Calm Power Strategies for System-Involved Youth with Personal Energy Management Challenges

Robert Dousa

Training Description

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth (SIY) is to effectively coach them to manage their own personal energy towards re-parenting themselves in a way that can deepen their inner security while navigating conflict with those they live, work, play with as well as with those that have power over them.  In this training, we will explore the coaching of self-regulation and self-advocacy techniques that aim to foster increased inner well-being and win/win relational outcomes for SIY. The aim of this workshop is 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 energy management approaches that support SIY to re-parent themselves.

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 transformational Calm Power Practices that strengthen SIY ability to meet their own emotional needs and model for others effective humanistic approaches.

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 transformational Calm Power Practices that can be usedto support SIY toward quality personal and professional relationships.

Agenda

10:00-10:05am  Introduction

10:05-10:15am  Learn “Calm Power” and how it can be positively impactful in SIY.

10:15-10:30am  Explore a sampling of approaches that foster the ability of SIY to prepare to attain calm and then re-parent themselves

10:30-10:45am  Roleplay coaching SIY on engaging processes to prepare to attain calm and then re-parent themselves

10:45-11:00am  Learn transformational Calm Power Practices that strengthen SIY ability to meet their own emotional needs and model for others effective humanistic approaches.

11:00 -11:15am  Roleplay transformational Calm Power Practices that strengthen SIY ability to meet their own emotional needs

11:15-11:30am  Learn transformational Calm Power Practices which can be used to support SIY to improve the quality of their personal and professional relationships and strengthen their own protective factors to self-advocate in emotionally intelligent ways.

11:30-11:45am  Roleplay transformational Calm Power Practices which can be used to support SIY to improve the quality of their personal and professional relationships

11:45am-12:00pm  Questions & Answers, Wrap-up

Meet Our Trainer

Mr. Robert Dousa, for the past 26 years has been working on researching how to support the healing of people, especially young adults suffering from Complex Post Traumatic Disorders (CPTSD) while experiencing and receiving various healing modalities on himself and reading several alternative healing books for personal freedom from trauma. Prior to retirement from the public education system (22 years paid, 3 years volunteer) and most especially (2003-2022) as a Program Manager in the Behavioral Health Department for the Oakland Unified School District’s Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs Intervention program, Robert developed a strengths-based life coaching program, grant funded by the CA Dept of Education, that utilized 15 life coaches (diversity of gender, multi-ethnic, with individual hobby strengths) who utilized a variety of interventions and approaches while implementing inside Oakland schools. Currently, he offers services designed to empower young adults struggling with inner negative talk to find their own inner guiding light and individual gifts, talents, and passions in support of their future… and to also coach parents of SIY to re-establish a positive influential relationship with their children, guiding them towards healing their own inner child in the process. Currently, he is providing individual life coaching, training of intervention approaches, coaching training, and teaching to those individuals and organizations that support system involved youth.

This course meets the qualifications for (2.0) 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.