decision making.


This two-day comprehensive seminar will highlight many of the key principles and techniques of this transforming modality. Areas covered include: What is strength-based practice and the power of a positive attitude; strength-based communication principles and techniques - including reframing, the creative use of metaphors, and solution focused communication; self-esteem building & activities for at-risk children and youth; how to help inflexible and explosive young people; what every teacher or child welfare professional should know about developmental psychology; enhancing empathy for traumatized children and youth; the importance of being family centered; why, how, and when to use incentive plans; the importance of controlling personal emotions (i.e. how to manage number one first) & de-escalation strategies; being proactive - the art of preventing problem behavior; how to take humor seriously; respectful limit setting; and a host of creative cognitive behavioral strategies.


The second half of day two is devoted to presenting a host of strength-based orientation and training strategies that will help participants bring the material back to their settings and teach and model it in a sustained, systemic manner. Participants will be given training exercises, learning games, visual cues, quizzes, feedback forms, original orientation material and much more to enhance their role as trainers, models, and leaders.


Numerous schools and programs throughout North America have used Charlie's strength-based material to reshape their environments. Feedback indicates that in response to implementing this approach, physical restraints and serious behavioral issues decrease, staff turnover rates improve, grades ascend, and - most importantly - kids and staff members enjoy improved relationships and children emerge with real hope and skills for better days.


Participants Receive: Each participant will receive:

Who Should Attend: Anyone who trains, supervises, or leads professionals dealing with at-risk children, youth, and their families. The course is designed to enhance the strength-based skill-set and training acumen of school personnel (reg. and spec. ed), child and youth care providers, foster and residential care leadership, mentoring professionals, and juvenile justice staff.


Charlie will be offering this two-day trainer's seminar on the following dates and at these locations:

Parenting Workshop: Helping Your Kids to Be All That They Can Be

Key Principles and Techniques for Effective Strength-Based Parenting Conducted by Charlie Appelstein, MSW

Workshop Description:

When parents focus on what their children do right, when they search for and cultivate their children's strengths, when they practice the golden rule...children mature and truly become all that they can be. This workshop will present a host of strength-based principles and techniques that help parents maximize the greatness that exists in every child and family. Topics covered include: What is strength-based parenting? communication strategies that help parents engage and inspire their children, techniques for enhancing self-esteem, the importance of being developmentally-friendly, creative self-management strategies for all family members, how parents can manage their own emotions and responses, and the nuts and bolts on setting respectful limits with children. This engaging workshop is for any parent regardless of the age of their children.


Charlie Appelstein, M.S.W. is a nationally prominent youth care specialist and author. He has authored three youth care books that are widely used within the field, including No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: Understanding and Responding to the Challenging Behavior of Troubled Children and Youth. His latest creation, a self-help CD for moms and dads titled Parent Rapsody - Songs and Musical Mantras for Successful Parenting won a national Mom's Choice award in 2010.


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