Workshops for Residential, Foster Care, Detention Center, and Psychiatric Professionals
Choose either title (presentation is the same):
"The Glass Ain't Half Full, Heck It's Overflowing!"
The Power of a Strength-Based Approach in Reshaping the Lives of Troubled Children and Youth.
Or:
No Such Thing As a Bad Kid: Key Strength-Based Principles and Techniques for Understanding and Responding to Troubled Children and Youth.
Our most popular workshop, this one- to three-day training can be presented in 2 to 21 hours to any number of participants. Each attendee receives a 45-page handout, made available in advance to workshop facilitators.
Workshop Description:
Strength-based practice is an emerging approach to helping troubled children, youth and their families that is exceptionally positive and hope-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 one- or two-day comprehensive workshop will highlight many of the key principles and techniques of this life-changing, inspiring approach to guiding high-risk youth.
Areas covered include:
- The power of a positive attitude from both a neurological and psychological perspective
- Strength-based communication principles and techniques - including reframing, solution focused techniques, and inspirational metaphors
- Self-esteem building & activities for at-risk children and youth
- How to help inflexible and explosive young people
- The importance of being family centered and creating interlocking partnerships with families and community resources
- Why, how, and when to use incentive plans
- Taking humor seriously
- The importance of controlling personal emotions (i.e. Managing number one first/ Responding vs. Reacting)
- Understanding and developing empathy for children and youth who have been traumatized
- Strategies to prevent problem behavior
- Core verbal interventions & de-escalation strategies
- Respectful limit setting
- What every youth care worker should know about developmental psychology
- Where it comes from and how to avoid interpersonal “splitting.”
- The do’s and don’ts of personal self-disclosure
- Using standard behavior management vs. unconditional responses to challenging behavior
- Creative cognitive behavioral strategies, including the power of rhythmic self-talk and externalizing & naming negative behaviors
A/V requirements: LCD and screen, TV/VCR, and flip-chart. For groups of 50 or more, a lavaliere microphone is requested.
Fee: Negotiable, based on location, time of year, number of attendees, training content, number of training hours and days, required preparation time, and similar factors.
Other workshops available from ATR presenters:
- Managing Number one, First! …and Staying Motivated to Do the Job!
- What Every Child Care Professional Should Know about Developmental Psychology
- Residential Care and/or Foster Care from the Child's Perspective
- The Art of Preventing Disruptive Behavior through Proactive Interventions
- Verbal Interventions That Work with Troubled Kids and Their Families
- Understanding and Maintaining Personal and Professional Boundaries
- Activity Philosophy and Programming & Building Self-Esteem in Troubled Kids
- The Role of the Unit Director/Supervisor
- Family Versus Child-Centered Residential Care
- Utilizing Humor
- How to Create a Positive, Strength-Based Culture
- Teaching Kids to Self-Manage Using Humor