Fred Finch Youth Center Training Calendar June 2016

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1 June 01, :00 AM 5:00 PM Motivational Interviewing Training, Part I Training Center Trainer: Steven Malcolm Berg Smith 3800 Coolidge Avenue Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers a practical, evidence based approach for supporting clients in making and sustaining positive behavior changes. Originally developed in the drug and alcohol field, over 300 clinical trials demonstrate the efficacy of MI across a range of populations and target behaviors. In particular, MI has been shown to be especially effective in brief clinical encounters and for individuals not ready or unsure about change. This intensive 2 day MI introductory workshop will provide participants an overview of the theory, principles, skills, and current advances of MI. Participants will be guided through a sequence of learning activities to explore and shape MI practice behavior, and to support the on going process for developing proficiency in MI. Learning activities will include: demonstrations, videotape examples, real plays, case studies, small group exercises, and significant participant practice with feedback. Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the spirit and key principles of Motivational Interviewing (MI) 2. Observe and debrief demonstrations and videotape examples of MI 3. Demonstrate and practice the interpersonal style and primary skills for evoking intrinsic motivation for positive behavior change in brief clinical encounters 4. Receive individual feedback in MI practice behavior 5. Develop a personal plan for practicing and incorporating the primary skills and strategies of MI into clinical practice behavior For over 27 years, Steven Berg Smith has worked as a behavior change counselor, health educator, drug & alcohol prevention specialist, and researcher. He currently has a private practice in San Francisco as a trainer, consultant, mentor, and health counselor. A member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 1994, Steven has conducted over 650 motivational interviewing (MI) workshops and presentations throughout the US and internationally. Considered a master trainer by his peers, Steve has served as a trainer of trainers for MINT, and collaborated in the design of MI inspired behavior change intervention protocols for numerous national clinical research trials. He has authored several frequently cited articles on how to use motivation enhancing tools and strategies to support adolescents and adults in making positive lifestyle changes. Steven holds a MS in Community Health Education from the University of Oregon, and a BA in psychology from the University of Redlands. This course meets the qualifications for seven (7) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as Center, Provider #045295

2 June 02, 2016 Thursday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Motivational Interviewing Training, Part II Joaquin Miller Community Center Trainer: Steven Malcolm Berg Smith Location: Joaquin Miller Community Center 3594 San Born Drive Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers a practical, evidence based approach for supporting clients in making and sustaining positive behavior changes. Originally developed in the drug and alcohol field, over 300 clinical trials demonstrate the efficacy of MI across a range of populations and target behaviors. In particular, MI has been shown to be especially effective in brief clinical encounters and for individuals not ready or unsure about change. This intensive 2 day MI introductory workshop will provide participants an overview of the theory, principles, skills, and current advances of MI. Participants will be guided through a sequence of learning activities to explore and shape MI practice behavior, and to support the on going process for developing proficiency in MI. Learning activities will include: demonstrations, videotape examples, real plays, case studies, small group exercises, and significant participant practice with feedback. Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the spirit and key principles of Motivational Interviewing (MI) 2. Observe and debrief demonstrations and videotape examples of MI 3. Demonstrate and practice the interpersonal style and primary skills for evoking intrinsic motivation for positive behavior change in brief clinical encounters 4. Receive individual feedback in MI practice behavior 5. Develop a personal plan for practicing and incorporating the primary skills and strategies of MI into clinical practice behavior For over 27 years, Steven Berg Smith has worked as a behavior change counselor, health educator, drug & alcohol prevention specialist, and researcher. He currently has a private practice in San Francisco as a trainer, consultant, mentor, and health counselor. A member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 1994, Steven has conducted over 650 motivational interviewing (MI) workshops and presentations throughout the US and internationally. Considered a master trainer by his peers, Steve has served as a trainer of trainers for MINT, and collaborated in the design of MI inspired behavior change intervention protocols for numerous national clinical research trials. He has authored several frequently cited articles on how to use motivation enhancing tools and strategies to support adolescents and adults in making positive lifestyle changes. Steven holds a MS in Community Health Education from the University of Oregon, and a BA in psychology from the University of Redlands. This course meets the qualifications for seven (7) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as Center, Provider #

3 June 03, 2016 Friday 10:00 AM 4:30 PM PCOMS (Partners for Change Outcome Management System): an Evidence Based Practice that Works with Kids and Families (and adults too)! Training Center Instructor: Pamela Parkinson 3800 Coolidge Ave At the root of many controversies in our field is the important question: What Works with Kids. Is success based on the use of specialized techniques or do other factors account for the change? Focus on how to interview and assess from a strength based, family centered perspective. This Evidence Based Practice, called PCOMS (Partners for Change Outcome Management System), is a client directed and outcome informed process based upon client feedback. Study the Outcome Rating and Session Rating Scales as a means of understanding your client s needs and developing the kind of relational alliance and focusing on progress that leads to improved success and positive outcomes. Pamela Parkinson, PhD, LCSW, is a clinical psychologist and clinical social worker, whose specialty area is working with youth and their families. She is a certified PCOMS Trainer and the director of the Bay Area Family Institute of Training (BaFIT). Dr. Parkinson consults and trains for child and family CBO s, county systems, school districts, and others throughout the Bay Area. Pamela has worked in level 14 residential, NPS, hospitals, and a variety of community based settings including outpatient clinics, schools, diversion, kinship, etc. Dr. Parkinson was trained as a family therapist behind the one way mirror in the 1980's in Atlanta, Georgia, Los Angeles, CA, and Palo Alto, CA. She has been providing Intensive One Way Mirror Family Training in the S.F. Bay Area each year since 1990, when she was trained as a "live" supervisor to use this method of training. This course meets the qualifications for six (6) BBS CEUs for LPCCs, LCSWs and MFTs as Center Provider # June 06, 2016 Monday 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Working with Difficult Youth Training Center Instructor: Peggy Arevalo 3800 Coolidge Ave Youth, young adults and their families are commonly impacted by trauma while dealing with a mental health diagnosis and/or environmental stressors. Often is it is difficult to manage challenging behaviors. The presenter will discuss ways to engage in Trauma Informed Practices to support youth, young adults and families while resisting re

4 June 06, 2016 Continued Monday June 07, 2016 Tuesday traumatization and overcoming social barriers. Participants will learn skills in trauma informed practices and how to address cultural/social barriers as well as discuss ways to promote positive behavior options. Peggy Arevalo, MSW, LCSW earned her Bachelors of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology and her Master s degree in Social Work from San Francisco State University in She has been teaching for California State East Bay for 8 years as well as at UC Davis Extension. She has taught in the undergraduate and graduate department in the areas of Advance Clinical Practice, Human Behavior and Social Environment Field Seminar and CYF micro/mezzo practice. She has in the past worked at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital/ Stanford Hospital as a Pediatric Oncology and Emergency Room Social Worker. This course meets the qualifications for seven (7) BBS CEUs for LPCCs, LCSWs and MFTs as Center, Provider # :00 AM 1:00 PM Non Verbal and Somatic Strategies for Working with Youth Training Center Instructor: Gabriel Kram 3800 Coolidge Ave It is often observed that non verbal communication, including vocal tone and body language, plays a far greater role in our understanding of what someone is communicating than the words they use, especially when these elements are not congruent with the spoken content. This class explores vocal tone, posture, gesture, facial expression, eye gaze, and emotional resonance: cues that can expand our toolbox for accurately interpreting what a client is trying to express. We will examine the kinds of information that can be derived from non verbal channels, and what specific signals these communications may transmit. We will also examine what our own non verbal signals may be communicating to clients. In addition, we will look at spatial power dynamics that result from position, height, and other factors and how we can use these intentionally in our interventions. Our goal is to become more mindful of the ways that non verbal communication of information plays out in our interactions, and become more adept at extracting information from these channels to support attunement and healing. Participants will explore the non verbal and often unconscious languages of vocal tone, posture, facial expression, eye gaze, and emotional resonance, and examine what information they have to communicate to us. Participants will explore the language of the hands, and examine what kinds of information are transmitted through gesture, and how this information can support our work with youth. Participants will explore spatial power dynamics that result from position, height, proximity, positioning in a room, and how we can use an awareness of these factors to help keep

5 June 07, 2016 Continued Tuesday clients feeling safe. Participants will reflect on what their own non verbal signals may be communicating to clients. Meet Our Trainer GABRIEL KRAM has a deep and abiding interest in and practice of mindfulness, emotional self awareness, and somatics work. Over the past eighteen years, these modalities have transformed his life, and he is committed to training organizations and individuals in these tools to transform quality of life and organizational culture. He is the founder of Applied Mindfulness, Inc., an intervention design, training, and consulting firm that provides transformative experiential training to empower clients of all ages to discover and cultivate the inner resources, tools, and competencies to live healthier, more fulfilling, and effective lives. He previously directed The Mind Body Awareness Project, whose innovative mindfulness based interventions for incarcerated youth are being scaled into new models of rehabilitation, and are the subject of both dissertations and peer review journal articles. Gabriel studied neurobiology at Yale College, and narrative at Stanford University. He brings a reverence for indigenous culture, sixteen years of mindfulness practice, ten years of mindful movement, and a lifetime of wilderness exploration, nature awareness, and creative expression to his work. He is the author of Inner Life Skills for Youth and Transformation through Feeling: Awakening the Felt Sensibility. This course meets the qualifications for four (4) BBS CEUs for LPCCs, LCSWs and MFTs as Center, Provider # June 09, 2016 Thursday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM HIV/AIDS and STI: Education and Training Training Center Trainer: Jenna Peterson 3800 Coolidge Avenue Come and learn the current scientific and social welfare realities of HIV/AIDS and other STI s. This training will look at some of the stigma s that surround AIDS and STI s and how those thoughts and ideas affect our thinking and relationships and will allow attendees to move out of those old thoughts into current realities. Participants will examine their inner biases and learn to suspend judgments when approaching topics related to sexuality and HIV/STI prevention with youth. Up to date information on HIV/AIDs will be given, discussions around cultural humility, sexual orientation, how to teach/guide youth to protect themselves and more will be discussed and communication skills around these topics will be practiced to add to your expertise. Jenna Peterson is the Education Expansion Coordinator for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. She has been working as a health educator for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte

6 June 09, 2016 Continued Thursday since 2010 with experience teaching sexual health education to diverse populations within Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Jenna is currently a graduate student at San Jose State University studying public health. She is passionate about preventive health education, women s health, and empowering individuals and communities to be their own health advocates. This training counts as credit for the BBS requirement of training in HIV/AIDS for 7 hours. This course meets the qualifications for seven (7) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as Center Provider # June 13, 2016 Monday 9:30 AM 12:30 PM Art and Nature to Increase Resiliency and Well Being Training Center Instructor: Eleanor Ruckman 3800 Coolidge Ave This training combines going outdoors, making art, case examples and lecture. Participants will learn and practice strategies to help ourselves, youth and families become more aware of and more connected to self, other beings, and our environment. Please wear comfortable shoes and layers, with sun protection as needed. Those with impaired mobility are encouraged to attend; please contact Eleanor in advance of the training so that we can collaborate on how to adapt exercises involving movement. Participants will: Experience how being outdoors supports increased awareness and a sense of calm relaxation. Understand how being outdoors and making art impacts our neurobiological activity, helps us to regulate and increase alert attention. Hear and see case examples of eco art therapy. Make art that increases our connection to nature as a healing resource. Consider ways to integrate outdoor and nature based practices to increase resiliency, adaptive functioning and wellness. Eleanor Ruckman is a registered art therapist and has been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since She is passionate about the power of the creative process to transform and heal, and practical when identifying strategies to help people to feel and function better. Her strength based and collaborative approach blends art making with body awareness, relaxation and mindfulness practices, communication skills, harm reduction, play and humor. She is dedicated to community, diversity and connection. Ruckman works with people of all ages individually, in couples, as families and groups. Her office is located on Santa Clara Avenue in Oakland. She also holds workshops and individual sessions outdoors. Ruckman offers the ArtSpa an indulgent art retreat and art therapy groups for teens and

7 June 13, 2016 Continued Monday adults. Ruckman s experience includes clinical training, consultation, and supervision for individuals and groups; program direction and direct service in community based settings including schools, adolescent intensive day treatment, universities, shelters, transitional housing and public housing sites. She has a BA in fine art from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a Master s degree in counseling psychology and art therapy from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. Learn more at ArtGivesHope.com and see images of her art, which is internationally collected and published. This course meets the qualifications for three (3) BBS CEUs for LPCCs, LCSWs and MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (CAMFT) & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, Provider # June 14, 2016 Tuesday 10:30 AM 2:30 PM Dancing In the Dark: How to work with Self Harming Behaviors Training Center Instructor: Rachel V. Chapple, Ph.D. Location: Training Department 3800 Coolidge Ave. This is a four hour workshop that explores the world of self harming behaviors. Participants will explore the function and delve into how self harming behaviors provide relief to clients who engage in them. Self harming behaviors are used by a variety of clients across age, ethnicity and socioeconomic status therefore, it is beneficial for therapists to gain guidance on how to conceptualize them. Informed by a Dialectical Behavioral perspective, this workshop will provide direct techniques to assess, respond and provide alternatives skills to teach clients who engage in self harming behaviors. In addition, this workshop will provide clinicians with guidelines to take care of themselves in an out of the therapy room when working with this population. Outcomes: Gain an understanding of the DBT theory Gain an understanding of the function of self harming behaviors Learn skills to help clients survive their painful moments Learn strategies that assist with self maintenance in working with self harming clients Learn resources for working with self harming clients Dr. Rachel Chapple is a post doctoral fellow serving youth and families who engage in suicidal and/or self harming behaviors. She is an intensively trained Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) clinician and a part of the DBT team at Clearwater Clinic in Oakland. Dr. Chapple originates from Los Angeles where she received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology. In addition to DBT, Dr. Chapple

8 June 14, 2016 Continued Tuesday specializes in serving adolescents, Commercial Sexually Exploited Children, and clients of all ages who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety, and has difficulty with intense anger. This course meets the qualifications for four (4) BBS CEUs for LPCCs, LCSWs and MFTs as Center, Provider # June 15, :00 AM 12:00 PM Commercially Sexually Exploited Identification Tool (CSE IT) Training Center Trainer: Elise Geltman 3800 Coolidge Avenue Child sexual exploitation is a major child protection issue for communities across the country. Hidden from view and often unnoticed, vulnerable young girls and boys are recruited, groomed and then abused, leaving them traumatized and without support. Issues specific to sexual exploitation of youth, including the difficulty in identifying youth at risk, can make the provision of appropriate treatment and services a challenge for systems that serve the youth. This training will address the importance of early identification and will present the Commercially Sexually Exploited Identification Tool (CSE IT) as a method of screening and identifying of commercially sexually exploited youth. The structure and philosophy of the CSE IT will be discussed. A framework for engaging with sexually exploited youth will be presented along with suggestions for talking with youth. Finally, instructions for data collection related to the piloting of the CSE IT will be reviewed. Learning Objectives: Identify at least two advantages of using the CSE IT to identify commercially sexually exploited youth. List the 10 key indicators of the CSE IT 3. Describe the importance of using a trauma informed approach when interviewing sexually exploited youth. Elise Geltman, LCSW is a Supervisor and Trainer at Westcoast Children's Clinic. She has focused on serving sexually exploited adolescent girls in Westcoast's C Change program. Elise has presented on the psychological and emotional needs of commercially sexually exploited youth in Grand Rounds, at the Heatwatch Conference, for the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, and at the Collation for Clinical Social Workers. Prior to Westcoast, Elise provided community based, mobile crisis response and crisis stabilization at Seneca Center and offered therapeutic early intervention at EBAC. Elise studied at Smith College School for Social Work and continued her training at SFCP with a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. She is currently President Elect of the Northern California

9 June 15, 2016 Continued Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Elise also maintains a private practice in the East Bay working with individuals, families, and couples, as well as, supervision and consultation. This course meets the qualifications for three (3) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as Center Provider # June 22, :00 AM 4:00 PM Supporting LGBTQ Youth and Families in Youth Services, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Training Center Trainer: Paul Gibson 3800 Coolidge Ave. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and young adults face extensive challenges in developing a positive identity, gaining acceptance and support, and making a successful transition to adulthood. Explore an overview of LGBTQ sexual identify development, the coming out process, involvement in the child welfare system, LGBTQ youth of color and transgender youth. Discuss psychosocial risk factors including family rejection, school safety, peer bullying and isolation, depression, suicide, and HIV. Participate in discussions and activities including videos of LGBTQ youth in out of home care. Review individual and family counseling approaches and residential care best practice guidelines for working effectively with LGBTQ youth and young adults. Discuss how to support LGBTQ youth in improving outcomes and making a successful transition to adulthood. We can make a positive difference in the lives of LGBTQ youth and young adults. By the end of this class participants will be able: To describe the development of an LGBTQ identity, the coming out process, their involvement in the child welfare system, issues for LGBTQ youth of color and issues for transgender youth. To identify risk factors for LGBTQ youth and young adults including family rejection, peer bullying and isolation, school safety, depression and suicide, and HIV. To demonstrate knowledge of individual and family counseling approaches and residential care best practice guidelines for working effectively with LGBTQ youth. To describe ways to support LGBTQ youth in making a successful transition to adulthood. Paul Gibson, LCSW is a therapist and program consultant with 34 years of experience working with culturally diverse youth and families in residential, mental health, and public health settings. He has been a licensed therapist for 27 years and has provided extensive training for youth and family service providers on topics that include Legal and Ethical Issues and Self Awareness and Care. He currently has a private practice in San Francisco and provides individual and group clinical supervision to mental health professionals and child welfare workers seeking licensure.

10 June 22, 2016 Continued June 23, 2016 Thursday This course meets the qualifications for six (6) BBS CEUs for LPCCs, LCSWs and MFTs as Center, Provider # :00 AM 1:00 PM DSM 5 Training: Working with Children, Families and Individuals Training Center Trainer: Rachel Michaelsen 3800 Coolidge Avenue The DSM 5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition) has many significant differences from previous editions, including new diagnoses, changes to previous diagnoses, and a new classification system. In this course, participants will learn about the changes in diagnoses and multiaxial system. Participants will become familiar with the changes, and have the opportunity to apply this new knowledge to vignettes as well as to rethink current clients diagnoses. Participants will: 1. Increase their knowledge of the history of the development of the DSM 5 2. Gain an understanding of the new structure of the DSM 5 3. Understand how to diagnose using the DSM 5 4. Learn about diagnoses that are new to the DSM 5 5. Learn about changes to many of the diagnoses from the previous version of the manual 6. Learn how to diagnose current cases using the new manual Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW, is a clinical social worker who has worked in HMOs, public agencies, and private practice as both a mental health provider and a supervisor for more than twenty years. She has taught courses in clinical supervision, law and ethics, childhood psychopathology, and vicarious traumatization at universities, conferences, and mentalhealth agencies. She provides consultation to agencies, and was a Collaborating Clinical Investigator on the DSM 5 field trials. In her private practice in Oakland, California she provides clinical supervision and works with adults and couples. This course meets the qualifications for four (4) BBS CEUs for LPCCs, LCSWs and MFTs as Center, Provider # June 29, :00 AM 12:00 PM Art and The Body: Creative Somatic Healing Practices Training Center Instructor: Eleanor Ruckman 3800 Coolidge Ave

11 June 29, 2016 Continued This training incorporates visual art exercises, movement and breathing to help ourselves and others become more aware of our body sensations. We ll consider how increasing awareness of the body can help heal trauma and address sensory processing issues, through a combination of lecture, case examples, discussion, and experiential practice. Participants will: Practice increasing self awareness of body sensation. Make art to explore somatic sensations and experience. Hear and see case examples of ways to use art to help others connect to their physical selves. Review how trauma disconnects us from embodied experience. Discuss sensory processing challenges and response strategies. MEET OUR TRAINER: Eleanor Ruckman is a registered art therapist and has been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since She is passionate about the power of the creative process to transform and heal, and practical when identifying strategies to help people to feel and function better. Her strength based and collaborative approach blends art making with body awareness, relaxation and mindfulness practices, communication skills, harm reduction, play and humor. She is dedicated to community, diversity and connection. Ruckman works with people of all ages individually, in couples, as families and groups. Her office is located on Santa Clara Avenue in Oakland. She also holds workshops and individual sessions outdoors. Ruckman offers the ArtSpa an indulgent art retreat and art therapy groups for teens and adults. Ruckman s experience includes clinical training, consultation, and supervision for individuals and groups; program direction and direct service in community based settings including schools, adolescent intensive day treatment, universities, shelters, transitional housing and public housing sites. She has a BA in fine art from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a Master s degree in counseling psychology and art therapy from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. Learn more at ArtGivesHope.com and see images of her art, which is internationally collected and published. This course meets the qualifications for three (3) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as Center Provider #

12 June 30, 2016 Thursday 9:00 AM 4:00 PM THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD AND EXTENDED CARE WITH SYSTEM INVOLVED YOUTH Training Center Instructor: Paul Gibson Location: Training Department 3800 Coolidge Ave. Youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems face extensive challenges in making a successful transition to adulthood. This course provides an overview of the transition to adulthood for all youth in our society. Data from recent transition outcome studies with youth in child welfare and the juvenile justice are reviewed. The implementation of AB 12/212 and the impact of extended care in supporting young adults will be discussed. Extended care challenges will be reviewed including limited placement options, engaging young adults in their Transition Independent Living Plans (TILP), and ensuring they have access to needed services. Successes will be shared including the progress of young adults in extended care, effective practices, and positive outcomes. How to work with young adults in supporting a positive transition to adulthood will be discussed. Primary transition service areas reviewed will include housing, post secondary education, family and permanency supports, employment, mental health, and preparing young adults for exiting extended care. Group discussions will focus on issues, problem solving and effective practices in each of the service areas. Counseling practices for working with young adults will be discussed including developing future goals, expanding permanency options, encouraging positive health care, supporting education and employment, and developing self sufficiency. Transition resources will also be provided. Course Objectives By the end of this course participants will be able to 1. Identify the markers for a successful transition to adulthood by young adults in our society and in extended care. 2. Describe the challenges in the implementing AB 12/212 extended care including finding placements, engaging young adults, and obtaining needed services. 3. Describe the primary transition service needs for young adults in extended care including housing, education, permanency support, employment, and mental health. 4. Identify case management and counseling practices for working with young adults in extended care. Paul Gibson, LCSW is a therapist and program consultant with 34 years of experience working with culturally diverse youth and families in residential, mental health, and public health settings. He has been a licensed therapist for 27 years and has provided extensive training for youth and family service providers on topics that include Legal and Ethical Issues and Self Awareness and Care. He currently has a private practice in San Francisco and provides individual and group clinical supervision to mental health professionals and child welfare workers seeking licensure. This course meets the qualifications for six (6) BBS CEUs for LPCCs, LCSWs and MFTs as Center, Provider #

13 June 30, 2016 Continued Thursday