Workshops will be held at 325 N. Wells St.

Hostage Negotiation 1: The Process of Negotiating a Critical Incident
June 7, 2008 9:00am

Presented by Nancy Zarse , Psy.D.
This course will provide an overview of critical incidents and the four options for responding to such incidents. The overview will support the value and use of negotiation as the preferred strategy for responding to critical incidents. The six-step model of negotiation will be presented. The Stockholm Syndrome will be discussed. Participants will observe and assess a role play of a hostage situation.

A Family Interrupted: The Squid and the Whale: Introduction to Conducting Child Custody Evaluations
June 3, 2008 5:30 p.m. (3.5hrs)

Presented by Aviva Cahn, LCSW
Join this experienced child custody evaluator for a viewing of the movie, The Squid and The Whale (2005). Learn to identify unique dynamics of the divorcing family along with the components of good child custody evaluation and how to make recommendations which minimize the negative impact to the children, and apply these concepts using the material that is presented in the film. Integrate some of the most recent research on divorcing families as you look to choose a custodian and seek to protect the best interest of the children, in these very challenging and often heart-wrenching cases.

Hostage Negotiation 2: The People Involved in Critical Incidents
June 7, 2008 1:30pm

Presented by Nancy Zarse , Psy.D.
This course will provide an overview of the key players involved in critical incidents, to include responders, such as the negotiators, the tactical team, and the command center, as well as the types of hostage takers. Proactive strategies for responding to critical incidents will be presented, to include training and emergency plans. Participants will observe and assess a role play of a hostage situation.

Strategic Management for Consulting Practice
June 7, 2008 1:30 PM

Presented by Tomi Wahlstrom, Ph.D.
In today’s rapidly changing business world, all businesses must have clear strategic intent and remain responsive to their environments. This is no different in the field of consulting. In order to remain competitive and serve clients well, we must be able to strategically manage our practices. In this session, the basic strategic management model and its applications to consulting will be explored in detail. Emphasis will be placed on establishing clear mission and vision, and conducting environmental analysis to understand your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In addition, strategy formulation and implementation will be discussed followed by strategy evaluation and control. All of these stages of the basic strategic management model will be investigated within the specific framework of a consulting practice.

Cultural Responsive Therapy: Working with Latino/Latinas
June 21, 2008 9:00 a.m.

Presented by Hector Torres, Psy.D.
This course provides an overview of Latino/as’ cultural background and discusses how cultural factors interact with mental health. Participants will be engaged in discussions on topics related to culture and identity, including gender, family, class, sexuality, race, age, tradition, values, religion, acculturation and assimilation; and how these are relevant to psychotherapy. Participants will be able to better understand the role of culture, family structure, ethnicity, gender, social class and acculturation in symptom formation and the experience of psychological disorders. Finally, participants will be introduced to the practice of culturally responsive assessments and interventions that have demonstrated to be effective in the work with Latino/a populations.

Adolescent Sexploration
June 21, 2008 1:30 p.m.

Presented by Jodi Thomas, M.A.
This workshop presents a strength-based curriculum for communicating with adolescents about healthy sexual lifestyles. Current popular curricula involving communicating with adolescents often utilize more normative fear-based and/or taboo-based approaches to sexual education. This curriculum, however, addresses the need to expand rather than to constrain adolescents’ options, choices, and expressions in their exploration of sexuality. Through using a strength-based approach to sexual health, professionals will learn to identify and utilize adolescents’ individual assets, as a method of developing solutions for behavior change. Strength-based methods focus on solutions to living a sexually healthy lifestyle, rather than concentrating only on what not to do. The main objective of the curriculum is for participants to aid in liberating adolescents with whom they work toward a healthy understanding of sexuality and support them in developing sexually healthy lifestyles. This will be accomplished by educating participants on dispelling myths adolescents may believe regarding sexual health, identifying potentially unhealthy sexual behaviors and working towards strength-based behavior change, increasing comfort engaging in discussions with youth about sexuality, and communicating information in youth-friendly modalities.