What Social Service Providers Can Do When Experiencing Resistance

Klasey Consulting is partnering with Lincoln Families to bring this training What Social Service Providers Can Do When Experiencing Resistance to Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras providers. When social service providers experience resistance with system-involved youth, it can be frustrating and we can easily run into roadblocks with supporting them. This training will discuss why resistance occurs to better understand it and to adapt our support strategies. Without understanding the resistance experienced with a client, we can increase our frustration and create a further divide with the client.

Learning Objectives
1. Participants will be able to identify at least 1 reason they experience resistance when working with system-involved youth

2. Participants will be able to identify at least one common reaction to resistance

3. Participants will be to identify at least 1 strategy to address resistance in working with system-involved youth

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.