MAX Academy: Psychological Safety: A Pathway to Resilience

Many of our neighbors have experienced some form of trauma during their lifetimes. Sometimes such experiences can have a significant impact on whether they are able to be resilient and reach their productive potential as members of our workforce.

Through our next MAX Academy, we will explore the concept of psychological safety as a tool to help build resilience in the clients you serve. We will explore the four stages of psychological safety and how you can create it when working with those who have experienced trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). And we will discuss how you can build a culture of trust and open communication and effectively integrate psychological safety into your trauma-informed practices with your clients.

This workshop is our fourth MAX Academy on trauma-informed care held in recent years in partnership with the Professional Excellence Program in the School of Social Work at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.

The MAX Academy will take place on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, at the Atlanta Technical College's Cleveland L. Dennard Conference Center. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Connect trauma and ACEs to psychological safety.
• Build knowledge of the four stages of psychological safety.
• Connect psychological safety to trauma-informed practices.
• Develop a psychological safety toolkit.

CREDENTIALED TRAINING

Both IAWP and NAWDP recognize training programs held through the MAX Academy as relevant training hours for their certification programs. Hours spent attending MAX Academy workshops can count as training hours for earning a Certified Workforce Professional (CWP) credential from IAWP and also as professional development (continuing education) hours for CWP recertification. For NAWDP’s Certified Workforce Development Professional (CWDP), NAWDP will accept MAX Academy training hours toward the professional development hours required for CWDP recertification.

This training with Georgia State University provides 3.0 clock hours of continuing education for the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC). These CEUs can also be used to fulfill core hours or general continuing education requirements for license renewal for social workers and non-core related hours for marriage and family therapists and professional counselors.

REGISTRATION

Join us for a day of learning and networking! The registration fee for this training is $25.00 for MAX members and $45.00 for non-members.

Because we recognize the value of having multiple team members from the same organization participate so concepts and practices may be discussed and reinforced, discounts are available when multiple staff from the same agency register for the workshop as follows:

MAX Members: $25.00 for the first registration and $15.00 for each additional registration from the same organization.

Non-Members: $45.00 for the first registration and $35.00 for each additional registration from the same organization.

ABOUT THE MAX ACADEMY

Launched in 2014, the mission of MAX is to advance economic competitiveness in the Atlanta region by strengthening connections, collaborations, and practices among workforce developers and organizations engaged in workforce development.

The MAX Academy offers professional development and capacity building training workshops to help workforce development professionals develop new skills, learn best practices, and engage in peer-to-peer learning.

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