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Our workshops are a great option for professionals wanting to develop their own skills or for program managers wanting to train their staff without additional commitments. Open to all, these workshops are designed to teach how to work with children and youth, build program management skills, and develop social emotional skills.

We offer trainings in Structural Racism and Cultural Responsiveness, Social-Emotional Learning, Youth Works Methods, and much more. And we can develop a Customized Training to fit your specific needs.

Be sure to check out our Quick Connections videos for a burst of tips and new ideas anytime. These short, live, and recorded webinars highlight specific resources, youth development strategies, and real-time stories from programs supporting youth, families, and communities in the time of COVID-19.

Thanks to our partnership with the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), providers working in licensed school-age programs can receive STARS Credits from our workshops.

Understanding & Addressing Anti Blackness at ELO's (Apr 27 & 28)

Expanded learning opportunity (ELO) organizations can be important places of youth development for Black youth. However, Black youth often experience racial inequity in ELOs because leadership and outcomes tend to uphold anti-Blackness. For example, Black...

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 & Wednesday, April 28, 2021
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada), Both Days
Instructor:
Ishmael Miller
Location:
STARS Credits: 4
Content Area CA IX: Cultural Competency & Responsiveness

Cultivating Empathy (May 5)

By incorporating and modeling empathy, youth workers can add value to their programs and promote skill building for youth. In this session, participants will practice strategies for supporting empathy building, including active listening skills. Participants...

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Instructor:
Maria Johnson; Lynda Llavore
Location:
STARS Credits: 2
Content Area V: Safety and Wellness; VI: Interactions with Children and Youth

Trauma Informed Youth Work (May 15)

Trauma Informed Youth Work: From Healing Relationships to Just Communities This interactive workshop will explore the widespread impacts of trauma in young people’s lives and communities and support youth workers to build skills at the...

Saturday, May 15, 2021
Part 1: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM and Part 2: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Instructor:
Briana Herman-Brand
Location:
STARS Credits: N/A
Content Area VI: Interactions with Children and Youth; IX: Cultural Competency and Responsiveness

Corazonar y sentipensar en nuestros programas (Jun 9)

Acompáñanos a explorar los conceptos de sentipensar y corazonar. Exploremos el poder que nos dan las emociones y las intersecciones entre lo que sentimos y lo que pensamos. Muchas veces interpretamos comportamientos que aparentan ser...

Miércoles, el 9 de junio, 2021
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Instructor:
Maria Johnson; Clara Rosebrock
Location:
STARS Credits: 2
Content Area V: Safety and Wellness; VI: Interactions with Children and Youth

Culturally Responsive Programming (Jun 23)

Cultural Responsiveness - An Inclusive Approach for Youth Programs The Cultural Responsiveness: An Inclusive Approach for Youth Programs workshop explores cultural identities, perspectives, and relationships that impact youth and shares best practices for an inclusive,...

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Time to be confirmed soon in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Instructor:
TBA
Location:
STARS Credits: N/A
Content Area IX: Cultural Competency and Responsiveness

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