Student Assistance Professionals
We currently offer the following courses and training for school personnel including teachers, nurses, school liaisons, administrators, clinical staff, and probation officers.
If you have questions about any of our training courses, please call 412-586-2575.
SAP Training for Middle and Secondary School Personnel |
| Locations and Dates: |
PaTTAN, Pittsburgh
3190 William Pitt Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15238 |
February 29, March 1, March 2 , 2012 |
| Time: |
8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. |
| Fee: |
$350 per participant |
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Includes all materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and Act 48 credits |
| Curriculum: |
- Student Assistance Professionals (SAP) Essentials: How it Works
- Resiliency and Adolescent Development
- Substance Abuse & Addiction
- Identifying and Intervening with Suicide, Crisis and Other Mental Health Issues
- Team Building
- Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in SAP
- Working with Families
- SAP Team Practice
- Action Planning and Re-Entry
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| Credits Provided: |
Act 48. Two graduate credits are available from Carlow College for an additional $240. Additional charges will apply for specialized credits. LSW, CEUs,CAC/CPS and NBCC credits offered at $30. |
| Register for this course. |
Elementary Student Assistance Professionals (ESAP) Training |
| Locations and Dates: |
PaTTAN, Pittsburgh
3190 William Pitt Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
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February 22,23,24, 2012 |
| Fee: |
$350 per participant |
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Includes all materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and Act 48 credits |
| Time: |
8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. |
| Curriculum: |
- Moving from Problems to Solutions in the Elementary School
- Professionalism: Legal and Ethical Issues
- ATOD Update for Elementary Educators
- Resiliency-based Strategies for Enhancing Family & Student Involvement in ESAP
- Children’s Mental Health Issues
- The ESAP Process
- Action Planning
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| Credits Provided: |
Act 48. Additional charges will apply for specialized credits. LSW, APA, CAC/CPS and NBCC credits offered at $30. |
| Register for this course. |
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On-Site Training at School |
| For groups of 10 or more, our trainers will travel to your school and provide ESAP, SAP, Group Facilitators, or other topic-specific trainings. You determine the dates and the topics; you provide the materials and lunch. |
| Fee: |
$325 per participant |
| Some of the workshops available: |
- Drug Testing in School: Legalities & Implications & Current Trends in Adolescent Substance Abuse
- Help for the Bully and the Bully's Family
- The Educator's Guide to Lockdowns and Weapons Detection
- Young People: Binge Drinking and Teen Tipplers
- Forming Threat Assessment Teams
Offered in four parts:
- Criteria for Assessing and Threat
- Components, Policies, and Procedures
- Organization of a Threat Assessment Team
- Tabletop Drills
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| To schedule on-site training at your school, please call 412-586-2575 or e-mail woodkeps@upmc.edu. |