A Vital Video Message from Dennis Rainey

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Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Subject: A Vital Video Message from Dennis Rainey
To: Bill Coffin <billcoffin68@gmail.com>


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Dear Friends,
Can a few "mouse clicks" ignite a positive change for American families?
The answer is a resounding "yes," and together we can make it happen. How? Take a look at this short video and you'll see.
For the past 12 years, I've talked to men of all ages and life stages about what it means to be a man, and what I found, frequently, was a fundamental lack of honest equipping and encouragement. I also found men eager to answer a clear call to grow up, man up, and step up to the great adventure of the Christian life.
Stepping Up BookMy response is this book--Stepping Up: A Call to Courageous Manhood--and I believe it strikes an essential chord. In the five stages of life, every man needs the influence of godly men or needs to influence other men to pursue God's best:
  • Boyhood--A time to explore and discover
  • Adolescence--A time to test the limits
  • Manhood--A challenge to repeatedly step up
  • Mentor--An age of investment and impact
  • Patriarch--An age of influence and relevance
In these stages, wherever you or the men in your life find yourselves, the time is now to courageously step up to God-given opportunities and responsibilities.
I feel so strongly about this message that, from now until October 15, Stepping Up is available online for $1.99. That's my step. What about you? Will you courageously forward this email, as God leads you, to ten men and bring some encouragement to their lives?
Just a few clicks of the mouse ... and we can change the world.
Let's "step up" and do this!
Dennis Rainey


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Relationship Enhancement Therapy Workshop Announcement

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Date: Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Subject: Relationship Enhancement Therapy Workshop Announcement
To: billcoffin68@gmail.com


Relationship Enhancement® Therapy with Couples and Families

November 4-6, 2011

Workshop Leader: Rob Scuka, Ph.D., Member of NIRE's Training Faculty

Rob is the author of Relationship Enhancement Therapy: Healing Through Deep Empathy and Intimate Dialogue.

Location: The workshop will be held in Bethesda, MD.

Workshop Description: The purpose of this three-day skills training workshop is to provide participants a comprehensive introduction to the theory and methodology underlying the RE model and to teach participants how  to conduct RE Therapy with couples and families, beginning with the intake interview and proceeding through all the phases of RE therapy.

Intensive Supervised Skills Practice: The workshop emphasizes the building of participants' therapeutic skills through a process that combines lecture, video, role-play demonstrations, and intensively supervised skill practice. The number of participants is limited in order to ensure frequent individual supervision when participants break into triads to practice the previously-demonstrated skills.

Workshop Objectives: Participants will learn:

  • How to structure an intake interview so as to minimize in-session conflict and maximize commitment to positive therapeutic engagement
  • How to teach clients the nine RE skills
  • How and when to use special RE therapy techniques of Becoming, Troubleshooting, Laundering and Double-Becoming to manage the clinical process
  • RE methods for crisis intervention
  • How to overcome power imbalances among family members
  • When and how to combine individual therapy of family members with RE couple and family therapy

Continuing Education: Upon completion, participants receive 20 CE credits for completing this workshop.

IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  IDEALS maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. NBCC provider #5560.
IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners to offer Category I continuing education programs for social workers. IDEALS/NIRE maintains responsibility for the program and adhering to the appropriate guidelines required by the respective organizations.

Number of participants strictly limited to assure ample individual supervision.

Fee: $375 (includes RE Therapist Manual).

For further information, or to register, please call NIRE at 301-986-1479.

Visit our website at www.nire.org.

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Upcoming Filial Family Therapy Workshop

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Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Subject: Upcoming Filial Family Therapy Workshop
To: billcoffin68@gmail.com


Please forward this announcement to any list serves you may be on.

Filial Family Therapy Workshop

October 28-29, 2011

Workshop Leader: William Nordling, Ph.D., Member of NIRE's Training Faculty

Location: Bethesda, MD.

Workshop Description:  The purpose of this two-day training program is to provide participants who have had previous training in Child-Centered Play Therapy with a comprehensive introduction to the Filial Family Therapy Model and to teach participants the principles and techniques for conducting all aspects of Filial Family Therapy (FFT), from intake through termination. FFT is designed for instances where children between the ages of 2 and 12 present with problems where inclusion of their parent(s) would be advantageous. Essentially, parents are systematically trained to conduct therapeutically oriented play sessions with their children and receive ongoing supervision and support from the FFT-trained professional to help reach four goals: (1) reduction of child symptoms; (2) enhancement of the parent-child relationship; (3) improvement of the child's competence and self-esteem; and (4) improvement in parenting skills. Research has proven FFT to be a highly effective approach that has demonstrated the attainment of goals across a wide variety of problems.

Intensive Supervised Skills Practice:  The workshop emphasizes the building of participants' therapeutic skills through the use of lecture, video examples, and supervised skills training. Participants will practice via role-plays the methods of training, supervising, and supporting parents as they learn to conduct therapeutic play sessions with their children. Attention will also be given to the specifics of organizing and initiating FFT in participants' own settings. The ratio of participants to workshop leader(s) is kept small so as to ensure ample opportunity for skills training and individual supervision.

Workshop Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, participants will:

  • Understand the rationale for and the process of FFT
  • Become aware of the history, development and research support for FFT
  • Learn how to determine if the method is appropriate for families and how to conduct an FFT intake
  • Learn how to train and supervise parents to conduct therapeutic play with their children
  • Practice the application of the method through supervised role-plays
  • Learn how to evaluate and attainment of therapeutic goals and termination

Continuing Education: Upon completion, participants receive 13 CE credits for completing this workshop.

IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education programs specific to play therapy.  APT Preferred Provider 95-009.
IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  IDEALS maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
DEALS/NIRE is approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. NBCC provider #5560.
IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners to offer Category I continuing education programs for social workers.
IDEALS/NIRE maintains responsibility for the program and adhering to the appropriate guidelines required by the respective organizations.

Fee: $265 (includes packet of materials)

For further information, or to register, please call NIRE at 301-986-1479.

Visit our website at www.nire.org

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Free Online Training Opportunities & Resources for Nonprofit Capacity Builders

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Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Subject: Free Online Training Opportunities & Resources for Nonprofit Capacity Builders
To: billcoffin68@gmail.com


Dear Bill,

I am writing to provide some high quality training and free online nonprofit capacity building resources, along with companion Training and TA plans, to your organization.

The Compassion Capital Fund (CCF), administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provided capacity building grants to expand and strengthen the role of nonprofit organizations in their ability to provide social services to low-income individuals. Between 2002 and 2009, CCF awarded 1,277 grants, and the CCF National Resource Center provided training and technical assistance to all CCF grantees. Strengthening Nonprofits: A Capacity Builder’s Resource Library, a free set of 38 eLearning modules and 18 guidebooks that you may adapt and use in your nonprofit training and consulting work, is born out of the expansive set of resources created by the National Resource Center during that time period, to be shared and to continue the legacy of CCF’s capacity building work.

To make the most of these resources, we invite you to participate in a few online events and spaces that will bring them to life:

·         Webinar: Train the Trainer Roll Out of free, high quality, capacity building eLearning modules and guidebooks --www.strengtheningnonprofits.org. Learn about training plans developed to support your organization in blending the 38 eLearning modules and 19 guidebooks found on www.strengtheningnonprofits.org into your ongoing training and consulting services.  Learn more about blended learning and how to develop blended training and TA plans. Wednesday, Sept 14. 3pm EST. Register now!

 

·         Webinar: Unleashing Teams: A New Approach to Performance Management. This webinar presents a new vision - putting the nonprofit manager and staff in the driver's seat of the data discussion. We will present a new approach to performance management that applies the principles of change management to team-based, data-driven infusion of data into day to day team and management decisions. The result: staff at all organizational levels are engaged in improving outcomes for the organization’s clients. A guidebook with the same name will be published as part of the www.strengtheningnonprofits resource library. Tuesday, September 27. 3pm EST. Register Now!

 

·         Do you have resources you’d like to share with the nonprofit capacity building field?  We are accepting guest bloggers to tell u s about great resources. Please see our new blog , follow it, and email strengtheningnonprofits@gmail.com if you’d like to contribute a resource, training or event to the blog. You may also share resources via the facebook group: strengtheningnonprofits.org and follow the nonprofit capacity building field on twitter @strongnonprofit.

 

We look forward to engaging with you and these great resources over the next few weeks. In the meantime,  if you have any questions about the resources available on strengtheningnonprofits.org and how to incorporate them into the work of your organization, do not hesitate to be in touch.

 

Very best regards,

 

Jennifer Waper Roberts

Compassion Capital Fund & Strengthening Communities Fund National Resource Centers

strengtheningnonprofits@gmail.com