Training for Practitioners
The Institute for Family Development offers the following workshops for
practitioners. Please contact our Training Division to learn more about
scheduling any of our workshops at your agency.
Fundamentals of Family Preservation Practice I (4 days) 
- Engaging and motivating reluctant clients
- Assessment, goal setting, and safety planning
- Teaching skills to families
- Identifying and accessing ongoing supports and resources
Fundamentals of Family Preservation Practice II (2 days)
- Behavioral strategies for children and families
- Using "Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy" (REBT)
- Suicide and depression: Assessment and interventions
Working with Drug-Affected Families (4 days)
- Introduction to "The Wheel of Change"
- Enhancing client motivation to change
- Conducting a holistic assessment
- Identifying triggers and preventing relapse
Improving Decision Making through Critical Thinking (2 days)
- Developing and using a "Critical Thinking" model of practice
- 18 common errors in thinking
- Evaluating interventions and outcomes
Client-Directed Assessment and Outcome-Based Service Planning (2 days)
- Using a critical thinking framework for assessment and service planning.
- Strategies for conducting a holistic assessment of client's strengths, goals, and values.
- Developing outcome-based goals and service plans
Addressing Domestic Violence: Strategies for In-home Practitioners (2 days)
- Identifying domestic violence
- Understanding common reactions to victimization
- Intervention strategies to use with victims of domestic violence and their children
- Safety planning
Enhancing Client Motivation (2 days)
- The 5 principles of "Motivational Interviewing"
- How to support self-efficacy
- How to recognize and evoke self-motivational statements
Working with Parents with Cognitive Limitations (1 day)
- Understanding cognitive limitations and their impact on parents
- Creative teaching strategies
- Assessing safety and social support
Issues in Reunification: Strategies for Success (2 days)
- A 5-step model of in-home reunification services
- Assessing safety and readiness
- Practical strategies for transitioning children home
Children's Mental Health: Research-Based Interventions (2 days)
- Behavioral definitions of childhood diagnosis
- Home and school-based intervention strategies
- Identifying effective treatments and interventions
Enhancing Social Supports (1 day)
- Assessing social supports for children and families
- Developing social support goals
- Skills for enhancing social support networks
Assertiveness Skills (1 day)
- The "Territorial Model" of Assertiveness
- Strategies for defending your territory
- Teaching assertiveness skills to families
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