This 3.5 hour training was developed for staff working in impacted systems of care, with the goal of moving those systems from being trauma-inducing to become healing organizations. The training focuses on our six trauma-informed principles:

Understanding Trauma and Stress
Cultural Humility and Responsiveness
Safety and Stability
Compassion and Dependability
Collaboration and Empowerment
Resilience and recovery
By creating a shared understanding and language to address stress and trauma, organizations are then better able to serve consumers and support the workforce and begin to move away from blame towards compassion.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

Understand the effect of trauma on our brains and bodies
Understand the effect of trauma on our lives and in the lives of those we serve
Understand the six principles of trauma-informed systems
Learn strategies to develop organizational resilience and trauma-informed responses in workplace relationships
Learn about the impact of organizational trauma on individuals & organizational functioning
Apply the principles of trauma-informed systems to themselves and their workplace relationships
Who Should Participate?

This training is applicable to everyone.

Presenters

Malcolm Gaines, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist and currently serves as the Senior Clinical Projects Director at Safe & Sound. He has been with the organization since 2002, and has also served as Clinical Director and Director of Intern Training there. Together with his colleagues, Dr. Gaines designed Integrated Family Services at the Center in response to the need for an outcome-focused, data-informed, strength-based model of promoting protective factors in high-risk families. His clinical interests include resilience, childhood trauma, adoption, parenting and attachment, and children of divorce. He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, and he maintains a psychotherapy practice in San Francisco, where he has worked with children and families since 2002.

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We are so excited to be able to hold a training session in-person. Our classroom training provides you the opportunity to interact with instructors and benefit from face-to-face instruction.

We are all navigating this new normal and our job at SFFSN is to ensure we are continuing to prioritize keeping people safe during this in-person training. Please do not hesitate to reach out to Jasmine directly if you have any questions or concerns.

Please see below our expectations and safety measures we will be committing to during this training session.

We will be following all the CDC and County Guidelines:

Building capacity is back to its regular, pre-pandemic limits. Our limit for this training will be 24 max
Good ventilation – Doors will be kept open. Air purifiers will be available as well
Wear N95 or KN95 masks indoors (SFFSN will be providing these for all participants)
Social distancing is no longer required when masked, but recommended when possible
Eating indoors is ok but please social distance when your mask is off while eating with adequate ventilation (e.g. doors/windows open), when possible
Screening questions (Have you had COVID symptoms in the last week? Have you been exposed to anyone with COVID in the last week?), will be asked.
Please contact Jasmine Frye, SFFSN Senior Program Manager, at jasmine@sffsn.org if you have any questions or concerns.

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FAQs

Where is this training?

This training will be in person at 3450 3rd Street, Building 2, San Francisco, CA 94124 in the Multipurpose Room on the first floor.

How can I contact the organizer if I have any questions?

For questions, please contact Ricardo Eugenio, SFFSN Coordinator, at ricardo@sffsn.org.