Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/19/2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Microsoft Teams: Registrants will receive a link closer to the date of the training.
When a child depends on a caretaker for nurture and love, they should not be taking a risk. If hurt and betrayed in those relationships, making future connections as a teenager or adult require risking disappointment at minimum, if not shame, loss, and further trauma. Many people in the human service system have been hurt and betrayed many times, by parents, by other caretakers, by the system itself. To heal, a traumatized person must risk connecting with caring helpers who are different from those of their past. Yet, there are many reasons why people would not take that chance. Over time, however, through the experience of RICH relationships – those that demonstrate Respect, Information, Connection, and Hope, people can learn to put their trust in helpers and move beyond the wounds of the past. Risking Connection is unique in that, It is a philosophy for providing services rather than a treatment technique. It is aimed at organizational staff from all disciplines, roles, and levels of training. It creates a common language among staff. It asserts that relationships are the primary agent of change. It stresses that treating traumatized people also poses risks to helpers, the risk of vicarious trauma. Therefore, respect for and care of both consumer and helper are viewed as vital. Due to limited space, if you register and cannot attend, please contact Lora Ellis-Mazzaro at lellis-mazzaro@end-homelessness.org to cancel. PLEASE NOTE: The trainings is six, half-day trainings and you must attend all sessions. The dates of the training are 2/19, 2/21, 2/23, 2/26, 2/28, and 3/1. Risking Connection trainings are only open to staff from the following agencies: YWCA, The Salvation Army, Bethany House Services, Lighthouse Youth Services, Strategies to End Homelessness, Foundhouse Interfaith Housing Network, and St. Vincent de Paul.
Registration
This event is fully booked.
