Training
Training and Educational Initiatives
CFCWB has provided training to professional audiences in a wide variety of topics including the following:
- Trauma-informed Care Model for Organizations
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Anti-Racism
- Disproportionality and Disparate Outcomes in Child Welfare
- Student Mental Health Issues
- Mind Matters Psychoeducational Program
- Best practices in telehealth
- Coping with COVID
- Transitioning back from COVID
Training Offerings
Transitioning Back to
In-Person Work
- New challenges in transition period
- Update on coping skills for transition
- Supporting students and other faculty/staff
- Managing ongoing mental health issues
- Recovering what was lost
Secondary Traumatic Stress
- As students share with us their life experiences and current challenges, we may experience secondary traumatic stress symptoms
- Trauma in the community can also create traumatic stress
- Our personal trauma background impacts how we respond
- Learn how recognize and respond to STS
Managing Workplace Relationships
- Derivative of evidence-based program Winning in the Workplace
- Communication and conflict resolution skills
- Emotional intelligence
- Team dynamics
Supportive Supervision
- Social support models applied to workplace supervision
- Support strategies for effective supervision
- Role of attachment in the supervisor relationship
- Managing and supporting the responses of those we supervise
Anti-Racism
- Microaggressions and microresistance strategies
- History of race/racism and systemic racism across systems
- Dismantling systemic racism and macro strategies for change (use of media, political, and social activism)
Learn about other trainings at CFCWB:
In addition to core training, the Center will provide: Dr. Laura M. Frey, a leading suicidologist, has generated Navigate, a three-day training in a manualized curriculum for professionals to become a Certified Family Navigator for Suicide Risk. This training will give you the tools you need to understand how to navigate family dynamics when working with suicidal individuals. You’ll leave with a better understanding of suicide risk, what family members can do, and tip sheets for talking directly with individuals and their families The training covers topics involving: This workshop covers suicide risk assessments and the important implications for working with individuals and families. Materials covered in this workshop are adapted from M. David Rudd’s Assessment and Management of Suicidality, which is a resource guide for clinicians who wish to learn the skills needed to assess, manage, and treat clients at risk for suicidal behavior. This guide covers key components for mitigating suicide risk, and it remains a leading resource for training new and experienced clinicians. Participants will learn the prevalence of suicide and important terminology, how to conduct suicide risk assessments, After this training, attendees will be able to: How to Engage, Assess, & Recommend Training (HEART)
A Certification Program for Collegiate Coaches, Athletic Trainers, and other Health & Performance Staff Supporting Student Athlete Well-Being HEART (How to Engage, Assess, & Recommend Training) is a multidisciplinary project that will leverage the expertise of the Center for Family and Community Well-Being (CFCWB) in training and evaluation to provide an evidence-informed training to coaches, athletic trainers, and other athlete health & performance support staff working at the University of Louisville (UofL) Athletics Department. The training of coaches in student mental health targets the priority areas of student mental health and psychological well-being through enhanced understanding and support of coaches. Student athlete mental health has been a documented area of concern for many years, with an estimated 35% of athletes experiencing clinical levels of mental distress while only 10% seek services and an escalation of rates by 150-250% during COVID. Coaches/trainers/staff serve a critical support role in recognizing, responding positively, and referring students to these supports. Mind Matters™ & Love Notes™
Partnering with community organizations to provide evidence-based programming to vulnerable youth. The CFCWB builds on long-standing partnerships with community-based organizations in the Louisville area that serve vulnerable youth with histories of trauma, mental health challenges, and other social-emotional risk factors to provide evidence-based psychoeducational programs that build resilience and foster well-being. CFCWB has rigorously facilitated and evaluated the Mind Matters program for trauma resiliency/coping and the Love Notes program for healthy relationships and prevention of violence and high-risk behaviors for over 10 years has as amassed evidence in support of their effectiveness. Motivational Interviewing at Maryhurst
Training Maryhurst staff in Motivational Interviewing (MI) to improve overall care and effectiveness of programming for families and children. Maryhurstoffers a range of services to at-risk youth. The organization is working to improve enhance the overall quality of care and effectiveness of programming for youth through training of staff in evidence-based practices. The CFCWB will provide:
Navigate: Helping Families Navigate Suicide Risk
Three-day curriculum for professionals to become a Certified Family Navigator for Suicide Risk Suicide Assessment for Clinicians Working with Individuals & Families
Suicide assessment training for clinicians. Supportive Supervision
Providing evidence-informed training on supportive supervision to improve UofL trauma surgeons' well-being. In response to the growing concerns about burnout and related quality of care and training issues among surgeons/surgical residents, UofL Trauma Surgery has partnered with the CFCWB to provide an evidence-informed four-hour training on supportive supervision, that includes the following modules:
This training will be rigorously evaluated through a longitudinal design measuring specific supervisory and support behaviors, as well as a number of individual and organizational factors that impact stress, burnout, trauma, and job commitment. Transitioning Back to In-Person Work
CFCWB-developed program to assist in the transition back to in-person activities and our new "normal".