This month’s very important training will focus on Compassion Fatigue presented by Derek Foulds, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, as well as an Assistant Clinical Director and Program Director at Family Service Association.
Objectives for the training include:
- define stress, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and burnout.
- complete a compassion fatigue self-test.
- discuss the phases of compassion fatigue.
- discuss how the nervous system response to stress.
- discuss strategies to develop effective self-care.
- discuss what supervisors can do to help staff members improve their effectiveness and decrease burnout.
- discuss how to practice mindfulness.
- discuss magazine article re: myths about self-compassion. What keeps us from being kinder to ourselves?
Please RSVP …space is limited!
Join The Fall River Youth Violence Prevention initiative in a meeting with Sandy Hook Promise and representation of all the schools of Fall River.
During this meeting, Sandy Hook Promise will discuss its free programs that are available with regards to youth violence prevention and suicide prevention. Additionally, they will explore some potential new initiatives coming to our community. We welcome everyone’s input as we work toward the collective goal to reduce youth violence in Fall River!
Please join us as the nature trail around Cook Pond is officially named after Dr. David S. Weed who has done more in his many years of service to improve the health of the Fall River community that any of us will ever know.
Light breakfast, coffee/tea, and lunch will be provided
CEU’s are available for $70 for Social Workers and LMHC’s
Limited number of spots available, free book is also included.
To register, email: fryouthviolenceprevention@gmail.com
YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED UNLESS YOU GET A RETURN EMAIL
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
This training is primarily sponsored by the Fall River Suicide Prevention Coalition and Erin Rae’s School of Dance