The course will solidify and extend skills developed in the first day of training. Using their own case scenarios, attendees will learn to identify the presenting and underlying issues affecting the young person before generating a number of effective solutions for dealing with the situation. This course promotes the creative technique of Case Mapping developed by Steinberg and Whiteside which allows participants to push past impediments blocking progress so that a range of possible strategies can be generated. Through guided, hands-on activities, participants will learn:
Comments from last year's training in Australia:
At my level of experience, I usually consider myself lucky if I get one or two new ideas from a workshop. I can honestly say that I am leaving this training with a bucketful of innovative strategies. Psychologist, Melbourne
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I feel so empowered, I can't wait for Monday morning's class. Primary School Teacher, Sydney
What an amazing workshop. I work with some really difficult teenagers and families, and I am feeling much more optimistic about being successful with them. Youth Worker, Brisbane
I usually have a hard time sitting through a day of training, but the time really flew by today. Thank you Frances for your humour, wisdom, passion, and great ideas. Mental Health Clinician, Canberra
Frances E. Steinberg, Ph.D., psychologist, received her doctorate in the United States from The Johns Hopkins University in 1975. She was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico where she was awarded the Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Frances then worked in a variety of settings in America including special schools for emotionally challenged and learning disabled students, private practice, rape crisis centres, and paediatric clinics. She is currently based in both New Zealand and Australia and delivers training workshops to educators, mental health professionals, counsellors, and social workers internationally. Dr. Steinberg has been the keynote speaker at conferences for Principals, SPELD, and Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour. Frances was also project manager and course facilitator for the New Zealand National Workforce Development Training for Involving Families in Mental Health. Dr. Steinberg produced the AD/HD video, Getting it Right and is the author of numerous books including Working with Difficult Children and Adolescents, Whispers from the East, When Your Lover Leaves You, Working with Difficult Clients, Creating Partnerships, Positive Positioning, and Becoming Dragon as well as the novel, The Pocket Messiah. Frances is a member of the New Zealand National Advisory Group on Fetal Alcohol, served as Professional Advisor to the West Auckland Team for Attentional Difficulties, and appeared in the TV documentaries Out of Control Kids and Drinking for Two.
