Strategies for Teaching Emotional Regulation Skills to Parents, Caregivers, and Natural Support People

Nicole Klasey, PsyD & Charleen Dere, LMFT

Training Description

Parents and caregivers of system-involved youth play a crucial role in their healing journey. So, it’s essential for caregivers to regulate themselves in order to assist youth most effectively with regulating themselves. Participants will learn how to self-regulate and teach parents, caregivers, and others who support system involved youth about emotional regulation skills to help improve outcomes for system involved youth.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe at least 2 emotional regulation skills

2. Identify at least 1 way a parent’s/caregiver’s regulation skills can impact youth

3. Identify at least 1 emotional regulation skill to practice with parents, caregivers, or others who support system involved youth.

Agenda 

9:00-9:15am  Introduction

9:15-11:00am  Emotional regulation overview

11:15-11:30am  Break (CEUs will be not be offered for this time)

11:30am-12:45pm  Teaching emotional regulation skills

12:45-1:00pm  Closing and evaluations

Meet Our Trainers

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.

Osman has an undergraduate degree in psychology and advanced degree in social work, as well as 12+ years of experience, Osman Quddus is a leader within the mental health and social welfare arena. His broad experience includes micro and mezzo level work and direct services across multiple sectors, including education, healthcare, justice system, correctional system, and private mental health. In his recent role with a large national healthcare agency, Osman was an Internship Coordinator and Coordinator of Clinical Education for the social work department. He provided trainings personally and/or partnered with industry experts and community agencies to provide professional development and learning opportunities for staff, and partnered with Field Directors and/or Field Liaisons within MSW programs of various Bay Area universities to provide internship/practicum opportunities to MSW students. In addition, Osman is an entrepreneur, having established 2 successful businesses. Most recently, Osman and his wife have co-founded Justice Consulting, a consulting firm specializing in mitigation and mediation services, as well as trainings, workshops, and seminars on a range of topics including social welfare, social justice, cultural competency, emotional intelligence, leadership, etc. Osman lives in the Bay Area with his wife and 3 kids.

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.