Hi Everyone,
I’ll be giving a virtual workshop this Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, for The Florida Center Training Institute on “Beyond Difficult Behavior.”
Below is the information, and I’ve attached the flyer….if you’re interested in this topic I’d love to see you there!
Description:
Every family entering a mediation or courtroom likely carries invisible trauma wounds that influence their thoughts, behaviors and decisions. This 90-minute workshop equips mediators and legal professionals with language tools for working with trauma in family and dependency court proceedings. Learn to recognize trauma, understand the connection between childhood experiences and adult functioning, and develop communication techniques that convey respect, kindness, and patience while maintaining professional boundaries. Discover how Florida’s trauma-responsive court initiative and similar programs nationwide seek to recognize the impact of trauma on families entering the legal system.
Takeaways:
* Understand how trauma and toxic stress disrupt brain development and creates lasting impacts on learning, behavior, and physical health.
* Recognize trauma responses and behavior when they arise in mediations and court proceedings.
* Understand what “hurts” and what “helps” in interactions with traumatized individuals.
* Learn and practice language tools and techniques to minimize retraumatization and reduce PTSD symptoms.
* Practice mindful techniques for emotional regulation during challenging mediations and when working with families in crisis.
*Develop strategies to prevent compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, and burnout.
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