Applying Bridges Out of Poverty (workshop)
March 4, 2010
Event Information
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This workshop expands upon the Bridges Out of Poverty workshop, based on the book Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities. Attendees continue to develop their awareness and understanding of language experience, cognitive issues, and barriers that impact change, as they relate to poverty.
Topics of discussion include mental models to communicate effectively, and ways to assist clients from poverty to learn quickly, explore options, and develop positive future outcomes.
During this training, Dreussi-Smith demonstrates the skills of mediation, relationship building, and mentoring. She additionally introduces strategies for changing program designs, policies, and procedures to improve outcomes. Attendees use case studies and an examination of the customer’s lifecycle to identify principles of change.
Location:
M-TEC in the Groves
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
7107 Elm Valley Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49003
(269) 353-1253
Details:
Registration: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Workshop: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: February 25, 2010
Late or on-site registrations for a workshop are subject to availability. Pre-registration may be a requirement for attendance.
How You Will Benefit:
- Learn how to build respectful relationships
- Understand the influence of mediation as it relates to learning new skills and replacement behaviors
- Examine the stages of change and motivation
Who Should Attend: Frontline staff from all programs that provide direct services.
Presented By: Terie Dreussi-Smith, a former public school teacher, is a co-author of Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals, and Communities.
Dreussi-Smith served as supervisor of prevention services at a community alcohol and drug treatment and prevention organization for over nine years. She was instrumental in the organization’s redesign of prevention and early intervention programs and services serving clients from generational poverty. Additionally, she served as adjunct faculty for a number of colleges that focused on empowering adult students who were transitioning out of poverty.
In her recent work as a grant writer and social program manager, Dreussi-Smith assisted communities in embedding concepts from Bridges Out of Poverty during a redesign of policies and services for families and youth in generational poverty.
NAWDP Competency Rating: 4,5,7
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations are only accepted in writing. You may cancel your registration via fax (517) 371-1140 or email up to three business days prior to the workshop to receive a full refund. Cancellations received less than three business days prior to the workshop will be invoiced, and any payments received will not be refunded. Substitutions are welcome.
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