IDHS Capacity Building Training Topic
Events
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Reimagining Community: Youth Voice & Civic Engagement
This training explores youth agency, decision-making power, and belonging. Supports providers in co-designing engagement practices, exploring youth advisory structures, and other civic engagement methods. Two Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will…
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The Social-Emotional Consequences of Sexual Trauma
Sexual trauma profoundly impacts not only the body and brain, but also a survivor’s emotional world, relationships, identity, and sense of belonging. This training explores the social and emotional consequences…
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Working with Youth Experiencing Housing Instability: Training for IDHS Homeless Youth Program Providers
This two-day webinar is designed specifically for new supervisory and front-line staff working in Illinois DHS-funded Homeless Youth programs. Participants will receive an orientation to both effective practice with youth…
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Community Asset Mapping
This interactive, introductory-level training will explore the fundamentals of Community Asset Mapping as a powerful tool for identifying local strengths, resources, and opportunities to support partnership development and long-term sustainability.…
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Restorative Justice 101
This introductory training provides participants with a foundational understanding of restorative justice principles, practices, and applications. Participants will explore how restorative justice differs from traditional justice approaches while examining its…
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Moving Beyond Outputs: Framing Long-Term Outcomes to More Effectively Talk About Mission
Many nonprofit organizations work hard to track what they do—meals served, youth engaged, counseling sessions provided, volunteers mobilized—but struggle to communicate the longer-term difference those efforts make. This practical webinar…
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Introduction to Motivational Interviewing-Day 1
Please join us for a 2-day training of a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI), this session grounds participants in MI’s core principles, evidence base, and real-world applications…
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Who Cares About DEI? Why Choosing Each Other is The Way to Go…
This session explores the purpose and function of DEIB+ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and related practices), with particular attention to distinguishing inclusion from belonging. Participants will examine how belonging extends…
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Introduction to Motivational Interviewing-Day 2
Please join us for the 2nd day of this training of a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI), this session grounds participants in MI’s core principles, evidence base,…
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Overview of eCornerstone
This introductory training will provide participants with an overview of the eCornerstone system including specific data entry information for CCBYS, Redeploy, Teen REACH and Homeless Youth programs. Participants will walk…
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Neurodiversity 101
Neurodiversity is a complex topic where shared language and understanding are essential to every team's success. Whether or not it's been named directly, young people and staff who are neurodivergent…
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Trust: Building It, Repairing It, and Sustaining It
Trust is the foundation of every healthy workplace relationship, yet it can take years to build and only moments to lose. This session explores the behaviors that create trust, practical…