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TRAINING AND CONSULTATION ON SEEKING SAFETY This page has four sections: (1) About Training (types of training available) (2) Training Calendar (dates of upcoming trainings) (3) Training Materials (for organizers of trainings) (4) Setting up a Training (information on new trainings) (5) About Consultation (types of consultation available) If you do not find what you need, please email info@seekingsafety.org for assistance. (1) About Training (types of training available) Training can occur either via videotape, onsite training, attending an existing training, or telephone consultation. a) Video training. A series of training videos are available. b) Attend an existing training. There are numerous trainings held all over the US, in Canada, and sometimes internationally. See the training calendar. c) On-site training. On-site trainings can be arranged for your staff. There is no limit on the number who can attend. d) Telephone consultation. Either following a training or on its own, telephone consultation can be arranged. Also, a variety of materials on this website can assist with training. For example, in the section Articles you will find articles that provide an overview of the model, suggestions for training clinicians on it, and implementation of it. In the section Assessment, you will find the Seeking Safety Adherence Scale and Safety Seeking Adherence Scale (brief version). . (2) Training Calendar (dates of upcoming trainings) Below are all upcoming trainings in Seeking Safety in 2008 and 2009 by Lisa Najavits and her associates. In brackets next to each date "Lisa N" refers to a training by Lisa Najavits; "associate" is by an associate who is trained by her. Workshops refer to lengths of 1.5-3 hours, approximately. Longer trainings (1 and 2 days) provide a more intensive experience. To see the outline for training, go to Training Materials. If you are interested in any training below, contact the person listed next to the training. If the workshop is listed as "closed", it is not open for further attendance. If you are interested in setting up a training at your site, please go to Setting Up a Training. 1/8/08 [Lisa N]: San Diego, CA (1 hour lecture as part of VA Case Managers Conference on OEF/OIF veterans) 1/11/08-1/12/08 [Lisa N]: San Diego, CA (2 day training for San Diego VA / University of California at San Diego) [closed] 1/14/08-1/15/08 [associate]: Portland, OR (2 day training for the Oregon Youth Authority); contact Lee Lederer Lee.Lederer@state.or.us 1/23/08 [Lisa N]: New Orleans, LA (plenary and workshop for Winter Conference of the Guest House Institute); contact Colleen Richards 248-391-4445 ext. 1207 crichards@guesthouse.org 1/31/08-2/1/08 [associate]: Boston, MA (2 day training for Latino Health Inst.) [closed] 1/31/08-2/1/08 [associate]: San Jose, CA (2 day training for Department of Alcohol & Drug Services, Santa Clara County); contact Amy Brinkman Viall Amy.Brinkman-Viall@hhs.co.santa-clara.ca.us or http://elearning.networkofcare.org/scpub/ 2/5/08-2/6/08: [associate]: Nashua, New Hampshire; (2 day training for Family Willows Program); contact Kristy Wolf kwolf@fitnh.com 2/8/08 [associate]: Pittsburgh, PA (2 hour training for VA Pittsburgh); contact TBA 2/11/08-2/12/08 [associate]: Hartford, CT (2 day training for the Women's Consortium, State of Connecticut); contact Carol Huckaby CHuckaby@womensconsortium.org 2/15/08 [associate]: Brooklyn, NY (2 hour training for Brooklyn VA) [closed] 2/22/08 [Lisa N and associate]: Nashville, TN (1 day training for VA residential programs); contact TBA 2/25/08-2/26/08 [associate]: Monterey, CA (2 day training for
Monterey 2/29/08 [Lisa N]: Philadelphia, PA (2 hour training for VA Philadelphia); contact TBA 3/12/08-3/13/08 [associate]: Denver, CO (2 day training for Empowerment Program); contact Joni Handran joni-handran@empowermentprogram.org 3/17-3/18/08: Bend, OR [associate] (2 day training for Deshutes County); contact Sheryl Hogan Sheryl_Hogan@co.deschutes.or.us 3/18-3/19/08: Belmont, MA [Lisa] (2 day free training sponsored by VA Boston, open to VA and non-VA clinicians; training location is McLean Hospital); contact sheeva.mostoufi@va.gov 4/3-4/4/08 [Lisa N]: Rotterdam, The Netherlands (workshop for Bouman Mental Health Care); contact Ernst Franzek, MD, PhD ejf@arcor.de 4/5/08-4/9/08 [Lisa N]: Nice, France (exact date TBA) (panel on addiction and psychiatric comorbidity as part of the Association of European Psychiatrists annual conference); contact www.kenes.com/aep2008 4/14/08 [Lisa N]: Modum Bad, Norway (training on dual diagnosis; details TBA); contact Leigh McCullough leigh_mccullough@hms.harvard.edu 4/10/08 [associate]: Philadelphia, PA (1 hour training for Women's Symposium, Betty Ford Center /Caron Foundation); contact Sharon Hartman shartman@caron.org 4/11/08 [associate]: Stockton, CA (1 day training for San Joaquin Behavioral Health) [closed] 4/14-4/15/08 [associate]: Chowchilla, CA (2 day training for Phoenix House) [closed] 4/16/08 and 4/25/08 [associate]: Modesto, CA [associate] (2 day training for Stanislaus County); contact Dorbea Cary dcary@stancounty.com 4/17-4/18/08 [associate]: San Diego, CA (1 hour training and participation in consensus building panel on gender-responsive treatment for University of California / California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation); contact Igor Koutsenok, MD, MS ikoutzenok@ucsd.edu 4/21/08-4/22/08 [associate]: Orange County, NY (location TBA) (2 day training for Orange County Department of Mental Health) [closed] 4/23/08-4/24/08 [Lisa N]: Chicago, IL (2 day training for Heartland Alliance); contact Scott Petersen SPetersen@heartlandalliance.org 4/25/08 [Lisa N]: Marlborough, MA (Plenary 1 hour lecture for Spectrum Health conference on women); contact Sue Moitozo 4/30/08 [associate]: Livermore, CA (near San Francisco) (1 day training for ONTRACK Program Resources); contact Gabriella Grant g.grant@ontrackconsulting.org 4/30/08 [associate]: Oklahoma City, OK (1 day training for Oklahoma Children, Youth and Family Services); contact Sarah Dunn SADunn@odmhsas.org 5/12/08: San Diego, CA [Lisa N and associate]: (plenary by Lisa and workshop by associate as part of University of California at San Diego conference "Treating Addicted Offenders-Making It Work!"); contact Alexis Marguglio amarguglio@ucsd.edu 5/14/08-5/20/08 [Lisa N]: Brisbane, Australia (5/14: keynote address as part of the annual Winter School on Addictions Conference, and other related lectures); contact Sharon Dawe s.dawe@griffith.edu.au 5/27-5/28/08 [associate]: Hamilton, OH (2 day training for Sojourner Recovery); contact Jan Day jday@sojournerrecovery.org
5/28/08 [associate]: 5/28/08 [Lisa N]: Los Angeles, CA (1 day training for LA County Dept. of Mental Health); contact Janice Friend JFriend@dmh.lacounty.gov 6/5-6/6/08 [associate]: Tampa, FL (2 day training for Bay Pines VA); contact Carol O'Brien Carol.OBrien1@va.gov 6/6/08 [Lisa N]: Boston, MA (1 hour lecture as part of Harvard Medical School CME course); contact Judy Reiner Platt jrplatt@nyc.rr.com 6/8/08 [associate]: San Francisco, CA (workshop); details TBA 6/9-6/10/08 [associate]: Haagerstown, MD (2 day training for Way Station Inc.); contact Nancy Woods nwoods@waystationinc.org
6/10-6/11/08 [associate]:
6/12/08 [Lisa Najavits]: Lexington, KY [1/2 hour talk as part of National Meeting on Women and Violence at the University of Kentucky) [closed] 6/12/08 [associate]: Bronx, NY (1 day training for Heritage Housing); contact Kwonyoung Kim kkim@heritagehousing.org 6/18/08 [associate]: Fall River, MA (1 day training for SSTAR Program); contact Nancy Paull NPaull@SSTAR.ORG 6/19/08 [Lisa N]: Williamsburg, VA (1 day training as part of Virginia Summer Institute of Addiction Studies); contact Cathy Reiner info@vsias.org 7/15/08 [associate]: Lakeport, CA (1 day training for ONTRACK Program Resources); contact Gabriella Grant g.grant@ontrackconsulting.org 7/18/08 [associate]: Crescent City, CA (1 day training for ONTRACK Program Resources); contact Gabriella Grant g.grant@ontrackconsulting.org 7/21-7/22/08 [associate]: New York City, NY (exact location TBA) [associate] (2 day training for Institute for Community Living); contact Danika Mills 7/22-7/23/08 [associate]: Los Angeles, CA (2 day training for Orange County Health Care Agency); contact Joshua Taylor JTaylor@ochca.com 7/24-25/08 [Lisa Najavits]: Cincinnati, OH / Covington, KY (1.5 day training for the Kentucky School of Alcohol and Other Drug Studies of the University of Northern Kentucky); contact Justina Keathley Justina.Keathley@EKU.EDU 7/28-7/29/08 [associate]: New York, New York (2 day training for SAMHSA Project Aspire and Enhancement at Institute of Community Living); contact Yilma Marda myilda@iclinc.net 7/30/08 [associate]: Wilmington, NC (1 day training as part of the addiction summer school program of the North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services [closed] 7/30-8/1/08 [associate]: Richmond, VA (2 day training for Richmond VA); contact TBA (email lisa.najavits@va.gov if interested) 8/1/08 [Lisa N]: Portland, OR (1 day training for Summer Institute for Addictions Professionals); contact Cathy Moonshine cathy@drmoonshine.com 8/6/08 [associate]: San Diego, CA (plenary and workshop as part of University of California at San Diego Summer Clinical Institute conference); contact Jennifer Waldon jwaldon@ucsd.edu 8/25-8/27/08 [associate]: Dallas, TX (3 day training for Texas Behavioral Health Institute Conference); contact Erin Michelle erin@swift-solutions.org 9/24/08 [associate]: Worcester, MA (1.5 hour workshop as part of the Annual Conference on the topic of Trauma and Loss at Holy Cross College); contact Elisabeta Gega gegaE@youinc.org
9/25-26/08 [associate]: Pineville, LA (2 day training for Alexandria VA); contact Michael Roach Michael.Roach@va.gov 6/24/09 [Lisa N]: Chicago, IL (plenary for Haymarket Center Conference); contact Carol Blyskal (312) 226-7984 xt. 314 or cblyskal@hcenter.org 9/21/09-9/25/09 [Lisa N]: Athens, Greece (training for Kethea Institute); contact Tanisha Barnes tbarnes@phoenixhouse.org or 646-505-2156. This section provides materials for those who are organizing a training. We hope they are helpful to you.
a) Planning form (to create a smooth process; required at least 6 weeks prior to any training) c) Optional materials (CV, bio/intro, photo, post-training questions) f) Handouts g) Institutional information (a completed W-9 form for you to download, contact information)
Note: most below are Adobe Acrobat documents. To download Acrobat (free), click here. -------------- (a) Planning Form (required for all trainings) Please fill out one of these:
Note: if a small screen pops up asking for login / password, click "cancel" and the form will appear. (b) Audiovisual list (for all trainings)
For a training by Lisa Najavits:
For training by an associate: please obtain CV, bio/intro, photo from info@seekingsafety.org (d) A note on CEUs You are welcome to apply for CEUs and to use the materials here for that purpose. However, we are unable to apply for or provide CEUs. Please select one below, based on the length and content of the presentation. Standard training (on trauma, substance abuse, and Seeking Safety)
(1) Short program (under 2 hours, e.g., plenary or panel): short program outline/objectives
(2) Workshop (usually 2-4 hours): workshop outline/objectives
(3) 1-day training: 1 day training outline/objectives
(4) 1.5 or 2 day training: 1.5 or 2 day initial training outline/objectives
Other trainings
(5) Follow-up training (for groups that already had a prior Standard Training): follow-up training
(6) Trauma-informed training (on trauma/PTSD only; no coverage of substance abuse or Seeking Safety): trauma-informed training outline/objectives
(f) Handouts
Please select handouts below, based on the length and content of the presentation. See also the important note about all handouts.
Standard training (on trauma, substance abuse, and Seeking Safety)
(1) Short program (2 hours or less, e.g., plenary or panel)
Handouts: Please use either the basic handouts or, if you prefer, the very short set of handouts
(2) Workshop (usually 2-4 hours)
Handouts: Please use (1) basic handouts plus (2) Asking for Help. If this is too long to xerox, you could use (1) the very short of set of handouts plus (2) Asking for Help.
(3) 1 day training
Handouts: please use (1) basic handouts (2) Asking for Help and (3) Safety Seeking Adherence
(4) 1.5 or 2 day training
Handouts: please use (1) basic handouts (2) Asking for Help and (3) Safety Seeking Adherence
Other trainings
(5) Follow-up training (for groups that already had a prior Standard Training) Handouts: please request the handouts by email from info@seekingsafety.org.
Note: a follow-up training is typically conducted several months after a standard training. During that time, those who attended the standard training have had the opportunity to try out Seeking Safety in their clinical work. To help participants make the most of the follow-up training it is suggested (but not required) to ask them to prepare the following, or a subset of these: (1) Bring a list of any clinical dilemmas, case scenarios, and positive/negative feedback about how their work using Seeking Safety thus far. (2) Fill out the Seeking Safety feedback form (which is provided both in the final chapter of the book). (3) Read the articles Training Clinicians in Seeking Safety and Implementing Seeking Safety (both can be downloaded from the "articles" section of this website).
(6) Trauma-informed training (on trauma/PTSD only; no coverage of addiction or Seeking Safety) Handouts: please request the handouts by email from info@seekingsafety.org.
Important note about all handouts 1) None of the handouts include a copy of the powerpoint slides. However, a modified version can be obtained if you request it by email (info@seekingsafety.org) and ask for "modified slides." This document is more than 10 pages, so please keep that in mind. 2) The basic handouts above are more than 20 pages. If you want to shorten them, please email info@seekingsafety.org for ideas on reducing the page length.
If you would like to organize your own training or would like information on rates, please contact Lisa Najavits. Some possibilities:
Consultation of various types are available. Typical consultations are:
If you are interested in consultation, please email info@seekingsafety.org and provide your contact information and a basic description of what you have in mind. We will contact you to discuss options.
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