Programs | Projects
Calendar of upcoming trainings
Impact of Early Care Settings on Attachment Formation: An Opportunity to Support Development
Professionals who work in early childhood have an amazing opportunity to support the development of attachment with children in their care. This training will define attachment and explain factors that impact attachment. Attendees will learn how to identify attachment seeking behaviors and supportive responses. Strategies to support the development of healthy attachment between young children and their parents will also be described.
Level: Basic/Intermediate | For: Professionals | Includes Clinical Content | Early Childhood
Tracy Schreifels, MS, LMFT, IMH-E® (III), Mental Health Specialist – Reach Up
June 30, 2015
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Maple Grove Community Center
12951 Weaver Lake Rd
Maple Grove, MN 55369
3 CEHs | $79
Creative Therapeutic Techniques
Creative therapeutic techniques can refresh the client/therapist relationship and can bring a new sense of awareness to clients. The techniques presented in this training can be used with clients at a variety of ages (child to adult) and can help to engage clients who may be resistant to therapy or treatment. Attendees will be reviewing a number of different tools such as a private logic game, the trash-can exercise and more than can be highly helpful in obtaining significant amounts of information in short amounts of time. We will talk about ways to increase our own spontaneity and engaging the disengaged client.
Level: Intermediate | For: Professionals | Includes Clinical Content
Tamarah Gehlen, LMFT, LADC, CCTP, FLE, Program Director and Graduate Level Professor – WINGS
July 7, 2015
12:30 – 3:30 pm
Grace Church Eden Prairie
9301 Eden Prairie Rd
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
3 CEHs | $79
After Birth: Clinical Issues Related to Postpartum Depression and Parenting
Pre- and postpartum depression affects up to 20% of women in the United States. The longer the duration, the more it can interrupt a mother’s ability to connect with her baby. This presentation will discuss clinical issues that therapists and/or home visitors may encounter when working with parents who experience depression after the birth of their child. Case examples will be discussed.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced | For: Professionals & Parents | Includes Clinical Content | Early Childhood
Carol Siegel, LP, Clinical Psychologist – Private Practice & Instructor in Infant and Early Childhood Certificate Program – University of Minnesota
July 20, 2015
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church
450 Irving Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
3 CEHs | $79
50 Techniques for Working with Difficult, Defiant and Aggressive Adolescents
Often defiant, resistant and aggressive youth are prematurely discharged from school, residential treatment or other programs because of their behavior. It is vital that therapists, social workers and counselors maximize their clinical tools to facilitate successful retention. This workshop will provide participants with a better understanding of the underlying causes of difficult behavior and offer several strategies to increase retention in programs.
Level: Basic | For: Professionals | Includes Clinical Content
Fred Dyer, PhD, CADC, Consultant & Trainer – Dyer Trains
July 28, 2015
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church
450 Irving Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
6 CEHs | $159
Moving Mountains: A Mind-Body Tool Kit to Calm Explosive, Reactive and Anxious Children
Sometimes well-planned interventions with children in distress don’t work as planned, and can even make situations worse. In this presentation, participants will learn tools to assess a child’s “zone” of agitation and to effectively intervene using a wide range of mind-body techniques and tools. During the workshop, participants will have a chance to create a tool kit binder of helpful interventions.
Level: Advanced | For: Professionals | Includes Clinical Content
Marit Appeldoorn, MSW, LICSW, Psychotherapist and Consultant – Private Practice & Kathy Flaminio, LGSW, E-RYT 200, Owner – 1000 Petals, LLC
August 6, 2015
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Eagan Community Center
1501 Central Parkway
Eagan, MN 55121
3 CEHs | $79
ADHD Update 2015
This workshop will look at recent developments in ADHD diagnosis, evaluation, research and treatment. This year’s update will have a special emphasis on new research related to autism and ADHD, as well as sleep and ADHD. Other recent developments regarding the role of exercise, nutrition, cognitive training and medication in the treatment of ADHD will also be reviewed.
Level: Intermediate | Audience: Parents & Professionals | Includes Clinical Content
Gary Johnson, PhD, LP, LMFT, Psychologist and Director & Chris Bedford, PhD, LP, Psychologist – Clinic for Attention, Learning and Memory
August 11, 2015
12:30 – 3:30 pm
Shoreview Community Center
4580 Victoria Street North
Shoreview, MN 55126
3 CEHs | $79
It Depends: The Answer to Almost Every Question About Managing the Challenging Behaviors of Young Children
Advances in the understanding of brain development and social-emotional development offer us a useful perspective on promoting young children’s emerging capacities for the regulation of arousal, emotion, attention and behavior. This training offers a perspective on the underlying principles of interpreting and responding to the often challenging behaviors of toddlers and preschoolers as well as strategies for promoting emotional literacy and the development of self-regulation.
Level: Basic | For: Professionals & Parents | Includes Clinical Content | Early Childhood
Michele Fallon, LICSW, IMH-E®(IV), Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
August 19, 2015
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Central Park of Woodbury
8595 Central Park Place
Woodbury, MN 55125
3 CEHs | $79