Effective Behavioral Strategies for System Involved Youth in Partnership with School Staff

Robert Dousa

Training Description

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth is to effectively engage them to break free of negative self-talk and doubt since this is required to be successful in academic and career related activities, to build networks of support, and to avoid using drugs and compulsive behavior to self-medicate. In this training, we will explore how to enhance our capacity to support system involved youth by exploring partnership approaches within public school systems. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve the practice of how we empower system-involved youth and families.

Learning Objectives

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 potential School Site Partners to support improved outcomes for youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement.

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 Integrating Intervention Services Practices for use in partnership with school staff tosupport youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement to strengthen their resilience & support success in academic & career related activities.

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 sustainable Managing Intervention Partnership strategies which can be used to help youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement to build networks of support & avoid using drugs or compulsive behavior to self-medicate.

Agenda

1:00-1:05pm  Sign-in and Introduction

1:05-1:15pm Explore the outline of how school staff and the school district functions to support efforts to sustainably support youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement towards healing from trauma and emotional well-being.

1:15-1:30pm Learn the roles of potential school partners who can possibly support efforts to sustainably partner to lead youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement to emotional well-being while engaged in pursuing academic success.

1:30-1:45pm Explore Integrating Intervention Services Practices to be used when partnering with school staff while supporting youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement to strengthen their resilience and ability to avoid addictive and compulsive behaviors in order to attain well-being.

1:45-2:00pm Practice & Roleplay Integrating Intervention Services Practices designed for partnering with school site staff with colleagues.

2:00-2:15pm Explore Managing Intervention Partnership strategies to be used with identified school site partners to foster long term academic and emotional support of youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement.

2:15-2:30pm Practice & Roleplay Managing Intervention Partnership Strategies to be used with identified school site partners to foster long term academic and emotional support of youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement.

2:30-2:45pm  Explore Coaching Talking Points to be used with identified school site partners to foster long term academic and emotional support of youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement.

2:45am-3:00pm  Wrap Up & Closing

Meet Our Trainer

Mr. Robert Dousa is the founding Managing General Partner of Independent Strengths Building Consulting. This business includes: Individual Anger Management & Addictive Behavior Recovery Coaching, Conducting training of: Situational Leadership/Strengths-Based Life Skills Coaching, Brief Intervention & Motivational Interviewing, Drug, Anger Management, & Family interventions, Neuroscience-Based Leadership & Rapport Building, & Organizational Prevention Strategy Consultation, & Mandated Reporter Training for CA. Mr. Robert Dousa's has retired from the Marin County Office of Education Safe Schools Department and is now providing individual life coaching, intervention coach training, and consulting to those supporting system involved youth. Prior to retirement, he developed the majority of his practice from his work as the Program Manager for the Oakland Unified School District’s Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs Intervention program from 2005 to 2021. Prior to that, he served as a substance abuse counselor in school districts in Alameda County, CA from 2000 to 2005.

This course meets the qualifications for (2) BBS CE hours 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.