Back

Creating Calm: Effective Engagement With People Who Are Distressed (September 2023)

10:00am - September 21, 2023 thru 11:30am - September 28, 2023 | Timezone: US/Central
Collaborating TTC: Great Lakes ATTC
Registration Deadline: September 21, 2023
Register

TRAINING DATES:

  • September 21, 2023
  • September 28, 2023

 

 

DESCRIPTION:

Many of the people we interact with are actively experiencing high levels of distress. This may be due to health conditions, poverty, family challenges, or other life stressors. The Creating Calm training series will focus on attendees’ experiences and provide concrete tools for engaging with clients in distress.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Participants will:

  • Develop greater empathy and understanding related to distress
  • Gain insight into their own reactions to distressed people
  • Gain knowledge about the roots of particular kinds of distress
  • Learn tools for responding to distress that will improve engagement
  • Clarify risk and safety boundaries

 

 

CERTIFICATES:

Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance via email within two weeks after the event or training.

 

 

TRAINER:

Trainer, Mat Roosa

Mat Roosa, LCSW-R

Mat Roosa was a founding member of NIATx and has been a NIATx coach for a wide range of projects. He works as a consultant in the areas of quality improvement, organizational development, and planning, evidence-based practice implementation. His experience includes direct clinical practice in mental health and substance use services, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and human service agency administration.

 

The Great Lakes A/MH/PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders