New Courses

Introduction to LSCI: Crisis Prevention and De-escalation

Introduction to LSCI: Crisis Prevention & De-escalation provides in-depth instruction in the fundamental skills of LSCI, including the six most common patterns of self-defeating behavior, the Conflict Cycle and effective Interviewing Skills.

The Introduction to LSCI course is designed for professionals who work with troubled and troubling kids but do not intervene in crisis on a regular basis. It is also for people who do have the opportunity to use LSCI with kids, but who haven’t yet been able to complete the full certification course. Intro to LSCI provides top-notch instruction for anyone who needs to understand what LSCI training is all about, especially those providing administrative, paraprofessional, educational, and counseling services.

The Introduction to LSCI: Crisis Prevention and De-escalation course is a one-day course.

For more details on the Introduction to LSCI: Crisis Prevention and De-escalation, please contact Signe Whitson at swhitson@lsci.org.

LSCI Refresher Course

The LSCI Refresher Course curriculum is designed for those who have successfully completed the certification course and who have already been using LSCI for at least six months. It is not intended as a preview or substitute for those who have not completed the certification course. The Refresher course will serve as a forum to discuss the highlights and challenges of implementing LSCI in the real-world and as a laboratory to practice and sharpen interviewing skills.

The Refresher Course curriculum begins with an overview of the self-defeating pattern of each Reclaiming Intervention along with a review of the Conflict Cycle and Timeline. Also included is a discussion about short term vs. long term RI’s. Next, the course turns to a more detailed review of the RI’s, including the central issue, process, and unique outcome goals for each. Participants are given extensive opportunities to role play and diagnose LSCI crisis situations.

For scheduling purposes, the Refresher Course is recommended as a one-day, 8-hour review of LSCI.

For more details on the Refresher Course, please contact Signe Whitson at swhitson@lsci.org

LSCI Group Curriculum

The eight-session LSCI Group Curriculum is designed to teach child and adolescent students and clients the basic concepts of Life Space Crisis Intervention. The Group Curriculum helps kids learn about self-defeating behaviors and how to avoid falling into these troublesome patterns.

The Group Curriculum is intended as a helpful tool for LSCI-certified professionals trying to integrate LSCI into their classrooms and therapeutic milieus and also as a tool for professionals who desire to run effective groups with clients.

The LSCI Group Curriculum Trainer's Manual walks group leaders step-by-step and session-by-session through eight unique aspects of LSCI for Kids. Trainers may use either the Children's Handbook or the Youth Handbook, depending on the writing and comprehension abilities of participants. A group leader may use both versions in a single group, since the basic activities are the same. However, leaders must use extra care in attending to slightly different sets of written responses.

For more details on the LSCI Group Curriculum, please contact Signe Whitson at swhitson@lsci.org.

The Angry Smile Course

The Angry Smile course is designed for anyone who lives, works, or interacts with a passive aggressive student and wants to better understand and manage the often-troubling dynamics.

The Angry Smile takes an in-depth look at the roots of passive aggressive behavior in children, exploring masked anger at five distinct and increasingly pathological levels. The course features the Passive Aggressive Conflict Cycle as well as eight specific skills that professionals (and anyone interacting with a passive aggressive person) can use to respond effectively to the troubling behavior.

The Angry Smile course trains participants in a six-step process for confronting and changing passive aggressive behaviors in the long-term, using extensive discussion, video examples, and role play.



The Angry Smile is a one-day course.

For more details and registration information for The Angry Smile course, please contact Signe Whitson at swhitson@lsci.org