***JULY 2020 WEBINARS***

 ONLINE ZOOM WEBINAR
Wednesday, July 22, 2020; 12:00pm-2:00pm (EST)
“Use the Force, Luke!” Managing Number One First . . . and Staying Motivated to Do the Job
A Training for Counselors, Therapists, Social Workers, and Human Service Professionals
(ONLINE LIVE TRAINING VIA ZOOM; 2.0 Contact Hours of CE)
$39/person
Presenter: Charlie Appelstein, MSW - Author of No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: Understanding and Responding to Kids with Emotional & Behavioral Challenges Using a Positive, Strength-Based Approach

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Webinar Description:
Working day after day with at-risk children and youth elicits difficult feelings that can compromise a professional's performance. This presentation examines the major triggers and provides strategies for self-management that keep enthusiasm alive. Focal points include: how to respond instead of react when personalizing difficult situations, how to manage effectively when support is lacking, why and how to check personal baggage at the door, strategies for appropriate affect control, verbal & non-verbal interventions that engage and inspire, strategies for maintaining staff cohesion, and a new definition for success in working with at-risk populations. 
***FREE****
ONLINE ZOOM WEBINAR
Thursday, July 30, 2020; 10:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Cultural and Historical Traumas: Invisible Barriers to Healing and Change
(ONLINE LIVE TRAINING VIA ZOOM; 2.0 Contact Hours of CE)
Co-sponsored by: Glove House and ProAction of Steuben & Yates
Cost: FREE (registration is required)
Presenter: Anita Mandley. MS, LCPC
*FLYER - PRINTABLE VERSION*

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Webinar Description:
Cultural and historical trauma appears and is influenced in your work more than you think, especially if you work with people of color, war survivors, refugees and their descendants. Additionally, if the people you work with  differ from you in the areas of race, culture, religion, sexuality, class or gender, your own biases are likely to come out. Join Anita Mandley as she brings these issues out of the shadows and into consciousness, and opens a new path toward addressing the hidden grief of cultural and historical wounds. 

Friday, October 23, 2020 (Full Day - 9:00am-4:00pm)
Rethinking Personality Disorders: The Search for Secure Attachment
Presenter: Courtney Armstrong, LPC, MHSP
Location: Holiday Inn Riverview - Elmira, NY
Registration details coming soon!
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

The Family Service Society Professional Training Institute provides and sponsors high quality educational conferences and workshops pertaining to mental health, psychological and sociological issues for:
  • Social Workers
  • Mental Health Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Creative Arts Therapists
  • Human Service professionals
  • Alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment professionals
  • Educators
  • Psychologists
  • General public (in some cases)


For more information about the Professional Training Institute, please contact
​ Janalee Orfanides at orfanidesj@familyservicesociety.org or by phone at 607-962-3148.