DECEMBER 7TH FROM 1PM - 4PM PM VIA ZOOM LINK BELOW
NO SUCH THING AS A BAD KID
1. Self-management strategies for kids including: externalizing and naming problem behaviors, repetitive quizzing, wants vs. needs
2. Strategies for helping staff members to manage number one first. Topics include: the need to check personal baggage at the door, managing self-esteem injuries, responding vs. reacting when support is lacking, maintaining proper affect control and using core strength-based verbal interventions as kids escalate, and redefining "success" with at-risk kids
3. Understanding and responding to cognitively-inflexible kids
4. Respectful, relationship-based behavior management and limit setting
5. Understanding and mitigating "splitting" among the adults when dealing with kids at risk and their families
6. Taking humor seriously
7. Using solution-focused questions with clients
8. Powerful metaphors that inspire kids including: the car, snowball, and poker
ZOOM LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82324133551
Charlie Appelstein, MSW
Youth care specialist Charlie Appelstein, M.S.W., President of Appelstein Training Resources, LLC (ATR) provides expert strength-based training, consultation, publications, CDs, and DVDs for individuals and groups who work with children and youth experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges.
Described as “the best youth care trainer in America” by Robert Lieberman, former president of the American Association of Children’s Residential Centers, Charlie has devoted his entire adult career to helping children and youth struggling with emotional and behavioral challenges and those who guide them. An engaging, informative, and humorous speaker, Charlie is the author of three critically acclaimed books on youth care and the creator of two innovative CDs that helps kids and parents make better choices and lead happier lives. Charlie’s strength-based approach delivers a message of hope and possibility to our most vulnerable youth and those who shape and influence their lives.