Bilingual Strategies for Parents Advocating for At-Risk Youth

Join us in learning how to support parents in learning strategies to better support At-Risk youth in Educational systems.
About this Event

Lincoln Families is bringing this training to providers in Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras counties. Parents and caregivers of system-involved youth play a crucial role in their healing journey. So, it’s essential for them to regulate themselves in order to assist youth in their care with regulating themselves. Participants will learn how to teach parents and caregivers about emotional regulation skills as well as skills to practice with parents. The training will be provided in English and Spanish.

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:

Describe emotional regulation skills
Identify at least 1 Identify at least 1 emotional regulation skill to practice with parents and caregivers in English
Identify at least 1 emotional regulation skill to practice with parents and caregivers in Spanish

The training will be facilitated by Dr. Acosta of Klasey Consulting LLC. You can learn more about Klasey Consulting at www.klaseyconsulting.com or on Instagram @klaseyconsulting for upcoming events and resources.

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.