Education and Training
Education and training opportunities at the Early Life Stress and Resilience Program (ELSRP) serve medical students, pediatric residents, psychologists, and professional colleagues in the community.
ELSRP's interns and fellows work closely with researchers on studies on the phenomenology, neurobehavioral outcomes, physiology and endocrinology, and brain structure and function of children who have experience traumatic stress and subsequent development of innovative interventions and their application methods.
Stress and Resilience Intervention Training
ASSESSING STRESS AND BUILDING RESILIENCE IN CALIFORNIA DURING COVID-19 - REGISTER HERE
THE PROBLEM Our State is undergoing health and social crises that can negatively impact the mental health of our clients and staff. Work force is significantly scarce, adding to the mental health access difficulties we face. Behavioral health providers may not feel prepared to address broad and numerous needs of individuals within their communities of care.
THE PROPOSED SOLUTION Address early and preventively by encouraging; 1) knowledge dissemination, 2) accessibility to coping mechanisms and 3) the identification of reliable resources. Community members may benefit from behavioral health services that effectively identify relevant resources, provide strategies for adaptive coping, and increase sense of support and connection within their communities. There are existing interventions for responding to acute and chronic crises that can be deployed to these ends. Behavioral health providers should be supported and empowered in flexibly delivering such interventions, based on the specific needs and circumstances of their communities.
WHAT’S BEING OFFERED
- 1. 2-hour training session* with Q & A on content and delivery of a crisis support intervention based on Psychological First Aid (PFA), Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) and Cue-Centered Approaches (CCA)**. Both the training and the intervention can be delivered through electronic platforms.
- 2. Feedback on how the training improved the wellbeing and competence of your staff.
- 3. Feedback on how intervention improved the wellbeing and satisfaction of your clients.
- 4. Guided focus groups on the training and intervention experiences.
- 5. No Cost Training: We are providing a free service to California Counties.
LINK TO OUR GOOGLE MAP TO SEE COUNTY PARTICIPATION
Mindfulness Program
The Mindfulness Programs delivers innovative and evidence-based trainings focused on mindfulness, yoga, and compassion that are holistic, culturally responsive, and trauma-sensitive. We train in the community, at schools, non-profits, conferences, and on campus. Our audience includes researchers, educators, clinicians, school administrators, physicians, non-profit staff members, and community members. Our program brings the values of love, care, acceptance, compassion, community and wisdom to those we train and collaborate with. We value community engagement, listening and learning from our partners. We aim to create a more kind and caring society that embraces each other and the planet.
Mindfulness Values We Aim to Embody
Our program strives to support our partners with wellness initiatives to incorporate best practices of mindfulness and yoga. We believe the inclusion of wellness strategies in schools and organization creates more happiness, vitality, curiosity, and inspiration for all members of the community.
Mindfulness Theory and Practice
Mindfulness is the practice of concentrated present-moment awareness that is free from judgments or preconceptions, infused with compassion, and full of wisdom. The purpose of this seminar is to bring our research and clinical team together once monthly to experience and learn cutting edge mindfulness practices and to receive state of the field research updates.
The seminar is delivered by members of the ELSRP Mindfulness Program to support team self-care and professional reflection, continuing education, and to stimulate discussions that bridge the gap between emerging mindfulness and yoga research findings and direct psychotherapy and wellness service offerings in our clinic and to our community partners.
The seminar is coordinated by the ELSRP Wellness Educator, Veronica Alvarez.
Mindfulness Values We Aim to Embody
Our program strives to support our partners with wellness initiatives to incorporate best practices of mindfulness and yoga. We believe the inclusion of wellness strategies in schools and organization creates more happiness, vitality, curiosity, and inspiration for all members of the community.
To learn more about daily practices, please visit our SoundCloud Virtual Library below
To learn more about the Mindfulness Program please email our Senior Wellness Consultant, Veronica Alvarez, LCSW
Virtual Meditation Library
To learn more about the presenters please see their bio here.
Research, Internships, and Fellowships
ELSRP welcomes students, trainees, and national and international colleagues to join us for research and service internships. Past internship experiences have led to exciting opportunities for training and co-learning. Research interns have the opportunity to be involved in ELSRP projects, attend ELSRP lectures, and work with ELSRP partners and collaborators; additional educational and training experiences are also offered on an individual basis. Research internship opportunities are based on program need and timing.
If you are interested in participating in a research internship with ELSRP, please complete our application.
