Supporting Parenting and Young Adults Navigate Common Parenting Struggles

Klasey Consulting is partnering with Lincoln Families to bring this training Supporting Parenting System-Involved Youth and Young Adults Navigate Common Parenting Struggles to Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras providers.Parenting is tough and there can be added challenges when parenting system-involved youth given the trauma and adversity they’ve experienced. This training will discuss common parenting challenges caregivers of system-involved youth encounter. The training will also discuss strategies to support parents overcome these challenges

Learning Objectvies

1. Participants will be able to identify at least 1 parenting challenge parents of system-involved youth encounter

2. Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to teach parents of system-involved youth transition their children to bedtime

3. Participants will be able to identify at least one strategy to teach parents of system-involved when youth refuse to do what they’re asked

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.