Strategies to Support Impact of Community Violence

Klasey Consulting is partnering with Lincoln Families to bring this Strategies to Support Youth and Families Experiencing Community Violence training to Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras providers.When considering the trauma system-involved youth are exposed to, it’s crucial to not only consider individual traumas but it’s also important to consider community violence. Join us as we talk about different types of community violence, it’s effects on system-involved families and strategies to support them. Without this knowledge, it’s hard to intervene and support system-involved youth and families.

Learning Objectvies

1. Participants will be able to identify at least 1 example of community violence

2. Participants will be able to identify at least 1 way community violence impacts system-involved youth

3. Participants will be able to identify and implement at least 1 strategy to support system-involved youth exposed to community violence

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.