How to Build a Network of Support for System Involved Youth within a School Campus

Robert Dousa

Training Description

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth is to effectively engage schools and internships to appropriately provide a Network of Support. At the same time, we are always tasked with identifying transformational Coaching and Healing Practices that are sustainable and lead to improved outcomes for our system involved youth. In this training, we will explore how to enhance our capacity to support system involved youth by examining How to Build a Network of Support with schools and internships that prepare us to foster young people’s emotional development and wellbeing and strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events and lead a meaningful life. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this training will allow us to improve the practice of how we empower system-involved youth and families.

Learning Objective

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 adult to adult relationship building approaches that fosters the alliance with system-involved youth inside school systems and internships.

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 transformational Systemic Support Strategies to be used in supporting school youth support workers (teachers, counselors, coaches, administrators) with their relationships with system-involved youth.

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 Coaching Points to be used in support of youth support workers (teachers, counselors, coaches, administrators) to improve their guiding practicewith system-involved youth towards positive outcomes in academics, career, and life.

Agenda 

12:30-12:35pm  Sign-in and Introduction

12:35-12:50pm  A how school-based youth support workers operate when attempting to foster greater outcomes for system-involved youth in their responsibility.

12:50-1:15pm  Learn transformational Systemic Support Strategies to be used in supporting school youth support workers (teachers, counselors, coaches, administrators) with their relationships with system-involved youth.

1:15-1:45pm  Learn Coaching Points to be used in support of youth support workers (teachers, counselors, coaches, administrators) to improve their guiding practice with system-involved youth towards positive outcomes in academics, career, and life and strengthen their protective factors.

1:45-2:20pm  Explore setting up a coaching plan while roleplaying with colleagues towards supporting youth support workers (teachers, counselors, coaches, administrators) with improving their guiding practice with system involved youth.

2:20-2:30pm  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 full time position is the  Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs Program Manager of Intervention and Prevention for the Behavioral Health Department of the Oakland Unified School District, CA. This program includes managing the prevention and intervention of substance abuse of all tobacco, alcohol, and drugs from Oakland’s 85 public schools, K-12. Robert Dousa has served in this capacity for the Oakland Unified School District since 2005 and prior to that served as a substance abuse counselor in school districts in Alameda County, CA.

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.