TRAINING
Advocacy and Training Alliance provides structured training programs based on current research models recognized as “best practice.” The training provides a solid therapeutic foundation through didactic and experiential opportunities. Training is conducted by experts in conjunction with credentialed Advocacy and Training Alliance faculty.
LEVEL 1:
CSAYC - Clinical Credential
Level 1: CSAYC Training
Training Dates: Training dates for this course are January 22-24, 2024 and February 26-28, 2024 and will be held virtually via Zoom. You must be able to attend all 6 days of training and cameras must remain on.
January/February 2024 training is full.
May 6-8, 2024 and May 15-17, 2024 Register Here(registration opens March 1, 2024)
Future Training Dates:
Fall 2024
LEVEL 2:
CSAYP - Management/Program Credential
Level 2: CSAYP Training
20 hours of applicable continuing education is required every 2 years to maintain Level 2 - CSAYP credentials.
Future Training Dates: TBD
LEVEL 3:
Direct Care Certificate of Training
Level 3 training is recommended for direct care professionals who provide treatment to youth who have engaged in sexually harmful behaviors. Participants will gain information to improve a child's success in treatment and their continued success after treatment.
Date: Call to schedule
Total training hours: 1 day; 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $150 per person; money is non-refundable
This is NOT an NBCC Training.
Training Dates: Call to schedule - Training is available via zoom or in person
For questions about this training, Contact us
LEVEL 4:
Foster Parent Certificate of Training
This training program is recommended for foster parents and provides information on safety for the child, family, and community. Foster Parents learn how sexually harmful behaviors develop and how to be an active part of the child's treatment team. Practical, effective and respectful plans to ensure safety are provided.
Circles of Safety®-the Stop It Now! training and technical assistance program-educates and supports adults and organizations responsible for providing safe and healthy environments for children. Based on violence prevention and bystander engagement research, as well as public health and adult education models, Circles of Safety delivers practical and customizable training that is easy to implement to prepare and guide adults to be active agents in children's safety planning at home, in the community, and in youth-serving organizations. Through Circles of Safety training tools and practice, adults learn to address barriers and misconceptions that may interfere with preventive actions. Adults can become more confident, comfortable, and knowledgeable about protecting children from sexual harm. The training is to teach skills to prevent sexual abuse.
Stop it Now! Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Opportunities in Indiana:
Workshop 1 - Circles of Safety: Understanding the Role of Healthy Sexual Development and Education in Sexual Abuse Prevention
This workshop presents key steps in child sexual abuse prevention. Understanding and promoting healthy sexual development for children in foster care settings is critical to helping them achieve increased health, safety, and well-being. By increasing participants' knowledge, confidence and comfort, participants will be able to better recognize and support children's sexual safety. Participants will learn how to use safety rules as tools to help keep children and youth safe.
Workshop 2- Circles of Safety: Understanding and Responding to Warning Signs
This workshop identifies behaviors in both children and adults that are warning signs that a child is at risk of being sexually abused or that a child is being sexually abused. Participants will be able to recognize and respond to warning signs specifically in adults' behaviors that may contribute to increasing the vulnerability of an environment. Communication tools for adults to talk with other adults about children's sexual safety will be introduced and practiced.
Interested in training, please contact us - trainings are available via zoom or in person
LUNCH AND LEARN
New in 2024- One registration for 4 months of Lunch and Learn Series focused on Assessments!
February 1 - How to Handle Inappropriate Referrals.
March 7- Based on Referral, How to Plan the Assessment Meeting.
April 4- Review of Available Tools
May 2- Taking Risk-Needs-Responsivity and Creating Recomendations.
Lunch and Learn is a virtual one-hour learning discussion hosted by various professionals and will take place from noon to 1 p.m. EST the first Thursday of every month in 2024.
Attendance is free to all those interested! If you would like to receive a CE for your attendance there a $50 fee for all four sessions. Only a series certificate is available, not individual monthly certificates. Fee must be paid via credit card.
All who attend will be asked to complete a quick post-survey to provide feedback on the discussion. For those who attend and pay to receive CE, then you will be required to complete an additional survey concerning the material covered.
Continuing Education Credits are available ONLY through the Indiana Professional Licensing Association (CE License #- 98000590A)
This is NOT an NBCC related program.
Youth Needs and Progress Scale
Youth Needs Progress Scale
Date: April 11 & 12, 2024 (must attend both days)
Event Description
Effective interventions when youth or young adults have problematic or illegal sexual behavior require high quality assessments. Initial and subsequent risk and needs assessment are necessary for identifying appropriate treatment targets, intervention intensity, and service delivery. This training will review the development and implementation of a new evidence-informed treatment needs and progress scale, and provide instruction on its use.
Date: April 11 & 12, 2024 (must attend both days)
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. est (lunch daily 12-1). A total of 8 credit hours will be offered
Cost of training: $150 Register Here
Registration closes: March 29, 2024
Presenter: Dr. Sue Righthand is a psychologist in independent practice. She has a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She has extensive experience working with youth and adults who have offended sexually, as well as individuals who have experienced or initiated child maltreatment and other forms of violence. Dr. Righthand is affiliated with the University of Maine where she is an Adjunct Associate Research Professor. She is also a consultant to the National Center for Sexual Behavior in Youth (NCSBY).
Learning Objectives
1). Briefly, explore the need for and development of an empirically-informed needs and progress scale for youth with problematic, abusive, or illegal sexual behavior.
2). Develop skills to rate YNPS items reliably and use findings effectively, e.g., Understanding items an scoring procedures
Rating items reliably; Practicing using YNPS findings to guide clinical and service delivery decision-making, e.g., by matching identified needs with appropriate interventions and service intensity, and Communicating findings effectually.
3). Recognize some of the challenges involved in implementing the YNPS and discuss possible ways to resolve obstacles.
Advocacy and Training Alliance, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7337. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Advocacy and Training Alliance, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Advocacy and Training Alliance, LLC ♦ 6067 Decatur Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46241 ♦ (317) 402-2851 ♦ training@advocacyandtraining.org ♦ website: https://advocacyandtraining.org/