The Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice Presents FOCUS Family Resilience Enhancement Program Training (Families OverComing Under Stress) A strength-based program for families impacted by trauma, loss or stressful change. Training Location: Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 November 9-11, 2015 Contact Debbie.Sharp@cchmc.org for more details.
Overview of Training This training is designed to provide basic training in the FOCUS Family Resilience Enhancement Program to mental health providers who have some experience working with families. By the end of the 3-day training, participants will be able to begin seeing families using the FOCUS model and can receive additional guidance via phone supervision. The training will primarily focus on practical instruction on how to conduct the sessions outlined in the FOCUS manual. Brief descriptions of the sessions will be followed by demonstration of key skills and then practice in small groups. All applicants must attend the full three day training and bring a printed copy of the FOCUS manual that will be sent electronically to all participants. We will accept only teams from facilities that can commit to implementing FOCUS right away, supported by our training team with monthly telephone clinical and implementation consultation, fidelity tracking, and outcome measures. INCLUDED IS AN APPLICATION FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO FILL OUT AND LIST PROVIDERS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE TRAINING. The training will be held at Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (specific location TBD). Training dates are Monday, November 9th through Wednesday, November 11, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hotel Recommendations: Marriott Kingsgate Hampton Inn & Suites Cincinnati/Uptown-University Area Embassy Suites Cincinnati Rivercenter This training is offered at no cost, but all travel-related expenses are the responsibility of the attendee. Applications need to be emailed to Debbie.Sharp@cchmc.org Attendee confirmation letters will be sent out on September 28, 2015.
Description of the FOCUS Family Program The FOCUS Program is a brief program for families contending with single or multiple trauma or loss events. It has been used widely as a stand alone family intervention or as an adjunct to other individual, family or group services. Developed by a team from the UCLA and Harvard Medical Schools, the FOCUS Program provides a structured approach for joining with traditional and non traditional families, crafting shared goals, and then working with parents, children and the entire family to bridge communication, practice specific skills that support family resilience, and make meaning out of traumatic experiences. An important way that FOCUS accomplishes these goals is by eliciting narrative timelines from each family member that capture their unique experiences, attributions, and concerns. In family sessions children and parents are then guided to share their stories and questions in a manner that promotes a shared understanding of what the family has been through, an appreciation of the unique needs of individual family members, and the skills needed to talk about difficult issues and collaboratively problem solve and create a meaningful path forward. The FOCUS program has been administered to hundreds of thousands of military family members over the past seven years and has been implemented in a wide range of civilian community, medical, clinical and school settings. It is especially recommended for families within the child welfare, juvenile justice, medical and military systems. Research has repeatedly confirmed that families participating in this brief program report reductions in distress and symptomatic behaviors for both parents and children and increases in child pro social behaviors and family resilient processes.
Meet the Faculty William Saltzman, PhD Co-developer of FOCUS Program Professor, California State University, Long Beach UCLA Trauma Psychiatry Program William Saltzman, Ph.D.: Dr. Saltzman is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at California State University, Long Beach. For the past 20 years, Dr. Saltzman has developed, implemented and studied trauma and loss focused programs for children, adolescents and families contending with community violence, illness and injury, wartime deployment, death, disaster, terrorism and war. He is lead author of the programs Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCT A) and Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS). Both are evidencebased programs that have been broadly disseminated nationally and internationally. Thomas Babayan, LMFT Supervisor, Nathanson Family Resilience Center, UCLA Tom Babayan, M.S., LMFT.: Mr. Babayan is a Clinical Specialist at the UCLA Nathanson Family Resilience Center. He has delivered services using the FOCUS model to active duty military families and veterans for seven years. Mr. Babayan is active in the Welcome Back Veterans Program and TeleFOCUS, an innovative program that uses video teleconferencing technology to deliver services to wounded warriors and their families. He has served as a consultant and trainer for the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles Unified School District and the National Military Family Foundation on a variety of projects aimed at building resiliency of military families and couples. Mr. Babayan specializes in helping military and veteran couples achieve greater satisfaction in their relationship by enhancing their resiliency skills.
Organization Organization Name APPLICATION FOR THE CANDIDATE ORGANIZATION Street Address City State Zip Code Organization Mailing Address Organization Telephone Number NCTSN Funding Does your organization have funding through the National Child Traumatic Stress Network? Currently funded NCTSN grantee Previously funded NCTSN grantee Organization has not had funding through the NCTSN Contact First Name Last Name Position Title Email Address Telephone Number
General Description of Organization Briefly describe your organization, including: type, size, location, client population, key referral sources. Please note if your organization serves families contending with trauma or loss related to child welfare, juvenile justice, medical, or military/deployment issues. Describe your current treatment model, and whether your facility uses evidence based practices. Describe prior experience team members have had with other treatments guided by a manual. Target Population(s) Describe your target population(s) for FOCUS including: (1) types of family referrals, (2) urban or rural backgrounds; (3) pertinent characteristics of the target population (e.g., ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status); (4) settings in which the practice will be implemented; and (5) number of families who may be eligible to receive the treatment.
Requirements for Participation in Program Please check all items that you agree to: All participants will be attending the full 3 day training. Your organization will begin implementation as soon as possible after the initial training. Staff members will participate in the monthly clinical and implementation consultation calls for six months. Your organization will participate in collecting intake and outcome data Your organization will adhere to requirements for programmatic assessment and fidelity tracking. Your site personnel will be apprised of the program implementation and efforts will be made to assure support is provided from all levels of the organization. Staff Members to Attend the Training Please list each staff member or provider who will attend the training along with the specific information requested below. Please note that a minimum of two and a maximum of five members from each organization may attend. TRAINEE #1 TRAINEE #2
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