Strategies to Practice Gratitude for System-Involved Youth

Lincoln Families is partnering with Klasey Consulting to bring this training to providers in Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras counties. Gratitude has been shown to have positive effects on one’s well-being. This training will provide an overview on the research of gratitude, the impact it has on one’s emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. The training will also cover strategies to teach youth about gratitude as well as how to practice gratitude with system-involved youth.

Please note that in order to register for these free trainings you must be staff, caregiver or volunteer working directly with foster, adoptive or probation involved children, youth and their families in Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras only. Participants outside of these areas aren't eligible and will not receive the zoom link.

The learning objectives for the training are to:

• Identify at least one benefit of practicing gratitude
• Identify at least one strategy for teaching gratitude to system-involved youth and young adults
• Identify at least one strategy to practice gratitude with system-involved youth and young adults

This training will be facilitated by Dr. Nancy Acosta of Klasey Consulting LLC. You can learn more about Klasey Consulting at 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.