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2. therapy

Upcoming Trainings at Edgewood
Space is still available in most of these trainings. Please forward this
announcement to anyone you think might be interested. All trainings are nocost and open only to foster parents, kinship care-givers, SFHSA staff, and staff
who work for Title IV-E-qualified agencies
(FFAs, Group Homes, Probation, Juvenile Justice).
*Please note that any Edgewood training may be canceled if less than six people register. Please
make sure you type your email address accurately in your RSVP and that it is an email box that
you regularly check so we may notify you if the class is canceled or rescheduled.
The Heart and Soul of Change: PCOMS, the Therapeutic
Alliance, and Positive Outcomes for Clients
5 CEU's*
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015
10:00am - 4:30pm
Edgewood Center San Francisco - RSVP HERE
At the root of many controversies in our field is the important question: "what works with helping our
clients to achieve successful outcomes?" Is success based on the use of specialized techniques or do
other factors account for the change? This training intends to give you the basics needed so you can
begin implementing client-directed, outcome-informed (CDOI) ideas and practices that are part of the
Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS). As many of you know, PCOMS is
included in SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
The research supports that it is the pan-theoretical elements that account for therapeutic transformation
across models and schools of thought and that adding feedback to your work is what improves
outcomes. PCOMS uses the Outcome Rating Scale and the Session Rating Scale to develop, sustain
and monitor client outcomes and the therapeutic alliance. PCOMS can be used flexibly with any
population, any diagnoses, in any settings. It is the "One Size Fits All" EBP.
In this training, study the Outcome Rating Scale and the Satisfaction Rating Scale as a means of
understanding your client's needs and developing the kind of relational alliance that leads to improved
success and positive outcomes.
Presented by Pamela Parkinson, PhD, LCSW
Pamela is a clinical psychologist and clinical social worker, specializes in working with youth and their
families; she works as a child/family consultant to CBO's in 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. Currently, Pamela has developed, and offers trainings, through her
Family Institute of Training (FIT).
*To receive CEUs provided by Edgewood Provider # 1441, you must attend the entire training. Due to
our contract with the board of Behavioral Sciences, we will be unable to provide attendees with
certificates of completion if more than 15 minutes of course content is missed. If you will be
requesting CEU's bring your license number to the training. No partial credit offered.
PTSD, Complex Trauma and Attachment Disorders: Their
Impact on Youth and Best Approaches for Treatment
6 CEU's*
Friday, May 22nd, 2015
9:00am - 4:30pm
Edgewood Center San Francisco - RSVP HERE
Many youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems experience extensive trauma,
which can have deep and lasting, detrimental effects on all aspects of their life. This training will
review the impact of trauma on youth development, including mental health and behavioral
consequences. Discussion will include trauma-related disorders including post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD); complex trauma; reactive attachment disorder; disinhibited social engagement
disorder; depression, and borderline personality. The training will also introduce best practices for
working with these youth such as building the relationship; meeting basic needs; motivating youth; and
increasing the core competencies of self-esteem, communications, and coping skills. Treatment
approaches and evidence-based practices for working with youth who have trauma-related disorders
will be explore, and will include a review of cognitive and behavioral interventions and self-regulation
skills that can support youth impacted by trauma.
By the end of this training students should have an increased understanding of:
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The impact of trauma on the development of youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile
justice systems.
Trauma related disorders in youth, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex
trauma, reactive attachment, disinhibited social engagement disorder, depression, and
borderline personality.
Treatment approaches and evidence-based practices for working with youth with trauma
related disorders.
Cognitive behavioral interventions and self-regulation skills that support youth impacted by
trauma.
Presented by Paul Gibson, LCSW
Instructor Paul Gibson, LCSW is a therapist and program consultant with 36 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 29 years and has provided extensive training for youth
and family service providers on topics related to mental health issues, boundaries and self care, clinical
supervision, and law and ethics. Mr. Gibson currently has a private practice in San Francisco and
provides clinical supervision to mental health professionals and child welfare workers seeking
licensure.
*To receive CEUs provided by Edgewood Provider # 1441, you must attend the entire training. Due to
our contract with the board of Behavioral Sciences, we will be unable to provide attendees with
certificates of completion if more than 15 minutes of course content is missed. If you will be
requesting CEU's bring your license number to the training. No partial credit offered.
Understanding and Supporting the Process of Grief and
Loss in Children, Youth & Ourselves
4 CEU's*
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
9:00am - 1:00pm
Edgewood Center San Francisco - RSVP HERE
Being separated from loved ones and being torn from home and everything familiar is devastating for
children and youth. The resulting experiences of loss and grief are profound and lasting. Because
children have no choices in this experience, the impact for them is more severe than that for the adults
in similar events. The training is designed to increase understanding, awareness and strategies for
caretakers and providers who will help the child process, cope and eventually integrate the
overwhelming and persistent feelings they are struggling with. We have incorporated experiential
exercises to build empathy and sensitivity in care providers.
The pursuing grief forever shapes the internal working model and resultant behaviors for the child. Our
role as caretakers and providers will be to help the child process, cope and eventually integrate the
overwhelming and persistent feelings they are struggling with. The training also addresses the grief
that surfaces for us as we help the youth along this painful journey.
Participants will learn
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The stages, triggers and reactions to grief in children and ourselves
How to help others and ourselves manage and move through grief
To honor grief as a natural process and healing as an ongoing process
Phases of healing and methods to promote them
Presented by Beverly Kyer
Beverly Kyer has been a Public Speaker and Educator for more than 30 years with specialties in Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder; the Trauma Impact on Brain Development and Learning in Children and
Youth, and Compassion Fatigue, AKA Vicarious Trauma. Beverly has served as the EAP Employee
Assistance Program Coordinator, and the Assistant Chief of Social Work Service, Bronx N.Y.
Veteran's Administration Medical Center. She has served nine years as a Social Worker for Casey
Family Programs. Beverly's mission is to inspire understanding, empathy, capacity and determination
for all who will help children and youth on the road to healing and a permanent place and people called
home. Roles in her career include being a Trainer for Seneca Center and Family
Finding, Readjustment Counseling Therapist, Psychiatric Social Worker, Social Work Field
Placement Supervisor; Clinical Social Worker/ Program Coordinator/ Social Work Supervisor;
Assistant Chief of Social Worker Service and Grief and Trauma Counselor and Consultant. Beverly's
participatory training style creates an interactive and collaborative learning environment focused
towards seeking answers.
*To receive CEUs provided by Edgewood Provider # 1441, you must attend the entire training. Due to
our contract with the board of Behavioral Sciences, we will be unable to provide attendees with
certificates of completion if more than 15 minutes of course content is missed. If you will be
requesting CEU's bring your license number to the training. No partial credit offered.
Fundamentals of Sandplay for Therapeutic Work with
Youth: An Experiential Workshop
3 CEU's*
Friday, June 26th, 2015
9:30am - 12:30pm
Edgewood Center San Francisco - RSVP HERE
This hands-on workshop will introduce the method and psychological framework of sandplay as a
therapeutic extension or alternative to cognitive therapies. With a background of over 75 years, it is
considered one of the most effective and safe modalities for resolving trauma, abuse and
developmental wounding. The child's language is the language of symbol. Sandplay works with this
non-verbal, or even pre-verbal, landscape, creating a safe place in which the client naturally expresses
their deepest selves, and allowing healing to take place.
In this three hour workshop, we will explore the historical roots, theory and practice of sandplay
therapy as originated by Dora Kalff. Participants will learn about the sandplay theory and practice
through experiential work, as well as viewing and responding aesthetically to images of the sandplay
process of a child. There will be room for questions and discussion throughout.
A newly released 30 minute video: What is Sandplay Therapy? (https://vimeo.com/124999326) is
recommended to view prior to the course.
In this workshop, participants will:
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Learn the history and development of sandplay as a therapeutic modality
Learn Dora Kalff's concept of the "free and protected space"
Explore the non-directive role of interpretation in sandplay therapy
Experience a sandplay process of a child with a focus on awareness of symbols arising from
the sandplayer as well as the therapist.
Presented by Laura Soble, MA, MFT, REAT, CST-T
Laura Soble is a teaching member of Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) and of the International
Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST), and an Analytical Candidate at the C.G. Jung Institute of San
Francisco. She has published in the Arts in Psychotherapy Journal and The Journal of Sandplay
Therapy and is a founding member and former board officer of the Northern California Regional
Sandplay Society (NCRSS). Laura Soble presents and consults nationally and internationally on
sandplay therapy and the integration of the arts in psychotherapy. She has a depth psychotherapy
practice in Oakland. www.laurasoble.net
*To receive CEUs provided by Edgewood Provider # 1441, you must attend the entire training. Due to
our contract with the board of Behavioral Sciences, we will be unable to provide attendees with
certificates of completion if more than 15 minutes of course content is missed. If you will be
requesting CEU's bring your license number to the training. No partial credit offered.
Motivational Interviewing: Facilitating Change with the
Youth and Families We Serve
5 CEU's*
Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
9:00am - 3:00pm
Edgewood Center San Francisco - RSVP HERE
Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change
by helping clients to explore and resolve the ambivalence that keeps people from making desired
change in their lives. In this one day Motivational Interviewing training we will discuss the spirit and
principles of Motivational Interviewing as well as a brief overview of eliciting, exploring, and
identifying client change talk.
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Increase the use of active listening with psycholinguistics as the guide for deeper possibilities
and understanding of what clients are saying.
Learn the use of reflections to more accurately align with clients desires and goals.
Learn to practically apply the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing in all engagements with
clients.
Learn how to better align client goals and program goals.
Presented by Lochlan McHale, Member of MINT
Lochlan is a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers ) and has conducted
trainings, lectures, consultations, and spoken at conferences nationally on topics from front line work
to management and development. No matter what the topic Lochlan is known for genuine client
centered, guided, and driven models of care using creativity and tailor made consultations. For a more
detailed though not conclusive list visit www.lochlanmchale.com.
CEUs: This course meets the qualifications for 10 BBS CEU hours for MFTs and/or LCSWs as
required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provided by Edgewood Center, Provider
#1441. Due to our contract with the Board of Behavioral Sciences, we will be unable to provide
attendees with certificates of completion if more than 15 minutes of course content are missed. If you
will be requesting CEU's, bring your license number to the training. No partial credit offered.
Questions about a training? Suggestions on future trainings? Please contact the
Edgewood Center Training Department at trainingdepartment@edgewood.org.
Thank you!