• Guardianship: The Hidden Issues. A unique interactive training program on the legal, clinical, and ethical issues that arise in many guardianship cases. Court personnel, attorneys, social service providers, and caregivers can all benefit from this training.
• Leading with Equanimity. A seminar for directors and program managers in high-stress, crisis-oriented human service jobs offering a way to integrate a commitment to high quality services with a balanced and sustained energy for the work at hand.
• Service Evaluation. An exploration of the benefits and challenges of service or program evaluation, of selected evaluation methodologies, and of strategies for engaging direct service staff in developing effective and informative evaluations of agency services.
• Strength-based Approaches to Human Services. An engaged exploration of the principles that define strength-based and family-centered services and the challenges that arise as we work to apply these principles in our day-to-day direct service work.
• Integrating an Understanding of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues in Domestic Violence Services. Many adult survivors of domestic violence also struggle with serious substance abuse and mental health issues, which create special challenges as they seek the path of safety and recovery. This two-day training on complex post traumatic stress disorder draws on strength-based approaches, motivational interviewing, a stages of change framework, and the relational model in order to increase providers' understanding of the challenges facing program participants, to provide concrete strategies for responding effectively, and to help staff remain balanced and energized in this challenging work.
• Serving with Awareness. Mindfulness meditation holds great value for people in the helping professions. Seminar participants will learn about and practice basic meditation techniques, and will explore their applicability to day-to-day human service work.

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