Online Credit Card Registrants Save $5 for Indiana Youth Institute Trainings
With many of today’s youth being disconnected or closed off, youth workers must find new techniques for reaching out and building lasting relationships with difficult-to-reach youth and their parents, which is the purpose of a workshop being offered by the Indiana Youth Institute (IYI).
Family service providers, parent educators, case managers, social workers, teachers, counselors, outreach coordinators, youth ministers, juvenile justice professionals and law enforcement are encouraged to register and attend the workshop “Building Win-Win Environments and Relationships”.
The workshop will be presented May 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Avalon Manor, 3550 East U.S. Highway 30, Merrillville, 46410.
Attendees will learn how to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation, discover nontraditional methods to prevent discipline problems, improve the social emotional climate of program environments, end power struggles with children, establish healthy boundaries, and increase effectiveness with difficult-to-reach youth.
In addition, attendees will gain insight into how to better engage parents, so that communication lines open between parents, youth workers and children. This approach will help both parents and youth workers see more positive results in their interactions with children.
Formerly a classroom teacher and crisis-intervention counselor, Jane Bluestein, now heads Instructional Support Services, in Albuquerque, N.M. Bluestein has appeared internationally as a speaker and has produced several award-winning books.
On-site registration for each training begins at 8:30 a.m. local time. Cost of the training is $45, but individuals can save $5 per session by registering online with a credit card for this or other IYI trainings at www.iyi.org/training_registration. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for the workshop are available through the National Recreation and Park Association and the Indiana Association of Prevention Professionals. Foster Parent In-service Credits are available from the Indiana Department of Child Services, and Professional Development Points are offered through the Indiana Department of Education. Additional requests for CEUs have been made and if approved will be posted on the IYI website.
This workshop also will be presented in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Lafayette, New Albany and Evansville. For more information about the workshops in those cities, go to www.iyi.org.
The training is supported by the Clowes Fund and the Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr. Memorial Foundation.
The Indiana Youth Institute promotes the healthy development of Indiana children and youth by serving the people, institutions and communities that impact their well-being.