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Guiding Staff to New Heights of
PERFORMANCE & PROFESSIONALISM
Tony Mosier, LMFT
Chief Operating Officer, Telos
President, National Assoc of Therapeutic Schools & Programs
“CFR is a world-class training experience that fills in the inevitable gaps in every organization’s training regime. Investing in your staff at this level will decrease risk, increase healing and lower turnover, thus, paying for itself many times over. As the saying goes, 'you don’t know what you don’t know.'
“As a 25 year veteran in the field, I was shocked and delighted by just how important this foundational, return-to-basics training was to me. If all of my staff were CFR certified, I would have the best trained staff in the industry.”
Direct Care Staff
SUPPORT and EMPOWER your staff with hands-on training to develop the skills they need to best serve your clients.
Expert Instruction
CFR certified trainings are co-facilitated by Dr. Sandy Newes and Dr. Scott Bandoroff, who collectively have over fifty years clinical experience.
The Dilemma
The therapeutic industry continues to thrive, offering innovative programming supported by sophisticated research, and new models of intervention are constantly being explored. Direct care staff are the unsung heroes of this work, realizing the visions of founders and implementing strategies devised by clinicians.
Unfortunately, staff frequently report that they do not have the level of training they need to feel confident and competent in meeting the challenges of this demanding work while also understanding the underlying therapeutic process.
Under pressure to provide quality treatment within budgetary constraints, it can be challenging to carve out time and resources to provide training necessary for staff to excel. Consequently, staff often feel overwhelmed, underprepared, and stressed. This contributes to burnout, causing many staff to leave the field prematurely. Talented staff leaving the field takes a heavy toll—students, programs and colleagues all suffer.
The solution
THE CLINICAL FIRST RESPONDER™
The CFR Training is Uniquely Designed for Staff Working in Wilderness Therapy, Therapeutic Schools and Other Treatment Settings.
The Goal of CFR is to provide staff with tools to increase their effectiveness in facilitating positive outcomes for clients, while supporting them to work more effectively as valued members of a treatment team.
CFRI and CFR II both offer 4- days of action-packed training, loaded with relevant information and hands-on practice that help staff to become more effective at:
- Becoming more intentional in choosing interventions.
- Understanding issues and needs that underlie client behavior and symptoms.
- Using the therapeutic relationship as a tool to effect change, resulting in fewer emotional crises and critical incidents.
- Exhibiting greater flexibility in the application of their skills and knowledge.
- Utilizing trauma-informed approaches.
- Improving communication with clinical staff.
Along with improving their therapeutic skill set, staff will feel supported, empowered, and prepared—factors that enhance performance and improve staff retention. CFR Certified trainings also prepare staff to more effectively handle day-to-day treatment issues and to respond to the inevitable crises that occur. The end result is a more competent, confident, and inspired staff – resulting in a more successful and well respected program.
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We are so confident that you will find our certified courses to be an excellent use of your time and money that we will fully refund your tuition if you are not completely satisfied!
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CFR I, CFR II, and CFA each consist of 4 days of action-packed training, loaded with relevant information and hands-on practice designed to help staff to be more effective by:
- Being more intentional in choosing interventions
- Improving communication with clinical staff
- De-escalating emotional crises to prevent critical incidents
- Possessing a better understanding of underlying issues triggering behavior
- Exhibiting greater flexibility in the application of skills and knowledge