Stand Up! Speak Out! ®: Curriculum Training – Empowering Friendship & Conflict Resolution Skills
For professionals empowering girls – and all children and teens – to navigate their friendship worlds. This curriculum is being implemented by clinical teams and in schools and after-school programs. This course offers 12 hours of APA continuing education units for mental health professionals in California and in some other states.
Date:
Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21 from 9am to 4pm
Arrive between 8:30am – 9:00am for signing in, networking and continental breakfast.
Note: Lunch will be provided both days.
Location:
Institute for Girls’ Development, Pasadena, CA
Cost:
$595
• Early Bird Special: $560 until June 17
• Curriculum book additional $175 – required
• $20 group discount
WHAT YOU GET!
- Two full days of training from:
- Dr. Melissa Johnson (author of Stand Up! Speak Out!®)
- Dr. Vicki Chiang (Clinical Director of the Institute’s Child and Adolescent Specialty Practice)
- The Stand Up! Speak Out! curriculum package at a highly discounted rate, including:
- Essential Curriculum: Stand Up! Speak Out!® Empowering Skills for Girls’ Friendships book
- Sixteen 30-minute lesson plans ready to be utilized in a classroom, after-school program, or youth group as needed
- Skits for all genders, to be used for role playing and practicing skills
- Evaluation tools to help assess skill development and progress
- Journal pages that can be copied and used for student journals.
- Graphic mini-posters that can be used to teach different communication styles.
- The opportunity to network and learn best practices from colleagues.
- Nourishing food including continental breakfast, lunch, and light snacks
- Two FREE hours of individual consultation, valued at $700, with Dr. Melissa Johnson over the next 12 months to refine your implementation of Stand Up! Speak Out!® for your particular site or population
Vroman’s Bookstore is partnering with us to provide current books on this topic for your perusal and purchase.
Regular cost for the Stand Up! Speak Out!® Curriculum Package is $200; professional training attendees purchase the package for $175. Select the “Training + Essential Curriculum” option at checkout.
You will gain:
- Information about the social world of girls from socio-cultural and developmental perspectives, including the impact of gender stereotypes and role modeling on all youth
- Practical insight into the roles girls (and all youth) play in situations of relational aggression – target, aggressor, bold bystander, and the one in the middle
- Effective tools to help girls move from conflict to solidarity and compassion
- Fun, useful, research-based calming and mindfulness exercises that can be used every day
- Dynamic and creative activities to enhance discussions and skill acquisition
- Tips and practice in delivering the Stand Up! Speak Out!® curriculum to your particular group of girls.
Click here to watch the video of Dr. Johnson discussing the Stand Up! Speak Out!® Curriculum!
Watch the Stand Up! Speak Out!® facilitators share what they love about teaching empowering friendship skills to girls!
Institute Training Faculty:
Melissa J Johnson, PhD (she/her) (PSY 13102), is the founder & CEO of the Institute for Girls’ Development in Pasadena, CA. An expert on child and teen development with a Masters in Education and Doctorate in Counseling Psychology, Dr. Johnson has worked with children and teens for over 35 years. At the Institute, Dr. Johnson and her team deliver strength-based therapy, inspiring educational programs, and consultation with schools and districts to help create positive school climates. Dr. Johnson’s approach to raising and mentoring girls draws together contemporary research in neuroscience, mind/body health, and evidence-based interventions in mindfulness and social and emotional intelligence. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her work with girls, a prolific writer and an inspiring public speaker and trainer. The book Stand Up! Speak Out!™ Empowering Skills for Girls’ Friendships: The Essential Guide for Educators and Others Who Work with Girls is available to provide practical tools for those who mentor girls.
In her clinical work, Dr. Chiang offers a unique blend of compassion, guidance, and authenticity for parents she works with in her consultation room. By empowering parents with relational and attachment resources for positive parenting, she supports the whole family in growing and thriving. Dr. Chiang has expertise in working with immigrant families and is passionate about fostering skills to help immigrant families face the challenges of negotiating acculturation, bicultural identities and cross-generation communication. She brings this wealth of wisdom and clinical expertise to her role as senior supervisor for the Institute’s CAPIC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
CE APPROVALS
Illuminated Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Illuminated Education maintains the responsibility for this program and its content.
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts APA approval for CE units for MFTs, LCSWs, LPPCs and/or LEPs.
Outside of California, please check with your licensing board to see whether APA approval is accepted for CE units in your state. Please call Dr. Cooper if you have further questions (626-744-9472).
REFUNDS: To withdraw from a course, your request must be in writing and emailed at least 5 days prior to the day of the course. A refund (minus a $20 handling fee) will be issued within 10 days – or you may be able to transfer your entire registration fee to another upcoming course. If you cannot attend because of illness or emergency and are unable to notify us 5 days prior to the course date, you may be able to transfer your registration fee to an upcoming course.
ACCOMMODATIONS AND SPECIAL REQUESTS
The building and room for this event are wheel-chair accessible. Please contact us if you need any other accommodations. Lunch is provided by the Institute for Girls’ Development and will include vegetarian and gluten-free options. Please contact us if you have any other dietary needs.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Please feel free to call 626.585.8075 ext. 121 or e-mail Paige Hobey at PHobey@IFGD.care, with questions about the program and for registration information. For questions about Continuing Education units, please call Dr. Chris Cooper (626-744-9472) or email at cdcooperphd@earthlink.net.
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