Professional Trainings

Duration: Virtual: 3 days (4 hours/day) | In-Person: 2 days (8 hours/day)

An introduction to Person-Centered Thinking concepts, language, and tools. Participants will develop skills to use person-centered tools in day-to-day work and incorporate person-centered thinking practices into their current skill set.

This highly participatory training provides practical applications of all skills and tools. Participants receive a workbook and certificate of completion from The Learning Community for Person-Centered Practices as well as 12 hours of Continuing Education Units from the State of Washington.

Duration: 2 hours

This training provides a basic overview of the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Final Rule. Participants will gain an understanding of how the Final Rule was enacted, how it impacts your service delivery system, and what steps are needed to reach compliance.

An ideal introductory workshop to the HCBS Final Rule for anyone involved in community-based service delivery.

Duration: 3 hours

Learn how to write more comprehensive goals and objectives from a Person-Centered perspective. This workshop introduces the S.M.A.R.T.I.E. Goal concept and its application to writing support plans.

Participants will practice writing S.M.A.R.T.I.E. Goals with hands-on exercises and receive a complete workbook of materials to take back to their day-to-day work.

Duration: 4 hours per workshop

A comprehensive workshop series for individuals and those who support them on topics including friendships, sexuality, and safety within relationships.

Each workshop in this series is 4 hours in length, offering in-depth exploration of relationship dynamics and best practices for supporting healthy connections. Participants will receive a workbook for the course and a certificate of completion.

Workshop #1-Empowered Relationships "Starting the Conversation" This workshop introduces the Basics of Human Sexuality and Identity. The curriculum Explores different Types of Relationships, Safety within Relationships, Personal Care, Anatomy, an Introduction to Intimacy and tips on how to Establish and Maintain Healthy Interpersonal Relationships with identified resources.

Workshop #2-Empowered Relationships "Advanced Course" This workshop continues the conversation started in the introductory course. Topics include: Finding your own Sense of Identity, Growing Healthy Relationships, Belonging, Giving and Receiving Good Love, Managing Conflict in Relationships, Understanding Abuse and Family Planning with identified resources.

Workshop #3-Intentional Support and Empowered Care "Empowering individuals and support teams to meet physical, emotional, and relational needs with confidence and compassion" This workshop is a Person-Centered Approach to supporting indviduals to create healthy relationships based on what is "Important To" and "Important For" that person. It explores identifying our own internal bias around sex, sexual identity and other sensitive topics to ensure they do not get in the way of providing the very best support we can for individuals. This course is a straightforward look at Human Rights, Abuse Prevention and the Dignity of Risk when supporting others. Trainers will offer support strategies and resources that will aid in making sure that all support comes through a Person-First lens.