Gratitude Practices to Increase Wellness in System-Involved Youth

Nicole Kelly

Training Description

Gratitude has been shown to have positive effects on one’s well-being. This training will provide an overview on the research of gratitude, the impact it has on one’s emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. The training will also cover strategies to teach youth about gratitude as well as how to practice gratitude with system-involved youth.

Learning Objectives

· Identify at least one benefit of practicing gratitude for system-involved youth

· Identify at least one strategy for teaching gratitude to system-involved youth and young adults

· Identify at least one strategy to practice gratitude with system-involved youth and young adults

Agenda

9:00-9:15am  Welcome and Introductions

9:15-11:00am  Gratitude overview

· Describing gratitude

· Gratitude quiz

· Barriers to practicing gratitude

· Gratitude and the brain

· Traits of gratitude

· Pathways to gratitude

· Benefits of gratitude practice

11:00-11:15am  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

11:15am-12:45pm  Gratitude practice

· Defining gratitude and quiz

· Gratitude and the brain

· Traits of gratitude

· Teaching gratitude to youth

· Teaching gratitude to teens part 1 – gratitude list and 3 good things

· Teaching gratitude to teens part 2 – stop, look, go and gratitude prompts

12:45-1:00pm  Questions & Answers, closing

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Kelly is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) 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.