Resilience Trainings and Events

Applications in Resilience: Defiance
Jan
23

Applications in Resilience: Defiance

Description:

Neuroscience is demonstrating that some of the most challenging behaviors , like defiance, are biologically based fear responses more related to fear-based dysregulation than intractable behavior. Further research is showing that those labeled Oppositional or Defiant often are individuals with slow process speeds, and we can slow ourselves down and take some time to regulate, it often gives the person enough time to calmly process and comply. For others trauma has taught them that compliance can be unsafe and we will need to help them experience felt safety and may even need to allow them to experience saying not without unsafe consequences before they feel safe enough to say, “Yes.” Those attempting to assist people struggling with defiance can often fall into a cycle of frustration and power struggle, resulting in lose/lose outcomes. Setting power struggles aside, we will place defiant behavior into the context that drives it and engage brain-based interventions to help improve processing, cooperation, and participation.

IN PERSON ONLY-Child Focus Training Center
MUST ATTEND FULL TRAINING. PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE GIVEN.

Upon completion of each session participants will be able to:

  1. Engage ways to regulate to help ourselves and those struggling with oppositional or defiant behaviors have the time, space, and calm they need to process requests.  

  2. Compare and contrast traditional and emerging neuroscience-based understanding of chronic, challenging behaviors like defiance

  3. Identify the context and drivers of the defiance and assist with helping trauma survivors feel safe enough to comply.

  4. Practice a collaborative, non-adversarial approaches to addressing defiance

Presenters:

Mary Vicario LPCC-S, CTS

Mary Vicario is a licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor (LPCC –S) and a certified trauma specialist with over 35 years of experience working as an educator, counselor, clinical director, and consultant with individuals, families, organizations, and systems. She trains nationally and internationally translating the latest research on the neuroscience of trauma and resilience into interventions for all ages and ability levels. Mary is a proud participant in multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed and resilience-based care across systems and communities. She is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors.  Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios, Ph.D.

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios is a Queer, Latinx, interpersonal violence scholar. She is an Assistant Professor at Miami University where she instructs courses on Culturally Informed Practice and Interpersonal Violence. Her work is grounded in intersectionality theory, discussing issues around the absence of and need for diversity, practices that limit and create equity, and the need for radical inclusion. Specifically, Dr. Barrios investigates the culture of nondisclosure of violence. Her scholarship is used to conduct trainings for local and national audiences (i.e. practitioners, researchers, educators) on the topics of cultural and trauma responsive strategies for working with individuals across the lifespan.

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Applications in Resilience: Hoarding and Food Issues
Feb
3

Applications in Resilience: Hoarding and Food Issues

Description:

Both hoarding and food issues are often viewed and treated as character flaws and willful behavior that continues despite negative consequences. Neuroscience is now demonstrating that some of the most challenging behaviors, like food issues and hoarding, are biologically based fear responses more related to fear-based dysregulation than intractable behavior. Those attempting to assist people engaging in hoarding or struggling with food issues can often fall into a cycle of frustration and power struggle, resulting in lose/lose outcomes. Together we will examine how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and compounding adverse toxic stressors (CATS) create repeated experiences of loneliness, rejection, or lack of control over one’s belongings or even one’s ability to access basic needs like food. These experiences disrupt the “felt safety” needed for the attachment and regulation centers of the brain to work pro-socially resulting in the hoarding of food and objects and other food related challenges. Setting power struggles aside, we will place these behaviors into the context that drives them and engage brain-based interventions to help people feel safe enough to identify and connect with safe people and interactions instead of possessions and food.  

IN PERSON ONLY-Child Focus Training Center
MUST ATTEND FULL TRAINING. PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE GIVEN.

Upon completion of each session participants will be able to:

1.     Explore traditional and emerging neuroscience-based understanding of chronic, challenging behaviors like hoarding and food issues. 

2.     Identify the context and drivers of the hoarding and food issues, so strategies can be more effective at addressing the root of these challenging behaviors. 

3.      Help people reconnect their dopamine reward systems with safe interactions instead of objects and food. 

4.      Practice a collaborative, non-adversarial approach to addressing the chronic, challenging behaviors of hoarding and food issues.  

Presenters:

Mary Vicario LPCC-S, CTS

Mary Vicario is a licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor (LPCC –S) and a certified trauma specialist with over 35 years of experience working as an educator, counselor, clinical director, and consultant with individuals, families, organizations, and systems. She trains nationally and internationally translating the latest research on the neuroscience of trauma and resilience into interventions for all ages and ability levels. Mary is a proud participant in multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed and resilience-based care across systems and communities. She is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors.  Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios, Ph.D.

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios is a Queer, Latinx, interpersonal violence scholar. She is an Assistant Professor at Miami University where she instructs courses on Culturally Informed Practice and Interpersonal Violence. Her work is grounded in intersectionality theory, discussing issues around the absence of and need for diversity, practices that limit and create equity, and the need for radical inclusion. Specifically, Dr. Barrios investigates the culture of nondisclosure of violence. Her scholarship is used to conduct trainings for local and national audiences (i.e. practitioners, researchers, educators) on the topics of cultural and trauma responsive strategies for working with individuals across the lifespan.

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Applications in Resilience: Lying
Feb
24

Applications in Resilience: Lying

Description:

Lying, stealing, manipulating, Oh My!! These are some of the most emotionally charged and challenging behaviors faced by helping professionals. So, what do all of these behaviors have in common??? Dopamine! Dopamine is the neurochemical that gives us a will to live. If we cannot find it safely through connection and interaction with others, we will be driven to find it elsewhere. Any risk-taking behavior that we succeed at gives us a release of dopamine for surviving the risk. Unfortunately, this means if we have not had a chance to obtain dopamine in safe ways, these unsafe ways become highly engrained. This happens because dopamine gives us the feeling of being alive and that we matter. Those attempting to assist people engaging in these behaviors can often fall into a cycle of frustration and power struggle, resulting in lose/lose outcomes. Setting power struggles aside, we will place lying into context that drives it and engage brain-based interventions to help reconnect the dopamine reward system with safe connection instead of risk. We will also explore how our own belief systems about lying impacts our interactions with those struggling to feel safe enough to allow reality to be real, share their truth, or take responsibility for their actions. By looking at what research tells us and what our work experiences have shown us, we will develop strategies to assist in negotiating this work that is as important as it is challenging.

Upon completion of each session participants will be able to:

1. Explore traditional and emerging neuroscience-based understandings of lying. 

2. Identify and address their own beliefs about the truth and know if they believe if the truth is owed to everyone or must be earned through trustworthy behavior. 

3. Practice collaborative, non-adversarial ways to understand and engage those who have developed belief systems about truth very different from their own. 

4. Be introduced to a multimodal approach to increasing felt safety (neuroception) in those who engage lying as a survival skill. 

5. Practice recognizing and addressing the role of shame, grief and fear in chronic, challenging behaviors and how to release it and develop replacement behaviors that promote resiliency. 

6.  Identify and explore the hidden resilience (determination and creativity) in the survival skill of lying to help those we serve and support engage that resilience to develop prosocial ways to meet their needs.  

IN PERSON ONLY-Child Focus Training Center
MUST ATTEND FULL TRAINING. PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE GIVEN.

Presenters:

Mary Vicario LPCC-S, CTS

Mary Vicario is a licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor (LPCC –S) and a certified trauma specialist with over 35 years of experience working as an educator, counselor, clinical director, and consultant with individuals, families, organizations, and systems. She trains nationally and internationally translating the latest research on the neuroscience of trauma and resilience into interventions for all ages and ability levels. Mary is a proud participant in multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed and resilience-based care across systems and communities. She is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors.  Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios, Ph.D.

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios is a Queer, Latinx, interpersonal violence scholar. She is an Assistant Professor at Miami University where she instructs courses on Culturally Informed Practice and Interpersonal Violence. Her work is grounded in intersectionality theory, discussing issues around the absence of and need for diversity, practices that limit and create equity, and the need for radical inclusion. Specifically, Dr. Barrios investigates the culture of nondisclosure of violence. Her scholarship is used to conduct trainings for local and national audiences (i.e. practitioners, researchers, educators) on the topics of cultural and trauma responsive strategies for working with individuals across the lifespan.

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Applications in Resilience: Manipulation
Mar
17

Applications in Resilience: Manipulation

Description:

Lying, stealing, manipulating, Oh My!! These are some of the most emotionally charged and challenging behaviors faced by helping professionals. In this training, we will home in on manipulation, which is truly the consolation prize of the disenfranchised. Meaning if you come from an environment where it is not safe to directly ask for what you need, you will find another way to meet that need. Those attempting to assist people engaging in manipulative behaviors can often fall into a cycle of frustration and power struggle, resulting in lose/lose outcomes. Setting power struggles aside, we will place manipulation into the context that drives it and engage brain-based interventions to help people feel safe enough to (and learn how to) directly ask for what they need. We will also explore how our own experiences with being manipulated impacts our interactions with those struggling to feel safe enough to directly ask for what they need. By looking at what research tells us and what our work experiences have shown us, we will develop strategies to assist in negotiating work with manipulation that is as important as it is challenging.

Upon completion of each session participants will be able to:

1.   Explore traditional and emerging neuroscience-based understandings of manipulation. 

2.   Identify and address their own experiences with and beliefs about manipulation. 

3. Practice collaborative, non-adversarial ways to understand and engage those who have had to find indirect ways to meet their needs. 

4. Be introduced to a variety of neuroscience-based approaches to increasing felt safety (neuroception) in those who engage in manipulation as a survival skill. 

5.  Practice recognizing and addressing the role of shame, grief and fear in chronic, challenging behaviors and how to release it and develop replacement behaviors that promote resilience. 

6.  Identify and explore the hidden resilience of resourcefulness in the survival skill of manipulation to help those we serve and support engage their resourcefulness to develop prosocial ways to meet their needs. 

 

IN PERSON ONLY-Child Focus Training Center
MUST ATTEND FULL TRAINING. PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE GIVEN.

Presenters:

Mary Vicario LPCC-S, CTS

Mary Vicario is a licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor (LPCC –S) and a certified trauma specialist with over 35 years of experience working as an educator, counselor, clinical director, and consultant with individuals, families, organizations, and systems. She trains nationally and internationally translating the latest research on the neuroscience of trauma and resilience into interventions for all ages and ability levels. Mary is a proud participant in multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed and resilience-based care across systems and communities. She is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors.  Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios, Ph.D.

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios is a Queer, Latinx, interpersonal violence scholar. She is an Assistant Professor at Miami University where she instructs courses on Culturally Informed Practice and Interpersonal Violence. Her work is grounded in intersectionality theory, discussing issues around the absence of and need for diversity, practices that limit and create equity, and the need for radical inclusion. Specifically, Dr. Barrios investigates the culture of nondisclosure of violence. Her scholarship is used to conduct trainings for local and national audiences (i.e. practitioners, researchers, educators) on the topics of cultural and trauma responsive strategies for working with individuals across the lifespan.

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Applications in Resilience: Stealing
Apr
14

Applications in Resilience: Stealing

Description:

Lying, stealing, manipulating, Oh My!! These are some of the most emotionally charged and challenging behaviors faced by helping professionals. So, what do all of these behaviors have in common??? Dopamine! Dopamine is the neurochemical that gives us a will to live. If we cannot find it safely through connection and interaction with others, we will be driven to find it elsewhere. Any risk-taking behavior, like stealing, that we succeed at gives us a release of dopamine for surviving the risk. Unfortunately, this means if we have not had a chance to obtain dopamine in safe ways, these unsafe ways become highly engrained. This happens because dopamine gives us the feeling of being alive and that we matter. This is why stealing, especially shoplifting, often appears after the unexpected loss of someone meaningful. Those attempting to assist people who steal can often fall into a cycle of frustration and power struggle, resulting in lose/lose outcomes. Setting power struggles aside, we will place stealing into the context that drives it and engage brain-based interventions to help people grieve losses and reconnect the dopamine reward system with safe connection instead of risk. We will also explore how our own experiences with having our belongings stolen impacts our interactions with those struggling to take responsibility for their actions, grieve, and find safe ways to meet their needs. Finally, we will engage the hidden resilience of strategy, creativity, and determination found in the survival skill of stealing to help people move beyond the experiences, visceral memories, and belief systems that are keeping them from directly and pro-socially meeting their needs.  

Upon completion of each session participants will be able to:

1.  Explore traditional and emerging neuroscience-based understandings of stealing. 

2.  Identify and address their own experiences and beliefs related to stealing and people who engage in stealing. 

3. Practice collaborative, non-adversarial ways to understand, engage, and address those who have developed stealing as a survival strategy or coping skill. 

4. Be introduced to a multidimensional approach to increase felt safety (neuroception) and help people grieve to address the drive behind their stealing behavior. 

5.  Identify and explore the hidden resilience (strategy and determination) in the survival skill of stealing to help those we serve and support engage that resilience to develop prosocial ways to meet their needs.  

IN PERSON ONLY-Child Focus Training Center
MUST ATTEND FULL TRAINING. PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE GIVEN.

Presenters:

Mary Vicario LPCC-S, CTS

Mary Vicario is a licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor (LPCC –S) and a certified trauma specialist with over 35 years of experience working as an educator, counselor, clinical director, and consultant with individuals, families, organizations, and systems. She trains nationally and internationally translating the latest research on the neuroscience of trauma and resilience into interventions for all ages and ability levels. Mary is a proud participant in multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed and resilience-based care across systems and communities. She is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors.  Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios, Ph.D.

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios is a Queer, Latinx, interpersonal violence scholar. She is an Assistant Professor at Miami University where she instructs courses on Culturally Informed Practice and Interpersonal Violence. Her work is grounded in intersectionality theory, discussing issues around the absence of and need for diversity, practices that limit and create equity, and the need for radical inclusion. Specifically, Dr. Barrios investigates the culture of nondisclosure of violence. Her scholarship is used to conduct trainings for local and national audiences (i.e. practitioners, researchers, educators) on the topics of cultural and trauma responsive strategies for working with individuals across the lifespan.

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Applications in Resilience: Unsafe Sexual Behavior
May
12

Applications in Resilience: Unsafe Sexual Behavior

Description:

We are so hardwired for connection as humans that in the first three years of life, if we do not receive physical touch, our bodies will not hold onto the calories from our food. This is the biological mechanism behind failure to thrive. To help us survive, if the only touch available to us is physical or sexual abuse, our brain reverses felt and unfelt safety. This means we are given signals to feel safe around unsafe people and signals for a lack of safety around safe people. All so we can go toward the only touch available to us when we need it most. Young children, adolescents, and even adults who have had to trade sex for affection or other basic needs can also have their brains adapt in this manner. Unfortunately, we too often view unsafe sexual behavior as a character defect or a destructive choice that needs to be addressed through “tough love,” punishment, and even isolation. Neuroscience is demonstrating that these approaches actually increase the cravings for any type of connection including unsafe connection. So, with the best of intentions, we can increase the very behavior we are trying to help someone change. Together we will examine how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Compounding Adverse Toxic Stressors (CATS) create repeated fear responses and disrupt the “felt safety” needed for the attachment and regulation centers of the brain to work safely. Setting power struggles aside, we will place unsafe sexual behavior into the context that drives it and engage brain-based interventions to help safe connection actually feel safe and give people experiences of affection and care that do not include a sexual transaction. We will also explore how parallel process and secondary trauma impacts everyone working with complex trauma survivors and what can be done to lessen and address these stressors. By looking at what research tells us and what our work experiences have shown us, we will develop strategies to assist in negotiating this work that is as important as it is challenging.  

Upon completion of each session participants will be able to:

1. Explore traditional and emerging neuroscience-based understanding of unsafe sexual behavior.

2.  Identify the context and drivers of the unsafe sexual behavior, so strategies can be more effective at addressing the root of the behavior.  

3.  Identify and address the impact our belief systems have on our feelings towards and interactions with people who engage in unsafe sexual behaviors. 

4.  Engage cooperative and non-adversarial approaches to help those we serve and support increase felt safety and the Five Good Things found in mutually enhancing relationships. 

5. Practice recognizing and addressing the role of shame, grief and fear in unsafe sexual behaviors and how to release it and develop replacement behaviors that promote non-transactional, safe connection. 

6. Identify and explore the hidden resilience of agency and the drive to nurture and be nurtured found in the survival skill of unsafe sexual behavior to help those we serve and support engage their resilience to develop safe ways to develop mutually enhancing relationships.  

IN PERSON ONLY-Child Focus Training Center
MUST ATTEND FULL TRAINING. PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE GIVEN.

Presenters:

Mary Vicario LPCC-S, CTS

Mary Vicario is a licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor (LPCC –S) and a certified trauma specialist with over 35 years of experience working as an educator, counselor, clinical director, and consultant with individuals, families, organizations, and systems. She trains nationally and internationally translating the latest research on the neuroscience of trauma and resilience into interventions for all ages and ability levels. Mary is a proud participant in multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed and resilience-based care across systems and communities. She is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors.  Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios, Ph.D.

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios is a Queer, Latinx, interpersonal violence scholar. She is an Assistant Professor at Miami University where she instructs courses on Culturally Informed Practice and Interpersonal Violence. Her work is grounded in intersectionality theory, discussing issues around the absence of and need for diversity, practices that limit and create equity, and the need for radical inclusion. Specifically, Dr. Barrios investigates the culture of nondisclosure of violence. Her scholarship is used to conduct trainings for local and national audiences (i.e. practitioners, researchers, educators) on the topics of cultural and trauma responsive strategies for working with individuals across the lifespan.

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Resilience Based Problem Solving: Moving from Conflict to Collaboration (In Person)
Jun
14

Resilience Based Problem Solving: Moving from Conflict to Collaboration (In Person)

Presented by: Finding Hope Consulting

Hosted by: The Resilience Project and Child Focus

FEE: Attendance is Free

CEU: 3.0

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Presentation Summary:  

Consider this . . . Growth Fostering Conflict . . . Say what?! 

Yes, what might conflict that supported, rather than disrupted, connection look like?   Come explore with us a Resilience Based approach to problem solving designed to engage our cortex through curiosity, ignite our mirror neurons for connection, and coordinate our entire brain for collaboration.  By harnessing the relational neuroscience of resilience, we not only move from conflict to collaboration . . . we also create connection where all participants have the opportunity for growth.  We will break Resilience Based Problem Solving into three steps that will move us from Conflict through Curiosity to Connection and finally Collaboration.  Together we will practice and play with skills that enhance our ability to see options, work cooperatively, and engage diverse ideas and experiences as a resource.     

Agenda and Learning Objectives: 

Upon completion of this training participants will be able to identify and engage strategies that support:

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.    Objective 1:  Conflict that fosters growth through resilience-based problem solving.

1:45 – 2:30 p.m.    Objective 2:  Building curiosity to support the functioning of the cortex to increase their ability to see options and to help their clients do the same. 

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.    BREAK

2:45 – 3:30 p.m.    Objective 3:  Building Connection through exploring similarities to improve mirror neuron functioning.

3:30 – 4:15  p.m.    Objective 4:  Collaborative problem solving to avoid power struggles and reach growth fostering solutions.

We understand that this proposal is contingent upon the contracting organization receiving requested funding and obtaining enough interest to cover costs.  The contracting organization will notify Finding Hope Consulting,

LLC at least 30 days prior to the scheduled training date if postponement or cancellation is required. 

Executive Summary

About:  Finding Hope Consulting, LLC

Founded in 2007 by Mary Vicario, Finding Hope Consulting addresses the gap in training available to communities by translating cutting edge relational neuroscience into everyday activities that can be utilized to promote healing, resilience and hope.  Through interactive and entertaining training, Finding Hope brings the neurobiology of hope to life.  We have strengthened a broad range of organizations with a focus on supporting underserved populations and creating trauma-responsive communities. 

Bio:  Mary Vicario LPCC-S, CTS

Mary Vicario is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Supervisor (LPCC-S) and a Certified Trauma Specialist (CTS) with over 30 years’ experience working with trauma survivors of all ages and ability levels and training on trauma informed care nationally and internationally.  She has been a People-to-People delegate to China and Mongolia with the American Counseling Association and guest lectured and participated in a conference on human trafficking in Germany.  She holds a Certificate in Traumatic Studies from the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute and has also been honored with a CASA award for cooperative casework.  Mary was an expert witness in child abuse for over 10 years, and in the past three years has worked with and trained First Responders. 

As a former teacher, clinician and clinical director and now as the founder of Finding Hope Consulting, LLC, Mary has many years’ experience working with trauma survivors, addictions and training.  Receiving ongoing training at international trauma conferences, The Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley College, The International Center for Growth in Connection, and Harvard Medical School since 1992, she has been bringing home to Ohio the latest in neuroscience and trauma research to create cutting edge training and programming for individuals of all ages and ability levels and the systems that work with them. 

Based on her training in Relational-Cultural Theory and Relational Neuroscience, Ms. Vicario’s work centers around the knowledge that all growth occurs in relationship and all relationships are embedded in culture.  Ms. Vicario is a trainer and coach for the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program and co-authored the Foster Parents' Survival Guide, a textbook chapter in Counseling Children and Adolescents:  Connecting Theory, Development and Diversity by Sondra Smith-Adcock and Catherine Tucker Eds through Sage Publishing, and other trauma informed articles and curricula.  She has been an expert witness on abuse since 1989, has been honored with a Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Award for cooperative casework, and clinically managed a program assisting Hamilton County Ohio for eight years creating cross system care for the 300 most at-risk youth in the county.  Mary is a proud participant in multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed care across systems and communities in the United States and is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors.  Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com.

 WHO’S INVITED? This session is designed for those who have a basic understanding of trauma and wish to become more knowledgeable and skilled in supporting those who have experienced complex trauma.  The interventions and supports described in this training are designed for use not just by clinicians, but also direct support staff, family members and others who interact with and care for the person who has experienced trauma.

ABOUT THE RESILIENCE PROJECT

The Resilience Project is administered by Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBH) with the support of these partner agencies: Child Focus,  Hamilton County DD Services, Clermont County Board of DD, Clermont and Butler County FCF, and HOPE Community Center for Mental Wellness. The Resilience Project is funded by a grant from Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) and Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD).  

When you register for this training, you’ll also receive the Growing Resilienceand Child Focus Emails with new approaches, updates, and invitations to future trainings. You can unsubscribe any time via the “opt-out” link at the bottom of all our emails. 

Continuing Education

Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists: The Child Focus, Inc. Training Center is approved through the Ohio Counselor and Social Worker Board. This program is offered for 3.0 clock hours of continuing education for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Social Work Provider#: RSX129410 Counselor Provider#: RCX029503 Marriage and Family Therapist Provider#: RTX091001 Psychologists: The Child Focus, Inc. Training Center is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association MCE program to offer continuing education for Ohio psychologists. This program is offered for 3.0 clock hours of continuing education for psychologists. Child Focus, Inc., 00PD-3109-52668, maintains responsibility for the program.                                                                                                                 

 Department of Developmental Disabilities- Pending Approval

Cancellation Policy: The Training Center must be notified 7 days prior to a training via telephone, fax or email in order to cancel a registration and receive a full refund.

We will send information regarding updates and cancellations to the email address used to register for the training. We will also have this information updated on the CF website under Services Tab, then Education and Training. 

Please note:  Because we are not able to control the room temperature to fit everyone’s needs, we encourage you to dress in layers to better accommodate your personal comfort level.

Child Focus Training Center is accessible to wheelchairs. If you need any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Melanie Palmer at mpalmer@child-focus.org

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Resilience Project Booster Session
Feb
1

Resilience Project Booster Session

In this session we’ll be sharing with parents and providers about the Resilience Project- it’s history, the Resilience Model approaches and basic trauma informed care knowledge to help us all meet each other on the healing journey.

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Resilience Project Booster Session
Nov
28

Resilience Project Booster Session

In this session we’ll be sharing with parents and providers about the

Resilience Project- it’s history, the Resilience Model approaches and basic

trauma informed care knowledge to help us all meet each other on the

healing journey. We’ll also go over the Resilience Project E-book that

parents, caregivers and providers can use to continue to deepen their

understanding of becoming fully trauma responsive in their day-to-day

interactions with those they love and support.

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Embrace the Drip: Moving Beyond the Compassion Distress of COVID to Compassion Resilience
Nov
8

Embrace the Drip: Moving Beyond the Compassion Distress of COVID to Compassion Resilience

Please join us in exploring the neuroscience of the messy middle, it’s hidden resilience and how you are already harnessing its energy, as well as new ways to engage it to grow yourself, your systems and beyond. We will identify concrete steps for individual and organizational growth that fit within a framework supporting our forward motion, creativity and connection through the costs and gifts of caring from compassion distress to compassion resilience.

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REGISTRATION CLOSED: Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline Cohort (5th Annual)
Oct
12

REGISTRATION CLOSED: Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline Cohort (5th Annual)

REGISTRATION CLOSED: 5th Annual Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline (TIBT) Cohort


About the Cohort

When: October 2022 - June 2023 | 12 sessions total

Who: Facilitated by Sarah Buffie, La Shanda Sugg, LPC, Dr. Adrienne Kennedy, and Danae Riggs

This cohort will also be supported by Regional Staff and Fellows. These Staff and Fellows have participated in one of the four previous cohorts, have facilitated timelines, and have agreed to be available to cohort members in their regions for ongoing support. Regional Staff include Andy Swaisgood, Laurie Martin, and Susan Blum- we're excited and grateful for their support and the other fellows that will be joining us!

Where: Virtual

Who it’s for: Care workers, family members, SSAs, educators, administrators and more, who want to learn how to lead TIBTs in their communities

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline (TIBT)?

For people who have experienced significant trauma throughout their lives, a Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline is a method for reframing their experiences and behaviors.

For carers, a TIBT is an opportunity to retell and reinterpret the story of the person they care about, and use that new understanding to shift the relationships and outcomes for everyone involved.

What is a TIBT Cohort?

The goal is to develop the skills to become future facilitators, collaborators and supporters of TIBTs in the (work)places where cohort members care about others.

This cohort is a community of practice dedicated to helping cohort members develop understanding, knowledge and skills to facilitate trauma-informed biographical timeline sessions that help people impacted by stress and trauma heal and grow.  

What you will learn from this cohort:

  • How to prepare yourself, a family and a team for the Biographical Timeline

  • The art and practice of Biographical Timeline Facilitation

  • Best practices in supporting a team in learning from a person’s biography and how to grow resilience in self and others. 

Watch the 2020 Cohort Panel Discussion:

Who should apply?

“Being part of the 2020-2021 TIBT Cohort was a gift to me and I think it was a gift to a lot of people.” – La Shanda Sugg

Our goal is to accept as many applicants as possible, and we will be prioritizing applicants based on their existing capacity to become TIBT leaders in their communities, as well as doing our best to create regional mini-cohorts among the applicants we receive.

*Must live in Ohio to apply.

How long is the cohort?

The virtual cohort experience runs from October 2022 - June 2023. There will be 12 sessions total: 6 content-specific trainings on TIBTs, and 6 practice sessions where you will dive into what you’ve learned with others in your region.

Mark your calendar!

In advance of applying, please hold these dates discuss your availability to attend all 12 sessions with your supervisor, as they are all essential parts of the learning journey ahead. The cohort will meet virtually for Content Sessions and in-person for Regional Practice Sessions.  

Please hold these dates on your calendar:

  • Oct 12th, 2022     Mandatory Intro Workshop, Virtual on Zoom, 10am-1pm

  • Oct 26th, 2022     Kick off,  Mandatory In-Person, Columbus OH, 10am-4pm

All following sessions Wednesdays are from 10am - 1pm

  • Dec 14th, 2022     Content Session #1    Virtual on Zoom

  • Jan 18th, 2023     Practice Session #1    In-Person, Regional

  • Feb 22nd, 2023     Content Session #2    Virtual on Zoom

  • Mar 8th, 2023    Practice Session #2    In-Person, Regional

  • Mar 22nd, 2023     Content Session #3    Virtual on Zoom

  • Apr 5th, 2023    Practice Session #3    In-Person, Regional

  • Apr 19th, 2023     Practice Session #4    In-Person, Regional

  • May 3rd, 2023    Content Session #4    Virtual on Zoom

  • May 17th, 2023     Practice Session #5    In-Person, Regional

  • May 31st, 2023     Practice Session #6    In-Person, Regional

  • Jun 14th, 2023     Content Session #5    Virtual on Zoom

Session Format:

Content: 
Orientation to the Biographical Timeline materials and learning the Art and Practice of Biographical Timeline facilitation.


Regional:
Practical application.  Participants will practice facilitating Biographical Timeline sessions with support/coaching/feedback from facilitators and staff. 

Cohort members will be asked to engage in ‘practice’ between these sessions.  

  • Each month cohort members will have readings and practice prompts to build their facilitation muscles.  

  • This learning will be supported on the online platform Google Drive and will be a place where continuous learning and support will be facilitated. 


After completing this cohort, members are expected to facilitate at least 1 Biographical Timeline session at their place of work. A Facilitator Directory will be available for folks who can help facilitate, co-facilitate, note take, or even brainstorm with you!

When are applications due?

Applications for the 2021-2022 virtual TIBT Cohort are due Thursday, September 7th. Applicants will be notified of their application status on September 12th.

 

About the Facilitators

Sarah Buffie

Trauma Responsive trainer/facilitator supporting organizations and individuals understand how complex childhood trauma affects the brain and body and how we can join others on the healing journey. Sarah has been with The Resilience Project in a variety of roles and has deep working knowledge of the TIBT Framework as well as the art and practice of facilitation. www.soulbirdconsulting.info

La Shanda Sugg, LPC

Trauma specializing therapist and training consultant. Her trauma expertise and ability to make complex concepts easy to understand make her work accessible. Her authenticity and transparency as a trauma survivor make people want to listen. La Shanda founded Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC to help organizations understand trauma and the traumatic stress of racism and other forms of oppression and help them move towards Cultural Humility and trauma responsiveness. As a Therapist, she helps families Move from Coping to Healing. For more information about Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC visit www.thelaborsoflove.com.

Dr. Adrienne Kennedy

With over 15 years of experience working with organizations, educators, administrators, children, parents and caregivers, Adrienne has developed a passion for helping organizations that serve vulnerable youth. She is passionate about helping organizations identify and counter social norms and behaviors that perpetuate negative outcomes and experiences for children and families, especially those who have been historically marginalized. Adrienne is a life-long learner who loves to teach and learn from others. Her core value is justice and mission is to move the most vulnerable and marginalized children in our society to higher ground.

Danae Riggs

Danae is a certified Trauma Specialist, Resilience Worker and Consultant. She brings 20+ years of non-profit experience to her leadership with a purpose-driven focus to love and live in a way that promotes equity, justice, empathy, forgiveness, and wholehearted healing. Danae has a background in mental health direct services, program development & management, organizational & leadership development, with a key focus on advancing & educating leaders in their own fields through coaching, & the facilitation of continued education & training. Read more about her at www.soulbirdconsulting.info/team

The TIBT cohort is funded by the Resilience Project of the Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health program, and receives support from Ohio Departments of Development Disabilities and Mental Health and Addiction Services.

To learn more, we invite you to ask those you might know who have participated in previous cohorts about their experience; or reach out to Soul Bird Consulting via hello@soulbirdconsulting.info.

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Resilience Based De-Escalation Training (Part 2 )
Feb
4

Resilience Based De-Escalation Training (Part 2 )

Resilience Based De-Escalation Training (part two) is designed to develop felt safety and build resilience interventions for both the learner and those they serve in a way that is practical and accessible to everyone. The neuroscience-based strategies in this training provide a roadmap to felt safety, de-escalation and prevention.

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Story In Process
Jan
20
to Feb 24

Story In Process

Take part in an immersive 6-week storytelling experience

When: Jan 20 thru Feb 24; every Thursday 9am-10am, except the first session***

***Please note that the first session on Jan 20th runs 3 hours long and is from 9am-12pm. All other sessions are 1 hour.

What: 6-session series supporting youth and adults alike to connect to their own stories by creating a community that centers deep listening and connection with one another. Each session builds on the next, so signing up for the whole series is recommended.

Who: Sarah Buffie with Soul Bird Consulting and Joey Taylor from Story in Process; hosted by The Resilience Project and Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health

Where: Virtual (link shared upon registration)

Cost: FREE

Attendance for all 6 sessions is highly encouraged. Each session builds on the last to give you a fully immersive, 6-week storytelling experience!!

Full Schedule:

  1. Thursday, Jan 20th 9am-12pm

  2. Thursday, Jan 27th 9-10am

  3. Thursday, Feb 3rd 9-10am

  4. Thursday, Feb 10th 9-10am

  5. Thursday, Feb 17th 9-10am

  6. Thursday, Feb 24th 9-10am

Register Now

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Resilience Based De-Escalation Training  (Part 1 )
Jan
7

Resilience Based De-Escalation Training (Part 1 )

Resilience Based De-Escalation Training is designed to develop felt safety and build resilience interventions for both the learner and those they serve in a way that is practical and accessible to everyone. The neuroscience-based strategies in this training provide a roadmap to felt safety, de-escalation and prevention.

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4th Annual Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline (TIBT) Cohort
Nov
18
to Jun 16

4th Annual Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline (TIBT) Cohort

4th Annual Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline (TIBT) Cohort

Register here


About the Cohort

When: November 2021 - June 2022 | 12 sessions total

Who: Facilitated by Sarah Buffie, La Shanda Sugg, LPC, Dr. Adrienne Kennedy

Where: Virtual

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline (TIBT)?

For people who have experienced significant trauma throughout their lives, a Trauma Informed Biographical Timeline is a method for reframing their experiences and behaviors.

For carers, a TIBT is an opportunity to retell and reinterpret the story of the person they care about, and use that new understanding to shift the relationships and outcomes for everyone involved.

What is a TIBT Cohort?

The TIBT cohort is a virtual collective of care workers, family members, SSAs, educators, administrators and more, who want to learn how to lead TIBTs in their communities.

The goal is to develop the skills to become future facilitators, collaborators and supporters of TIBTs in the (work)places where cohort members care about others.

Watch the 2020 Cohort Panel Discussion:

Who should apply?

“Being part of the 2020-2021 TIBT Cohort was a gift to me and I think it was a gift to a lot of people.” – LaShanda Sugg

Our goal is to accept as many applicants as possible, and we will be prioritizing applicants based on their existing capacity to become TIBT leaders in their communities, as well as doing our best to create regional mini-cohorts among the applicants we receive.

How long is the cohort?

The virtual cohort experience runs for 7 months from November 2021 - June 2022. There will be 12 sessions total: 6 content-specific trainings on TIBTs, and 6 practice sessions where you will dive into what you’ve learned with others in your region.

Mark your calendar!

In advance of applying, please hold these dates discuss your availability to attend all 12 sessions with your supervisor, as they are all essential parts of the learning journey ahead.

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When are applications due?

Applications for the 2021-2022 virtual TIBT Cohort are due by October 4th.

 

About the Facilitators

This is the fourth year that Soul Bird Consulting, led by Sarah Buffie, will lead the cohort. Joined by Sarah are La Shanda Sugg and Dr Kennedy (see below. In addition, there will be a team of TIBT fellows supporting our regional sessions.

Sarah Buffie

Trauma Responsive trainer/facilitator supporting organizations and individuals understand how complex childhood trauma affects the brain and body and how we can join others on the healing journey. Sarah has been with The Resilience Project in a variety of roles and has deep working knowledge of the TIBT Framework as well as the art and practice of facilitation. www.soulbirdconsulting.info

La Shanda Sugg, LPC

Trauma specializing therapist and training consultant. Her trauma expertise and ability to make complex concepts easy to understand make her work accessible. Her authenticity and transparency as a trauma survivor make people want to listen. La Shanda founded Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC to help organizations understand trauma and the traumatic stress of racism and other forms of oppression and help them move towards Cultural Humility and trauma responsiveness. As a Therapist, she helps families Move from Coping to Healing. For more information about Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC visit www.thelaborsoflove.com.

Dr. Adrienne Kennedy

With over 15 years of experience working with organizations, educators, administrators, children, parents and caregivers, Adrienne has developed a passion for helping organizations that serve vulnerable youth. She is passionate about helping organizations identify and counter social norms and behaviors that perpetuate negative outcomes and experiences for children and families, especially those who have been historically marginalized. Adrienne is a life-long learner who loves to teach and learn from others. Her core value is justice and mission is to move the most vulnerable and marginalized children in our society to higher ground.

The TIBT cohort is funded by the Resilience Project of the Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health program, and receives support from Ohio Departments of Development Disabilities and Mental Health and Addiction Services.

To learn more, we invite you to ask those you might know who have participated in previous cohorts about their experience; or reach out to Soul Bird Consulting via hello@soulbirdconsulting.info.

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Trauma & Resiliency - Informed Leadership  for Healers, Helpers,  and Holders of Spaces
Nov
1
to Nov 15

Trauma & Resiliency - Informed Leadership for Healers, Helpers, and Holders of Spaces

Trauma & Resiliency - Informed Leadership for Healers, Helpers, and Holders of Spaces

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11/1, 11/8, and 11/15 from 10:30a – 12:00p

Register here


About the Training

When: November 1, 8 and 15, 2021 | 90-Minute Sessions (10:30a – 12:00p)

Who: Facilitated by Amy Rebekah Chavez, M.A., S.E.P. presented by Soul Bird Consulting and Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health

Where: Virtual

Session 1: 90 min

Title: TI Leadership education and awareness at the micro level: Focus on holistic, embodied, authentic leadership and the TIC Principles of Safety and Trust.

Objectives:

1.     Learn trauma-informed care terminology, including the biology/physiology that impacts psychology; breaking down four different kinds of trauma; and unpack the definitions of commonly used, yet commonly misunderstood terminology around safety, and trauma from a somatic lens.

2.      Recognize TIC leadership at the micro level focusing on the TIC principles of Safety and Trustworthiness through the lenses of authentic, embodied, and somatic leadership literature and practices.

3.     Learn the skills of orienting, cultivating somatic curiosity, and tracking sensations as ways leaders can access their felt senses and appreciate the role that feelings/sensations play in regulating the nervous system, and increasing one’s capacity to lead from a place of centered autonomy and clarity.

Session 2: 90 min

Title: TIC Leadership at the meso level: Focus on interpersonal/ relational model of leadership in relationship to the TIC principles of collaboration/mutuality, peer support, and empowering voice/choice.

Objectives:

1.     Understand TIC leadership at the meso/relational level, focusing on the TIC principles of peer support, collaboration/mutuality, and empowerment of voice and choice and the leadership literature around relational, resonant, and responsible leaderhsip.

1.     Learn why co-regulation is an effective support intervention and learn The L.O.V.E. Model of self – regulation to use in service to co-regulation for enhanced sustainability and wellbeing of provider, as well as increased tools and capacity to connect with people they serve/support.

2.     Learn the symptoms and impact of compassion fatigue and secondary trauma  on leaders, and ways leaders can ask for help before they burnout.

Session 3: 90 min

Title: TIC Leadership at the macro level: Focus on inclusive, healing-centered leadership

Objectives:

2.     Understand TIC leadership at the macro level, focusing on the TIC principle of awareness of historical trauma, through the lens of inclusive, healing-centered leadership

3.     Learn the concepts of historical trauma (and generational trauma) the impact on one’s leadership in the community or wider circles

4.     Learn ways leaders can implement ongoing TIC best practices daily

 

About the Presenter: Amy Rebekah Chavez, M.A., S.E.P.

Amy’s scholarship and practice of trauma - informed leadership has been a holistic exploration through personal, professional, and academic development.  She practiced twenty years as a holistic health practitioner, working as a licensed massage therapist, childbirth educator, birth doula, yoga teacher, community herbalist, and group facilitator, all with a committed focus to supporting trauma healing through the body and through the collective, while cultivating skills for resiliency.  Advanced trauma educational trainings include Somatic Trauma Resolution, Somatic Experience, Neuro Affective Relational Model, and Community Resilience Model from the Trauma Resource Institute.

In 2016 Amy closed her private practice of one-on-one healing support to pursue a PhD in leadership and change through Antioch University. Inside of this academic container of research and dynamic learning, she has deepened her capacity to support groups and organizations move into more authentic, responsible, and collaborative leadership practices that are rooted in trauma and resilience- informed care.  Amy is passionate about supporting the people who are supporting people, especially inside of healing containers. Specifically, Amy is passionate about supporting leaders, and those who support others, in learning to self-regulate their nervous systems in service to co-regulation as a leadership practice. Amy is an avid supporter of all people doing the work to heal from trauma, individual and collective, and she brings warmth, humor, compassion and much passion to the groups that she works with. More of Amy’s story and lineage of learning at www.lovesomatics.org

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Longing to Belong: How Moving From Rupture to Repair Builds Resilience, Belonging and Trust  Virtual Workshop
Apr
6

Longing to Belong: How Moving From Rupture to Repair Builds Resilience, Belonging and Trust Virtual Workshop

Register for the Free Training:

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ehjmdl9e3337b410&llr=sux5mvcab

Rupture and Repair are a part of everyday life. Throughout our day we have little missteps in our connections with one another, and without even noticing we find ways to repair them. Danae Riggs reminds us that the power of the work we do is our ability to “be human with other humans.” Repairing relational ruptures is one way we do this. Think of how often we recognize that our intention was one thing, and our impact was another, and then we find a way to work though it and arrive on even ground again. Just like hiking and climbing, all the effort that goes into repairing ruptures builds the perseverance and skills we need to develop resilience, trust and belonging. Sherryl Turkel calls it, ‘Practicing our humanity.” Come explore with us, the ways we build resilience, trust and belonging every day. We will also address how to help those whose ruptures have not been repaired learn how to feel safe enough to begin to practice and grow these much-needed skills. Skills, which build the grounded feeling that you not only belong but have the ability to work through differences to make your connections even stronger.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Use interventions to treat ruptures as repairable and encourage that repair by creating environments where it feels safe enough to make mistakes.

2. Use interventions to address mistakes as a part of learning and engage them to develop creativity, diversity and relational repair in those they serve and support.

3. Use interventions to create interactions and environments where diversity is celebrated as a resource for its role in relational repair, adaptability and survival for all.

WHO’S INVITED?

This session is designed for those who have a basic understanding of trauma and wish to become more knowledgeable and skilled in supporting those who have experienced complex trauma. The interventions and supports described in this training are designed for use not just by clinicians, but also direct support staff, family members and others who interact with and care for the person who has experienced trauma.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Mary Vicario LPCC-S is a Certified Trauma Specialist who holds a Certificate in Traumatic Studies from The Child Trauma Center at The Justice Resource Institute. She has over 30 years of experience working with survivors turning the latest research into interventions for all ages and abilities. She was an American Counseling Association delegate to China & Mongolia, participated in a conference on human trafficking and guest lectured at Universities in Germany, receives training at International Trauma Conferences and Harvard Medical School, is a trainer for Ohio Child Welfare, co-authored the Foster Parents' Survival Guide, an article on Relational-Cultural Play Therapy in The International Journal of Play Therapy, trauma-responsive curricula and a textbook chapter on the neurobiology of attachment, trauma and repair from infant to adolescence in Counseling Children & Adolescents: Connecting Theory, Development & Diversity, Sondra Smith-Adcock and Catherine Tucker Eds. Mary is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors. Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com.

When you register for this training, you’ll also receive the Growing Resilience email with new approaches, updates, and invitations to future trainings. You can unsubscribe any time via the “opt-out” link at the bottom of all our emails.

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Fighting an Invisible Enemy: Building Resiliency in Those We Serve and Ourselves During COVID- 19 Virtual Workshop
Dec
16

Fighting an Invisible Enemy: Building Resiliency in Those We Serve and Ourselves During COVID- 19 Virtual Workshop

Important fee information regarding CEUs:

$15.00 for 2.0 CEUs for Ohio Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Psychologists

Ohio Chemical Dependency Professional BoardPending Approval for 2.0 hours of P6-Professional Growth & Responsibility and C2 Counseling Procedures & Strategies with Addicted Populations continuing education.

FREE Department of Development Disabilities CEUs- Pending Approval. 

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Deep Listening: Notice, Accept, Invite Virtual Workshop
Dec
14

Deep Listening: Notice, Accept, Invite Virtual Workshop

FEE: Attendance is FREE

Important fee information regarding CEUs:

$15.00 for 2.0 CEUs for Ohio Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Psychologists

Ohio Chemical Dependency Professional BoardPending Approval for 2.0 hours of P6-Professional Growth & Responsibility and C2 Counseling Procedures & Strategies with Addicted Populations continuing education.

FREE Department of Development Disabilities CEUs- Pending Approval. 

Because of the interactive nature of this session, participants will need use of the video and microphone features on their device. Please check your device to assure that you have access to video and microphone features before registering for this session.

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