Bethesda Family Services
Foundation offers a variety of training opportunities for
individuals and human service agencies.
Restoring Relationships
The Restoring Relationships Model was developed to help adults and
children heal emotional wounds caused by those who have offended
or betrayed them. These training seminars offer a unique opportunity
for individuals of different backgrounds (therapy, counseling, juvenile
or adult corrections, faith-based intervention, education, etc.)
to participate in training sessions designed to give them the specific
knowledge to utilize the Restoring Relationships Resource Manual
and Interactive Journal (order
page) in their own agencies, careers, volunteer work, etc. Learners
are awarded continuing education units where applicable.
PUBLICATIONS
A “ministry of reconciliation,” the Restoring Relationships
truth-based model was developed to provide simple tools for
individuals to lead others on the healing journey.
The
Restoring Relationships materials are carefully formatted to adapt to a
Sunday School series, cell group model or Bible study curriculum, and
contain the Four Steps to Emotional healing, a journey described as
simple in method, but profound in impact.
FACILITATOR MANUAL
Restoring Relationships Resource Manual: A Ministry of Reconciliation
This provides the teacher/ leader/ facilitator with additional Biblical
content and insight. The format is a 12 session “journey to healing.” It
focuses upon the “Ministry of Reconciliation” that was given to us
through Christ in 2 Corinthians 5:18.
DVDs Restoring Relationships
Filmed at the Men of God Conference at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio,
Texas, Dominic Herbst provides a highly energized and motivating
presentation of this “ministry of reconciliation” model.
Instructional Process
Dominic Herbst discusses the purpose and process for
utilizing the Restoring Relationships materials in a group setting.
Agency Training
Bethesda Family Services Foundation trains entire agencies/programs
in our two-system
approach (Relational Healing and Peer Governance),
whereby all direct-care staff are trained to utilize both systems
within their agency/program. Bethesda's agency training program
ensures that the agency environment is safe, boundaries are well-defined,
accountability is consistent, and staff members are prepared to
utilize our simple approach to healing the hearts and changing the
lives of participants.
Agency Certification
Agencies and/or programs achieve agency
certification when all
direct-care staff achieve, at a minimum, individual certification.
Individuals participating in agency training programs may also
receive Continuing Education Units.
Training for Therapists/Counselors
& Family Intervention Staff
Our Relational Healing model, which focuses on family relationships
and reconciliation, is encompassed in our Relationship
Sequence, which occurs
at various interpersonal levels in the lives of all human beings.
Our Relationship Sequence and Family Healing curriculum are designed
to bring victory and healing to the lives of troubled individuals
and distressed families. Our seminars offer a method to understand
how relationships break down and eventually lead to a cycle of conflict.
A strategy is then set forth for intervention, which includes how
to complete a thorough assessment and develop an appropriate plan
of action for those individuals who need relational healing within
their lives. Participants completing this training are awarded continuing
education units authorized by the National Association of Social
Workers (NASW), the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
or the International Association of Continuing Education and Training
(IACET).
Affiliated Programs
Bethesda Family Services Foundation also offers staff training to
our affiliated programs including Day Treatment, Residential Group
Home, Parenting, Alternative Education, Foster Care, and Drug/Alcohol
Outpatient Treatment. We then certify each of our own affiliated
programs and offer Continuing Education Units to participating staff
members.
Bethesda's training services
and materials include the following:
Two Systems Blueprint manuals and a
series of other manuals and materials that provide the information
necessary to implement Bethesda's Relational Healing and
Peer Governance models in a community-based setting or residential
facility.
A complete series of more than 20 videotaped
training sessions, which include many hands-on sessions
featuring actual training demonstrations.
The deployment of live training teams
from our national office who demonstrate all forms of our
therapeutic process, combined with Bethesda's various treatment
modalities. This includes "hands-on" demonstrations
with the youth and families from that facility. (Video)
Ongoing technical assistance provided
through phone conferences with managers, supervisors, and
direct-care staff. Assistance is designed to walk staff
members through procedural implementation and program glitches.
Regular communication established and
maintained through ongoing correspondence, which includes
updates in materials, manuals, and videotapes.
Routine parent effectiveness training,
family healing seminars with clients, and live demonstrations
of our powerful systems approach.
For more information on Bethesda Family Services Foundation,
feel free to e-mail us
today or call (570) 523-0605.
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