This workshop via Zoom will provide an overview of how to effectively provide support to family members coming to you for advice about their loved ones with substance use disorder (SUD) or any form of addiction. Training includes the role of peers in recovery, how to listen, what to say to encourage recovery, how to grow trust and provide support a well as self-care and boundaries. This year’s Positive Change Conference theme, Collective Restoration, addresses major changes to the ways that helping professionals work with their clients and students in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and other societal stressors. We can only imagine where we might be on event day. What we know for sure is that our conference audience members are working to minimize trauma and increase healthy functioning in everyone they encounter, and that they will need a day to pause, reflect, learn, and be nourished and revitalized in October. That is what we strive to provide. Has a congregational member asked you for help for a loved one struggling with addiction, but you weren’t sure what to do? Have you wanted to address alcohol and drug abuse prevention for youth and parents in your congregation but didn’t know where to start? GOAL Project will come alongside you to train, equip, and sustain an addiction prevention and recovery ministry so that you feel more confident in knowing what to say and do to help bring healing and wellness to your local community. Schools and agencies wishing to add SAP (Student Assistance Program) team members should register the new team member to attend this three-day virtual training. SAP training is a comprehensive training which results in certification for both the elementary and secondary level SAP program. SAP is the leading program of support in Pennsylvania for students K-12 (more…) This free program is presented by Drexel University. Attendees will be able to List the three criteria for a diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome and identify 3 common behaviors of an individual living with an FASD. Addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disease that demands an understanding of the science so that we can support the behavioral changes that clients need to make. This training will consider factors that increase an individual’s vulnerability to addiction by exploring the role of genetics and especially the experience of trauma. Schools and agencies wishing to add SAP (Student Assistance Program) team members should register the new team member to attend this three-day training. The addiction & recovery masses at Saint James are oriented toward hope and confidence in the abundance of God’s grace for those who have journeyed, or may be journeying, through the isolation and darkness of addiction. Schools and agencies wishing to add SAP (Student Assistance Program) team members should register the new team member to attend this three-day virtual training. SAP training is a comprehensive training which results in certification for both the elementary and secondary level SAP program. SAP is the leading program of support in Pennsylvania for students K-12 (more…) Join us VIRTUALLY December 8-10 for the 2020 Safe Schools Conference “Keeping our Children Safe: Strategies for Schools and Communities.” This virtual event will focus on school safety, cyber security and relationships, bullying prevention, emergency and crisis response, and other relevant topics. Hear state and national experts present the latest research and trends in school safety, youth violence prevention, evidenced-based program models, promising practices, and more.
Upcoming Events
October 21, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
October 22, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
October 23, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
October 28, 2020
8:00 am - 4:15 pm
October 31, 2020
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
November 2, 2020
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
November 3, 2020
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
November 9, 2020
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
November 4, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
November 10, 2020
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
November 12, 2020
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
November 18, 2020
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
November 20, 2020
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
November 28, 2020
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
December 7, 2020
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
December 10, 2020
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
December 14, 2020
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
December 8, 2020
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
December 9, 2020
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
December 10, 2020
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
