Implementing Restorative Justice Principles to Better Serve System-Involved

Klasey Consulting is partnering with Lincoln Families to bring this training Implementing Restorative Justice Principles to Better Serve System-Involved Youth to Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras providers. Restorative justice principles have become increasingly popular amongst juvenile justice and social service providers. The focus is on repairing and restoring the relationship rather than simply punishment.This training will provide an overview of restorative justice principles as well as strategies to implement them.

Learning Objectives

* Participants will be able to explain restorative justice to system-involved youth on their caseloads

* Participants will be able to identify at least 1 restorative justice strategy that can be implemented with system-involved youth within the school system

* Participants will be able to identify at least 1 restorative justice strategy that can be implemented with system-involved youth within the community

Please note that in order to register for these FREE trainings your organization must directly work with foster, adoptive or probation involved children, youth and their families in Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras only. Caregivers, including resource families, who serve youth in the above-mentioned counties are also eligible. Participants outside of these areas aren't eligible and will not receive the zoom link.

The training will be facilitated by Dr. Nancy Acosta of Klasey Consulting LLC. To learn more about Klasey Consulting, visit www.klaseyconsulting.com.

Dr. Nancy Acosta is a bilingual therapist who has 7 years of experience working with trauma at a sexual assault center. She has provided services to children and adults in various settings including outpatient community mental health centers, college counseling centers, crisis centers, and in an integrated behavioral health setting. She has completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy as well as Cognitive Processing Therapy. She has experience providing training and supervision to doctoral level graduate students in trauma related topics including crisis intervention, vicarious trauma, and grounding techniques. In addition to developing a training manual for a student training program at a rape and crisis center, she also has experience supervising practicum students and providing support to staff and advocates. Nancy has experience working as a behavioral health consultant with multidisciplinary staff to improve recognition, treatment and management of behavioral problems and conditions.