Date: June 2, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain an understanding of types of Mental Health crisis
  • Reflect on and establish advocates role in crisis management
  • Review NYC mental health resources and how to use them

Date: May 19, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • What are IEPs and Evaluations
  • Why are IEPs and Evaluations important within school systems
  • Tips and Resources for IEPs and Evaluations
Father and Son

Date: May 12, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding what is stress management
  • Identifying different stressors
  • Tips to relieve stress

Date: May 26, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain an understanding of FPA and YPA workforce needs
  • Explore how to motivate and increase staff commitment
  • Tools to increase workforce retention

Date: April 21, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Develop which parenting curriculum is best for your parent
  • Learn skills on how to engage better with your parenting group
  • Tips on how to have a successful group

Date: April 14, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding what lived experience is
  • The impacts of lived experience
  • How to cope when you are living through your lived experience

Date: April 7, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the family dynamics
  • Create action and support plan for families
  • Develop Healthy conflict resolutions for families

Date: March 9, 2022

Time: 10am – 12pm

Location: Online via Zoom

Description: The New York Foundling’s Strong Families and Communities Training Center in collaboration with Jodi Ziesmer, Director of the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)’s Immigrant Protection Unit, and Lisa Pineda, Mental Health Clinical Director of Terra Firma at Montefiore Health Systems, would like to invite you to explore the legal and mental health needs of the immigrant population with in NYC.

Description: Learn more about the Strong Families and Communities Training Center and the great work the staff support in.

Date: March 17, 2021

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Tools and Sustainability for Families

Date: March 10, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding how money works and is used
  • Learning the importance of saving and allocating money
  • Understanding how to create long term and short term financial plans

Date: March 3, 2021

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Diagnosis vs symptoms with assessment (role of advocate vs MH professional)
  • Cultural considerations
  • Types of Mental Health services

Date: February 10, 2021

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  • Develop an understanding of Family Dynamics as it Relates to Advocacy and Mental Health​
  • Learn to identify Healthy and Unhealthy Family Roles and Functioning​
  • Identifying the role of advocates in helping build healthy families

Date: February 17, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

1.Gain knowledge on the dynamics of teams and teamwork
2.Learn ways to improve cohesion and collaboration
3. Be able to implement 2 strategies to enhance staff development as individuals and as a group

Date: February 24, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learning youth developmental stages
  2. Understanding the importance of meeting youth where they are
  3. Teaching youth basic independent life skills
Supervisor having meeting with two coworkers

Date: January 20, 2022

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

1. Learning your role

2. How to collaborate when creating a family plan

3. How to foster communication between families and service providers

Date: January 13, 2022

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

1. Learning about the different types of relationships
2.Understanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships
3. Learning tools to increase healthy communication in relationships

Date: January 6, 2022

Time: 1 -3 pm

Location: Zoom

Learning Objectives:

1.Understanding the importance of code switching

2.Introduction to templates for professional writing

3.Learning how to use professional language to summarize youth and family interactions

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