Restoring Respect: RAP Training
June 21-22, 2012
Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Rapid City, South Dakota
"To meet life's challenges, all children need adults and peers who respond to their needs rather than react to problem behavior." --Dr. Larry Brendtro, co-author RAP training
RAP offers “essential training” for dealing with challenging children and youth.
Response Ability Pathways™ – or simply RAP – provides essential strength-based strategies for all who deal with young persons in family, school, or community. Children and youth need supportive persons who respond to their needs rather than react to their problems. RAP provides these response-abilities which enable one to guide young persons on pathways to responsibility.
RAP applies Circle of Courage principles to meet growth needs of all young persons.
The goal is to provide children with opportunities to develop belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity. RAP methods are grounded in research evidence on resilience, brain science, and positive youth development. This training translates leading-edge research into practical methods for building strength of character in all youth, even those presenting difficult behavior problems.
RAP provides a powerful alternative to both punitive and permissive approaches.
Instead of reactive, coercive interactions, young persons are enlisted as responsible agents in positive change. RAP deals with problems by focusing on strengths and solutions. Brief “teaching moments” instill positive behaviors and values. Rather than enforcing obedience, RAP sets high expectations for youth to take responsibility and show respect for themselves and others.
RAP taps and develops the innate strength and resilience of young persons.
The course focuses on three interventions: Connect, Clarify, and Restore. These are the normal “abilities” of the resilient human brain: we are endowed with the ability to connect to others for support, clarify challenging problems, and restore harmony.
RAP concepts and “abilities” are applicable in virtually any setting:
This training is widely applicable since it is based on a “universal design.”
• Content is intuitive, jargon free, and understandable.
• Strategies are safe, practical, and easily implemented.
• Goals target universal growth needs of children and youth.
• Values are universal across diverse cultures and societies.
RAP is useful for all who are concerned with youth, whether professionals or lay persons.
This course is well-received by educators, counselors, social workers, psychologists, youth workers, and staff in treatment and juvenile justice settings. Training also can include parents, foster parents, mentors, and mature youth who are peer helpers. Graduate and undergraduate course credit is available.
RAP is highly experiential and provides practical skills for building courageous kids.
Basic RAP principles are presented in creative formats, and the course is enlivened by engaging videos and small-group role plays. Participants develop abilities to disengage from adversarial encounters, connect with adult-wary youngsters, restore bonds of respect, and create climates where all young persons can flourish.
About the Trainer (subject to change):
Dr. Steve Van Bockern is a professor of education at Augustana College and Dean of the Reclaiming Youth Institute, which conducts research on strength-based prevention and intervention. Drawing on experience as a public school principal and teacher at the elementary and secondary levels, Dr. VanBockern consults with numerous schools and alternative education programs throughout North America. He has directed grants for the National Science Foundation and the Kellogg Foundation and has developed programs for talented students. Dr. VanBockern serves as Dean and co-founder for Reclaiming Youth International and is a senior trainer for the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute and RAP.
Optional College Credit
Participants can enroll for undergraduate or graduate workshop college credit in either Psychology or Special Education. Registration forms will be provided at the training. Course syllabus will be posted on the Reclaiming Youth website. Payment for college credit is made payable to Reclaiming Youth and given to the instructor at the training. College credit is provided through Augustana College, a fully accredited, 4-year university located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (www.augie.edu).
Training Site and Accommodations
Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn (Phone: 605-348-4000) Website: www.rushmoreplaza.com
505 N. Fifth Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 Group Code: RYI
Room Rate: $106 + tax (US Funds) (Group: Reclaiming Youth)
Located in the heart of Rapid City, the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn is ideally situated close to downtown shopping, restaurants, parks and walking trails. Rapid City offers visitors all the amenities of a mid-sized city, and its central Black Hills location makes sight-seeing excursions in any direction easy and enjoyable.
Travel Arrangements
Participants are responsible for their own transportation.
Rapid City is located in western South Dakota on Interstate 90. When traveling on I-90, take the Haines Avenue Exit (#58). Travel south on Haines Avenue (Haines Avenue becomes North 5th Street). The Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn is located adjacent to the Rushmore Civic Center at 505 North 5th Street, Rapid City, South Dakota. Phone: (605) 348-4000.
Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) is serviced by several major airlines (Northwest, United, Delta, etc.) in addition to several smaller carriers. The Rapid City Regional Airport is approximately 20 minutes from the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn. Complimentary shuttle service is offered to guests staying at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, which is the conference site. There are also several car rental agencies available at the airport.
Preliminary Daily Schedule: 8:30 - 4:30 (lunch provided each day)
Registration Fee (includes three-day workshop, training materials, and lunches)
$395 per person (US Funds)
Early Bird Discount Rate: $385 per person (payment must be received by April 1, 2012)
Group Discount Rate: $375 per person (5 or more submitted together and pre-paid)
Pre-registration and pre-payment are required.
All registrations are subject to space availability ~ limited to 40 paid registrants.
To Register / Contact Us:
Reclaiming Youth International, Attn: Cindy Crabtree, PO Box 57, Lennox, SD 57039 USA
Phone: 605-647-2532 Fax: 605-647-5212
Email: seminars@reclaiming.com
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