Children and youth today need positive, skilled adults who can connect with them and offer hope. This is especially true for those who find themselves stuck in patterns of ineffective behaviors.
Life Space Crisis Intervention is an empirically supported, compassionate, and productive approach to understanding and helping children and youth with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. It is a proven and refreshing approach to school and home discipline which provides practical alternatives to standardized punishment and traditional behavior management strategies. The strategies are designed to be individualized for the child or youth and supports students across all three tiers of the Response to Intervention (RtI) model.
This two-day introductory course reviews the impact of stress and trauma, the dynamics of the conflict, the importance of providing proactive support, and how to apply the intervention with children and youth who displace emotions. Part 1 is also available online as a video-based course. Individuals who have completed Part 1 are encouraged to enroll in Part 2.
For Part I online registration visit this link: http://www.lsci.org/lsci-certification-course-part-1
Please remember to list Casa Pacifica as your referral agency when registering
This approach has origins in research from the National Institute of Mental Health, a presidential commission on Re-Education, and was further developed into a psycho-educational model by child psychologists Nick Long,Ph.D., and Frank Fescer, Ph.D., authors of Life Space Crisis Intervention: Talking with Kids in Conflict (ProEd, 2001) and founders of the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute.
Course meets on the following days:
· Tuesday, February 28, 2012
· Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Course hours will be from 9a-3p with sign-in beginning at 8:30am on both days. Lunch will be on your own.
Please note: This course requires a minimum of 12 participants
ABOUT THE HOST
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families serves as a National Training Site for the LSCI Institute and maintains certified Senior Trainers on staff.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
MFTs & LCSWs: Meets the qualifications for 10 hours of continuing education credit for Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Clinical Social Workers as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider 2522).
Nurses: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 15108, 10 hours.
CAADE: Provider approved by the California Association for Alcohol and Drug Educators, Provider #; CP10 914 C 1113 for 10 contact hours.
CYC-P: This course meets the qualifications for 10 hours of continuing education credit for Child and Youth Care Professionals (CYC-P) as required by the Child and Youth Care Certification Board. Content domain: Developmental Practice Methods
GHAs: This course is approved by the California Department of Social Services for 10 hours of continuing education units for administrator recertification (Vendor GH 2000166-730-2; Course Number 166-1004-22683).