Coaching Self-Regulation Techniques for System Involved Youth with Somatic Disorders

Robert Dousa

Training Description

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth with Somatic Disorders is to effectively engage them to overcome their challenges to foster positive outcomes. In this training, we will explore coaching self-regulation techniques and how they can enhance our capacity to effectively support system involved youth with Somatic Disorders. We will also explore situational leader coaching points that can prepare us to foster young people’s transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve the practice of how we empower system-involved youth and families.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

· Identify at least 2 potential self-regulation techniques which can be used to support youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement towards healing from Somatic Disorders

· Identify at least 2 situational leadership coaching strategies which can be used when supporting youth with Somatic Disorders who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement

· Acquire 2 techniques for coaching others on the Power of Positive Intention which can be used when supporting youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement.

Agenda

10:00-10:05am  Sign-in and Introduction

10:05-10:15am  Explore a sampling of Alternative Healing Techniques to sustainably support youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement towards healing from Somatic Disorders

10:15-10:30am  Learn Self-Regulation Techniques to foster healing of trauma with youth who have Somatic Disorders and are system involved or at high risk for system involvement

10:30-10:45am  Practice in Roleplay with Colleagues Self-Regulation Techniques

10:45-11:00am  Learn Situational Leadership Coaching Techniques to be used when supporting youth who are system involved or at high risk for system involvement to strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from Somatic Disorders in order to attain well-being.

11:00-11:15am  Practice & Roleplay the Introducing Centering in Body Awareness as an effective approach to support healing for youth with Somatic disorders

11:15-11:30am  Practice & Roleplay the Coaching of Utilizing Calming Questions as an effective approach to support healing for youth with Somatic disorders

11:30-11:45am  Practice & Roleplay the Coaching of Utilizing the Power of Positive Intentions as an effective approach to support healing for youth with Somatic disorders

11:45am-12:00pm  Questions & Answers + Wrap Up

Meet Our Trainer

Mr. Robert Dousa is the founding Managing General Partner of Independent Strengths Building Consulting. This business includes: Individual Anger Management & Addictive Behavior Recovery Coaching, Conducting training of: Situational Leadership/Strengths-Based Life Skills Coaching, Brief Intervention & Motivational Interviewing, Drug, Anger Management, & Family interventions, Neuroscience-Based Leadership & Rapport Building, & Organizational Prevention Strategy Consultation, & Mandated Reporter Training for CA. Mr. Robert Dousa's has retired from the Marin County Office of Education Safe Schools Department and is now providing individual life coaching, intervention coach training, and consulting to those supporting system involved youth. Prior to retirement, he developed the majority of his practice from his work as the Program Manager for the Oakland Unified School District’s Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs Intervention program from 2005 to 2021. Prior to that, he served as a substance abuse counselor in school districts in Alameda County, CA from 2000 to 2005.

This course meets the qualifications for (2) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.