It takes a village to raise a child is an old African proverb. It means that a child needs both the immediate and extended family to overcome adverse experiences like trauma and to grow up in a safe and secure environment. Unfortunately, traditional trauma treatment often only includes the individual child. Join Dr. Scott Sells in the free webinar, "How to Engage the Village in Trauma Treatment."
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time
Cost: Free
To register, Click here today!
In this webinar, participants will learn:
• The top two reasons why counselors do not actively contact or engage the extended family in trauma treatment.
• The Diagnostic Village Handout and how it is used to quickly locate your families extended family or village as well as who is supportive and non-supportive.
• How the Diagnostic Village Handout will lower your client’s resistance to allowing you to contact the extended family.
• How to create and implement what is called a Village Trauma Playbook using a case example and how its implementation can be generalized to your cases.
Q & A with the instructor will be available.
Please note: Continuing education or attendance certificates are NOT available for this free webinar. The on-demand video will be available for 10 days to all registered participants.
Scott P. Sells, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, LMFT, is the author of three books, Treating the Tough Adolescent: A Family-Based, Step-by-Step Guide (1998), Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager: 7 Steps to Reestablish Authority and Reclaim Love (2001), and Treating the Traumatized Child: A Step-by-Step Family Systems Approach (2017).
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