<< StreetWorks Training Archive
In 2015, Lutheran Social Service/StreetWorks received funding from the MN Department of Human Services O.E.O for the specific purpose of providing training to providers and outreach workers on identifying and working with youth at-risk of or experiencing homelessness and/or exploitation. The videos and resources below are the first in a series of trainings that have been presented to Youth Outreach Workers and Youth Serving Agencies across the metro. Each of the videos below contains an accompanying PowerPoint and Discussion Guide which can be used for training purposes.
2016/2017 Metro Safe Harbor Training Videos:
- Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door Overview Training
- Sexual Exploitation & Outreach to Youth Training
- De-Escalation Best Practices Training
- Reaching Out to Wounded Youth with a Trauma-Informed Approach Training
- Healthy Professional Boundaries Training
- Motivational Interviewing Training
- Vicarious Trauma and Self Care Practical Strategies Training
- Intersectionality & Cultural Capacity Part I Training
Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door Overview Training – 1
Summary:
In 2011, Minnesota became the fifth state in the nation to pass Safe Harbor legislation decriminalizing prostitution charges for youth under the age of 18. Through a statewide multidisciplinary collaborative process, Minnesota developed one of the most comprehensive models for responding to commercial sexual exploitation: No Wrong Door. Minnesota’s No Wrong Door Response Model creates a statewide infrastructure for service delivery, specialized housing and shelter, training for systems professionals, and the development of community-specific protocols across the state. This presentation will give attendees an overview of the Safe Harbor/No Wrong Model in Minnesota, information on how to partner and collaborate with safe harbor organizations and best practices for working with exploited youth.
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Sexual Exploitation & Outreach to Youth Training – 2
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De-Escalation Best Practices Training – 3
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Environmental and situational factors play as important a role in a crisis as the actions of the participants, and the proper response to a crisis must reflect both the actions of the person in crisis and those other factors.
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Reaching Out to Wounded Youth with a Trauma-Informed Approach Training – 4
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This training session will cover childhood trauma, the neurobiological, emotional and behavioral impact of trauma on youth and what this means in the day to day work of people who provide service for youth. We will also discuss the intersection between Positive Youth Development, Harm Reduction and Trauma-Informed Care.
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Healthy Professional Boundaries Training – 5
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This training will teach boundaries with the intention of using those boundaries to create healthy professional relationships between workers, their clients and their partners.
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Motivational Interviewing Training – 6
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The spirit of motivational interviewing is designed to respectfully engage in collaborative conversations that help others to explore the possibility of change in their lives. This training will address the principals of motivational interviewing and harm reduction. We will also discuss the stages of change, how to identify them and ways to utilize Motivational interviewing techniques while engaging with young people.
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Vicarious Trauma and Self Care Practical Strategies Training – 7
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This training will unpack what chronic or toxic stress, vicarious trauma and burnout does to our human and organizational systems, how to recognize it, and provide practical tools and tips to create more resiliency in the sector.
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Vicarious Trauma and Self Care Practical Strategies Training – 7 (Breathing and Meditation Exercise 1)
Vicarious Trauma and Self Care Practical Strategies Training – 7 (Breathing and Meditation Exercise 2)
Intersectionality & Cultural Capacity Part I Training – 8
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We are not monolithic. “According to an intersectionality perspective, inequities are never the result of single, distinct factors. Rather, they are the outcome of intersections of different social locations, power relations and experiences” Olena Hankivsky, PhD. There are many dimensions to our identity and often systems, policies or procedures require of us to only acknowledge parts of ourselves particularly when seeking services. Being male is different if I am not gender conforming or trans, add race or religion to that mix and we begin to see how our system create cracks that many highly vulnerable populations fall through. We will design ways of thinking and being that will allow us to better recognize these cracks and provide better navigation strategies that reaffirm their humanity, provides them tools for navigating systems and places power back in the hands of the clients we serve.