Speakers,
Presentations, and Training
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Classes
& Presentations
All
of these can also come to your
training site and customized to
fit your audience.
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first-served basis |
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Resiliency
in Action Training
The
Resiliency Training Program™Training of
Trainers |
Nan
Henderson, M.S.W.
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days (12 C.E.U.s) |
8:30
a.m.. - 4:30 p.m. daily |
March 13 - 14, 2008 |
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PRESENTATIONS
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| Motivating
Positive Behavioral Change |
| Motivation
research shows motivating a change is
less likely when confrontive techniques
are used--and more likely with the non-confrontive
approach that will be introduced in this
class. You will learn: 1) new ways of
thinking about motivation and change;
2) new methods of increasing motivation
for change; 3) skills that minimize resistance
to change; and 4) ways to apply this information
to individuals and groups. |
Motivational
Interviewing with An Emphasis on
Treating Substance
Abuse |
| 2
days (14 C.E.U.s) |
8:30
a.m.- 4:30 p.m. |
Dates:
TBA |
| Motivational
interviewing is a non-confrontive method
of decreasing client resistance and encouraging
motivation for changing problematic behavior.
Originally proven effective with substance
abusers, it is being adapted for use with
mental health issues. It is a therapeutic
style that can be blended with other approaches
and used in brief contacts, or in more
long-term work. The development, theory,
and research of this approach will be
covered; much of the class will be interactive
coached practice of motivational techniques. |
Healing
the Resilient Soul:
Spirituality &
the Psychology of Human Resilience |
| Why
do some people, when faced with problems
and distress, bounce back and do well
while others seem to flounder? Is there
a way to facilitate a greater ability
to overcome life's adversity as well as
use it as a stepping stone to greater
awareness and self-realization?
This
presentation will focus on the growing
body of social science research that
suggests that each person does have
an "innate self-righting tendency"--a
capacity for resilience--and how this
capacity is connected to one's true
spiritual nature, as perceived across
several spiritual traditions and thinkers.
Experiential activities that nurture
resilience by meeting the needs of the
soul will be an integral part of our
time together, including creativity,
music, storytelling, laughter, deep
human sharing, and building cohesive
community. Please bring a selection
of music that inspires (on CD/ cassette);
stories that motivate (fables, myths),
and whatever makes you laugh when "the
going gets tough" (jokes, cartoons)
to contribute to our interactive evening
sessions.
Located
at Far Horizons, a retreat center
in Sierras. For INFORMATION and REGISTRATION
please visit www.farhorizons.org
or call (1)559-565-3692 |
| Four
Steps to Resiliency: Bouncing Back From
Life's Problems "With More Power
and More Smarts" |
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Dates:
TBA |
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This
keynote, workshop, or full-day training
is a motivational boost for anyone struggling
with crisis, grief, trauma, and/or stress–or
for those who help others to overcome
these problems. It emphasizes the well-documented
human capacity to overcome and transcend
adversity, offering practical suggestions
from the psychological research on how
people do this. Participants will be
able to identify their personal "resiliency
builders" and learn how to make
them grow; they will take The Resiliency
Quiz and discover how to strengthen
their ability to overcome whatever adversity
they are facing; and they will understand
their unique personal strengths and
why, ultimately, "what is right
with them is more powerful than anything
that is wrong."
This
presentation is appropriate for both
adult and youth audiences. |
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| Resiliency
In Schools: Making It Happen for Students
and Educators |
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Dates:
TBA |
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This
one or two-day presentation covers the
emerging concept of moving "children
and youth from risk to resiliency,"
with an emphasis on what educators can
do. The training also includes information
and activities designed to increase
educator resiliency. The research basis
of this new view of helping children,
youth, families, and schools, how it
connects with other approaches to positive
youth development, how to apply the
recommendations of the resiliency research
in real-world settings, and the four
most important steps to fostering resiliency
will all be covered. Many practical,
hands-on classroom strategies for building
resiliency will be included.
Learning
Objectives. As a result of this training,
participants will:
1.
Understand the research basis of the
emerging resiliency framework, including
how it is unique.
2. Be able to apply the recommendations
from this research to their own lives,
as well as to helping others.
3. Identify the four most important
steps to fostering resiliency.
4. Acquire several activities that can
be used to help others (of all ages)
identify and build their personal resiliency.
5. Understand how schools are integrating
the resiliency framework into their
vision, mission, and practice.
6. Understand how to be a more effective
change agent for resiliency-building
in their school setting.
7. Acquire strategies for getting parents
to "buy in" to the resiliency
approach for helping their students. |
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| Better
than "Self-Esteem": The Resiliency
Route to Authentic Self-Worth and Life
Success |
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Dates:
TBA |
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In
this presentation, participants learn
about the recent research indicating
that "feel-good" self-esteem
approaches (based on affirming one's
"specialness", for example)
may be harmful and how "the "resiliency
route to authentic self-esteem and life
success" is a positive alternative
based on recognizing actual accomplishment,
identifying and understanding how individuals
have and can use their strengths, and
living a life filled with individuals'
expressions of their unique "talents
and gifts."
Much
of the presentation focuses on the The
Gallup Organization's 30 years of research
into maximizing human potential. Two
of the findings are "each person's
talents are enduring and unique,"
and "each person's greatest room
for growth is in the areas of his or
her greatest strength." One of
the conclusions of this research is:
"The real tragedy of life is not
that each of us doesn't have enough
strengths, it's that we fail to use
the ones we have."
How
to turn this situation around through
following the four steps of "the
resiliency route to authentic self-worth
and life success" is covered, as
well as ways to overcome the cultural
obstacles to using a "strengths-based
approach" in one's work and life.
Learning
Objectives. As a result of this training,
participants will:
1. Examine the controversies within
the self-esteem movement, including
recent research about the potential
harmfulness of "feel-good"
self-esteem.
2.
Define "authentic self-worth"
and understand how to use the research
on what makes people resilient to build
it.
3.
Explore the "strengths revolution"
emerging from Gallup's 30 years of how
to maximize human potential.
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| Resiliency
In Action: How Schools, Families, and
Communities Build "Bounce-Back Kids"
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| Nan
Henderson, M.S.W. |
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Dates:
TBA |
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this training (which can be condensed
into a keynote or workshop format), participants
thoroughly examine the research base of
resiliency that is emerging from the fields
of psychology, psychiatry, sociology,
and education. The emphasis of the training
is practical application of these research
findings in strategies that can be used
to move children and youth "from
risk to resiliency." Examples of
practices and programs that are building
resiliency are shared. The training will
include interactive activities to be used
to assist youth to identify and celebrate
their personal resiliency and understand
how they can be more resilient in the
future.
AGENDA
Introductions/Overview
The
research foundation of resiliency:
Where has it comes from?
How does resiliency happen?
Shifting the balance from risk to resiliency
Connecting
the research to children you are concerned
about:
Using the "Resiliency Chart"
Identifying and increasing Personal
Resiliency Builders
Creating a resiliency-building environment
Using the "Resiliency Wheel"
as a tool for resiliency building
The
"Four Most Important Steps to Fostering
Resiliency"
BREAK
Video
examples of resiliency-building in action
Interactive
activities for teaching about and celebrating
personal resiliency–
The
power of One Person to foster resiliency
Learning
Objectives. As a result of this training,
participants will:
1.
Understand the research basis of the
emerging resiliency/positive youth development
framework.
2. Explain how this research shows that
one-to-one interactions are the most
potent
change agents in young people's lives.
3. Identify the four most important
steps to building resiliency.
4. Acquire several activities that can
be used to help others identify and
build personal resiliency.
5. Employ several strategies in work
with children and youth to "build
resiliency." |
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PRESENTATIONS CAN BE CUSTOMIZED TO FIT YOUR
AUDIENCE!
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Nan Henderson's Speaking Schedule
Biography
and List of Presentations for
Nan Henderson, M.S.W., Speaker,
Author, and President of Resiliency
In Action
Nan
Henderson, M.S.W., is an internationally recognized author, trainer, and consultant on fostering human resiliency in youth, adults, families, and organizations. Her publications on this subject are used in more than 25 countries and have been translated into Spanish and Russian. She is co-founder and President of Resiliency In Action, Inc., a training organization in Southern California.
Ms. Henderson has trained and consulted in 43 U.S. States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Organizations she has worked for include Big Brothers/Big Sisters; Upward Bound; the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission; the New Zealand Ministry of Education; Job Corps; and State Departments of Education in California, Vermont, Colorado, Maine, Texas, and New Hampshire. She has also been a trainer for hundreds of school districts, and social service and community agencies.
The PA Dept. of Education has recently mandated Ms. Henderson’s resiliency model be used in every PA school.
In 2004, she provided training for New Zealand’s national federation of children’s health camps as well as for national child and youth welfare officials, which was introducted by the Minister of Child Welfare.
Her experience includes several years as a youth substance abuse and other risky behavior prevention and early intervention specialist. Her work links the resiliency framework with the best in prevention and intervention with youth risk behaviors.
Ms. Henderson has served on the faculty of five colleges/universities (with an emphasis on substance abuse issues in her higher education teaching); worked as a clinical therapist with youth, adults, and families in agencies and schools; and directed citywide, statewide, and school districtwide youth risk behavior prevention and resiliency implementation programs.
She is the author/editor of five books, including Resiliency In Schools: Making It Happen for Students and Educators, published by Corwin Press–one of its all-time best-selling books. Her most recent book is Resiliency In Action: Practical Ideas for Overcoming Risks and Building Strengths in Youth, Families, and Communities (2007); Mentoring for Resiliency: Setting Up Programs to Move Youth from “Stressed to Success”; and Schoolwide Approaches for Fostering Resiliency, all published by Resiliency In Action. Her articles have appeared in several national publications, including Education Digest; Hope Magazine; Principal Magazine; and Prevention Researcher. She was the featured resiliency expert on National Public Radio’s July 16, 2002 “Talk of the Nation” program on resiliency.
Nan Henderson's Presentations–Keynotes,
Workshops, and Trainings
•The Resiliency Route to
Authentic Self-Esteem and Life
Success
•Four
Steps to Resiliency: How to Help
Others and Yourself Bounce Back
from Adversity
•Building
"Bounce-Back Kids":
How Families, Schools, & Communities
Foster Resilient Children
•Resiliency
In Schools: Making It Happen for
Students and Educators
•The
Resiliency Training Program: A
Training of Trainers
•Helping
Kids Identify, Celebrate, &
Expand their Resiliency: A Youth
and Adult Dialogue
Comments about Nan's Presentations
and Training
"It will
change your perspective on life"
-- Arline McGill,
M.D., Jamaica Ministry of Health
"Chicken
soup for the counselor and teacher
soul!
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Margie King, counselor, Plano,
TX
"The
best training I have ever attended"
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Christine Fix, AIDS Prevention,
NY
"United
professionals in our state in
a way that has never happened
before"
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Mary VanderWall, CO Dept. of Education
"Weeks
later, people are still talking
about it"
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Sue Mahoney, VT Dept. of Education
"Brilliant,
in all definitions of the word..."
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Marcia Heinrichs, Intervention
Specialist, San Diego, CA
"One of the most inspiring
trainings I have ever attended...full
of practical, useable techniques"
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Bonnie Sabb, MFT, San Diego, CA
"I came anticipating increasing
my effectiveness as a professional
and came away more effective as
a human being"
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Xenia Becher, Central NY Council
on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
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Nan Henderson's Speaking Schedule |
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| Craig
Noonan, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., is
a clinical psychologist and licensed social
worker. For the past 10 years
he has researched and applied effective
techniques for motivating youth, families,
and adults to make positive behavioral
change. He has worked as a clinician
for 20 years, and his articles on a variety
of clinical topics have appeared in national
and international journals. Dr.
Noonan has been on the faculty of three
colleges/universities, and is an editor
at Resiliency In Action, Inc. He
is also a program coordinator at UCSD
and has a private counseling practice. |
| Amanda
and Kaefan Shaw are the founders
of Feet in the Circle: Pathways to Community.
They have worked together for 15 years,
using interaction, role play, movement,
music, and rhythm. Their workshops use
creative, listening and team-building
skills from the arts, and apply them in
an educational context, to develop creativity,
community, and cooperation. Amanda holds
a degree in Cultural Studies, and has
appeared on stage and screen. Kaefan's
career includes theater, TV, Muppets,
and musical performances. He has degrees
in Philosophy and Education, and uses
drama and cooperative games in schools
and groups to build student resiliency. |
| Tony
Lysy, PhD. is
Dean of Studies at the Olcott Institute
in Wheaton, IL where he teaches contemporary
depth psychology, philosophy, and classic
theosophy. He represented the Theosophical
Society on the
committee that designed the program for
the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions. |
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