Developing Emotional Intelligence with System Involved Youth

Waynette Brock

Training Description

Academic research and real-life experience prove beyond doubt that a high Intelligence Quotient (IQ) will only take you so far. A high EQ (Emotional Quotient), which measures Emotional Intelligence, ultimately leads to success. When people develop their emotional intelligence they not only have far greater control over their own emotions, they are also better able to perceive the emotions of other people, and build strong, effective relationships with them. This engaging and stimulating training puts the theory of emotional intelligence into practice, giving participants an opportunity to explore and understand better their own emotions and try out different ways of building rapport and connecting with foster and/or system involved youth who may live in out of home care. Participants will leave with knowledge and skills that will make them more effective in supporting the development of emotional intelligence in system involved regardless of their role. Participants will learn the core skills required to practice emotional intelligence: self-management, self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation and empathy.

Learning Objective

• Define Emotional Intelligence
• Identify the benefits of having higher emotional intelligence
• Learn the core skills required to practice emotional intelligence
• Understand how to demonstrate empathy in a wide range of situations
• Be aware how their emotions affect their behavior and performance                         

Agenda

9:00-9:30am: Welcome, Housekeeping, Technical Assistance and Check-In

9:30-10:00am: Benefits of Instruction in Emotional Intelligences

10:00-11:00am: Group Activity–Managing what happens when we are emotionally Spiked/Triggered

11:00-11:15am: BREAK (CEUs will not be offered for this time)

11:15am-Noon: The Power of Re-Framing: The Balance between Optimism and Pessimism & Interpreting and manage emotions in any situation

• Self-Management
• Self-Awareness
• Self-Regulation
• Self-Motivation
• Empathy

Noon-12:45pm:  Strategies to better interact with and support system involved youth

• How to Accurately Perceive Emotions
• Use Emotions to Facilitate Thinking
• Understand Emotional Meanings
• Manage Emotions

12:45-1:00pm: Summarize, Debrief, Evaluations

Meet Our Trainers

Waynette Brock has lead peer teams focusing on high risk individuals and underserved populations such as those that are incarcerated, individuals seeking recovery from substance use disorder, and those with life threatening illnesses, as well as anyone who wants to make positive life changes. Waynette lives in Northern California and is the National Trainer for the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CEUs for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.