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Life Space Crisis Intervention Certification Workshop

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This certification training provides carefully structured theoretical and applied instruction in crisis intervention skills for use in reclaiming children and youth involved in patterns of self-defeating behavior. Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) applies to troubled and at-risk students in various education settings. The training provides 27 specific competencies for using the crisis as a teaching and therapeutic opportunity with students showing six different patterns of self-defeating behavior.

Did you attend Teach to Heal?  Follow-up with attending this certification.

Attendance at this training certifies an individual to use the strategies. It does not allow a participant to train on Life Space concepts or materials.

Upcoming Certification Training Offerings  -each 4.5 days.
-- June 16-20, 2025 - 4.5 days - Ottumwa -  Link to details
-- July 14-18, 2025 - 4.5 days Des Moines- -  Link to details
-- December 15-19, 2025 - 4.5 days Clear Lake area
-- June 15-18, 2026  - 4.5 days Storm Lake area
-- July 13-17, 2026   - 4.5 days Des Moines area

Facilitator: Danielle Theis, Master Trainer of Life Space and National Consultant on Mental Health   danielletheisconsulting.com     teachtoheal.org

Danielle Theis has been working successfully with youth who experience mental health and behavioral challenges since 1990. Through her development of Teach to Heal, she prides herself in assisting schools with a systemic approach to support mental health and the impact of trauma. Danielle is a licensed psychotherapist, Director of Special Education, and K-12 Principal. Danielle has served as an Educational Administrator for 23 years. Danielle is one of 30 Master Trainers for Life Space Crisis Intervention in the world. The Minnesota Department of Education acknowledges her as an expert in reducing restrictive procedures and working effectively with children who display significant behavioral challenges. Danielle provides consultation and training to support children experiencing mental health and behavioral challenges and the adults who serve them in our schools and communities.

Registration fee:  $1,000 and includes the required materials & book ($175 value) and one-year membership in Iowa ASCD.
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                   Attention: **School Counselors who are members of Iowa State Education Association (ISEA),
                  will have their registration fee covered including lodging and license renewal credit through the                        Ross Trust Reserve Funds.

*Benefit for Other ISEA Members - ISEA Members attending with their building or district School Counselor who is also an ISEA Member, will have their registration fee covered including lodging and license renewal credit through the Ross Trust Reserve Funds.
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Credit options (Free for ISEA Member School Counselors who complete the paperwork)

• Iowa License Renewal credits through ISEA Academy
• 3 Graduate Credits - Augustana College - $300 –through Danielle Thies. (School Counselors who are ISEA members can be reimbursed through Ross Trust)

Questions?

Dr. Susan Pecinovsky    specinovsky0820@gmail.com
Stan Newton  snewton@ghvschools.org
Colleen Heinz, ISEA  Colleen.Heinz@isea.org
Registration questions: Becky Martin  rjmartin@mchsi.com