How Emotional Regulation and Mindfulness Skills Can Improve Outcomes for System Involved Youth

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D

Training Description

Many system-involved youth and transitional age youth struggle to make sense of their emotions and regulate them in an adaptive manner. Without this knowledge, it can hinder goals and aspirations youth have. This training will equip you with the knowledge and skills to effectively support system involved kids and teens in increasing their emotional regulation skills. Additionally, many system-involved youth struggle to regulate their emotions and can dwell on self-defeating thoughts. Mindfulness is a helpful skill to help those that support system involved youth be present and engaged with them as well as a great skill to teach youth to practice so they don’t get lost in their thoughts and emotions. Participants will learn tangible mindfulness skills to practice with system involved youth.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify at least 1 component of emotion regulation.

2. Acquire at least 1 strategy for teaching emotional regulation skills with system-involved youth

3. Explain mindfulness and acquire at least 2 strategies for teaching system-involved youth about mindfulness

Agenda

10:00-10:15am  Welcome and Introductions

10:15-11:30am  Emotional regulation overview

· What is emotional regulation

· Emotional regulation and trauma

· Emotional regulation and challenges with foster youth

· Self-regulation of providers

11:30-11:45am  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

11:45am-12:30pm  Emotional regulation overview

· Emotional regulation exercises for kids

· Emotional regulation exercises for teens/young adults

12:30pm-1:30pm  Lunch (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

1:30pm-3:15pm  Emotional regulation skills, mindfulness overview

· Emotional regulation practice

· Emotional regulation Questions & Answers

· Mindfulness definition

· Benefits of mindfulness

· Mindfulness and trauma

3:15pm-3:30pm  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

3:30pm-4:45pm  Strategies to practice mindfulness with system-involved youth

· Mindfulness and foster youth

· Mindfulness strategies for kids

· Mindfulness strategies for teens

· Mindfulness Questions & Answers

4:45pm-5:00pm  Closing

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Klasey 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 (5.5) 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.