Life Space Crisis Intervention Certification 2024-Jan-Feb:: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Register for the January 29-February 2, 2024 session of the Life Space Crisis Intervention Certification Workshop.  Brought to you by Iowa ASCD and Iowa State Education Association.

Read through this message for details.  
After registration, you will receive a confirmation email with next steps.

January 29-February 2, 2024    The series is 4.5 days.    32 participants each session
Facilitator: Danielle Theis, National consultant on mental health and trauma-responsive schools and Master Trainer of Life Space.  danielletheisconsulting.com

*Past certified LSCI participants may also attend for review if registered. Contact Cindy Swanson for details.  cindy.swanson@isea.org   

LSCI certification training is provided only by Master or Senior LSCI Trainers acknowledged by the LSCI Institute. This training should be attended by those who will maintain fidelity to the intervention modality systemically or individually with students. 

Attendance at this training certifies an individual to use the strategies. It does not allow a participant to train others in the strategies, tools and concepts presented in the training.

Brief Overview:  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.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Articulate the dynamics of conflict cycles, which lead to self-defeating behavior.

2. Recognize student-thinking errors that interfere with communication and problem- solving.

3. Recognize the process and outcomes of staff counter-aggression, which precludes effective intervention.

4. Assess the circumstances under which LSCI is or is not an appropriate intervention.

5. Demonstrate effective de-escalation, decoding, and counseling strategies for youth in crisis.

6. Differentially diagnose these six common patterns of self-defeating behavior:

a. Problems originating elsewhere in a child's ecology.
b. Problems rooted in a child's reality distortions.
c. Problems resulting from social skill deficits.
d. Problems related to negative peer influence.
e. Problems caused by lack of prosocial values.
f. Problems of guilt and self-abusive behavior.

7. Match specific reclaiming interventions with each of the six patterns of self-defeating behavior.

8. Utilize a six-step sequence and specific communication skills for each reclaiming intervention.

9. Reflect on how certain youth problems relate to the helper's personality and values.

Registration:

• $1,000 also includes the required materials & book ($175 value) and one-year membership in Iowa ASCD. 
• **School Counselors who are members of ISEA the Ross Trust will pay for registration & lodging.     Enter ISEA in the PO blank on the registration form
• LSCI book will be mailed to you after registration.  It is highly recommended that participants read the entire text prior to attending the course. 

Location & Lodging:   West Des Moines Hilton Garden Inn, 205 S 64th Street, West Des Moines   Rate TBD 
Lodging for counselors who are members of ISEA will be made through Cindy Swanson. Email her at:  cindy.swanson@isea.org   

License Renewal

• Iowa License Renewal 2 credits $ 70 –through ISEA Academy 
• 2 Drake Graduate Credits – ISEA Academy $190.00 
• 3 Graduate Credits - Augustana College - $300 –through Danielle Theis.
• (SchoolCounselors who are ISEA members can be reimbursed through Ross Trust.)

Cancellation Policy - Read before you register.
If you are unable to attend the LSCI event for which you have registered, contact Becky Martin of Iowa ASCD by email no later than 14 calendar days before the start of the event. You may send a non-registered person in your place or request a refund. The information of the replacement person must be received within one day of your cancellation.  Processing Fees: Iowa ASCD charges fees for processing event refunds for the LSCI event.  Processing fees are deducted from the registration refund amount.