Casey Life Skills Authorized Training Program 

The Training Program is comprised of six professional organizations fully authorized by Casey Family Programs to deliver comprehensive training on the Casey Life Skills tools and products.

An Authorized Training Provider can offer:

• Training on all aspects of the Casey Life Skills tools including updates and revisions
• Cost-effective training throughout the United States
• Expert knowledge of child welfare, education, and other state and county systems
• Knowledge of a variety of grant programs that may help offset the costs of training
• Cultural competency and sensitivity to diverse audiences
• The capacity to train small or large groups
• Instruction on how to aggregate Casey Life Skills data for outcomes assessment or evaluation studies
• Training for others to become Certified or Senior Certified Trainers

Participants can choose from three different training levels:

End User Training: qualifies participants to use the tools in direct practice. They will receive a thorough one-day overview of Casey Life Skills and supplements, how to build a Learning Plan, and group data collection.

Certified User Training: takes place over two-days. It is the same as the End User training plus how to effectively use the aggregate data and reports function on the Casey website and describe the basic content of each report. In addition, learners will understand the importance of coaching others in the use of Life Skills tools and understand how to implement and maintain the Casey Life Skills tools most effectively in an organization.

Certified Trainer:  participants are expected to meet all criteria in the Certified Users training and in addition be able to demonstrate effective communication skills when teaching sections of the Casey Life Skills training curriculum. They must demonstrate relevant technology to facilitate learning and be able to demonstrate an understanding of basic learning principles relevant to facilitating motivation and learning of the Casey Life Skills tools. This is a three-day training.

Casey Life Skills Authorized Training Providers

ATP Contact Information	About This Provider
Duncan N. Bethel M.S. ( Primary Contact) Community Connections of New York ( CCNY) 605 Niagara Street Buffalo, New York 14201 dbethel@comconnectionsny.org (716) 563-5082 Or Heidi Milch ( Secondary Contact) Executive Director, Community Connections of New York hmilch@comconnectionsny.org (716) 563-5082 ext. 1856	Community Connections of New York ( CCNY ) is a non-profit organization with a core purpose to support and encourage the development and implementation of quality practices that result in positive outcomes for communities. CCNY staff and ACLSA trainers understand daily practice and emerging trends as they have years of clinical, casework, administrative and direct care practice in congregate care and community based programs to their current positions. CCNY supports communities and systems via data collection and analysis, Quality Improvement project initiatives , professional training and development delivery, facilitation of system and cross system partnerships and collaborations along with community resource development. Integrity and cultural competency are core tenants of our work and we believe that learning is an open process, inclusive of multiple voices and diverse viewpoints. CCNY can tailor training specifically to meet the needs of your organization or system.
Dan McFadyean P.O. Box 281 Babb/St.Mary, MT 59411 Phone: 406-732-5585 For more information on scheduling a staff training event at your site, please contact Glacier Montana Consultants by email at: danmcfadyean@yahoo.com	Glacier Montana Consultants is dedicated exclusively to helping agencies who want to improve their ability to assess and teach life skills education. Our goal is to help agencies and care providers become more effective in delivering life skills education that fosters healthy development for all families. Glacier Montana is a full service consulting firm excelling in life skill education techniques for social service, juvenile justice, systems of care and education programs. We also have extensive experience working with tribal governments. Through a family and youth driven approach, individuals with life skills challenges and their social services agency representatives obtain supports and services so that individuals are able to maximize their ability to live independently.
Dorothy Ansell, MSW Asst. Director Nat'l Resource Center for Youth Services The University of Oklahoma Schusterman Center Building 4 West 4502 East 41st Street Tulsa, OK 74135 www.nrcys.ou.edu dansell@ou.edu Phone: (918) 660-3700	The National Resource Center has been providing training and technical assistance to programs in Oklahoma and nationally for 25 years. Their mission is to enhance the quality of life of our nation's youth and their families by improving the effectiveness of human services. Masters-level trainers stay up-to-date on trends and best practices within and across disciplines and can train in-house or come to your facility.
Ebony Harris PILLAR Training & Consulting Group P.O. 361 Union City, GA 30291 www.pillartcgroup.com aclsa@pillarproject.org Phone: 888-535-7098 Fax 888-318-5407	The primary goal of PILLAR Training & Consulting Group is to work with organizations that provide comprehensive services to adolescent and young adult populations in the areas of professional development, program-specific consultation, and training and curriculum development. PILLAR has expertise in independent living,foster care, transitional and therapeutic programs, at-risk youth programs, youth leadership, foster parent alliances and group care providers.
Ray Hoskins, President Success Technologies 9085 Huggin Hollow Road Martinsville, IN 46151 www.successtechnologies.net success@successtechnologies.net Toll-Free 888-747-4581 Phone (317) 780-0703 Fax (317) 222-1153	Success Technologies offers services to improve the success of governmental agencies, not for profits, other organizations, adults, families and youth. We develop services and products which you can use in your efforts to improve your life and achieve your goals. Most of our work is with organizations and individuals with an interest in vulnerable youth. We offer a wide range of services which can help agencies and individuals be more successful with their clients. We also offer online training through the Youth Development Learning Institute. We offer both onsite (at your facility) and online Casey Life Skills trainings.
Peter Selby TriWest Group in Seattle 6549 First Avenue N.W. Seattle, WA 98117 www.triwestgroup.net pselby@triwestgroup.net Phone (206) 612-8564 TriWest Group in Colorado 4855 Riverbend Road Suite 100 Boulder, CO 80301 Phone: (303) 544-0509	TriWest's mission is to help human service organizations do a better job of helping others. They offer expertise, curricula, and logistical support for staff development and training in all the Casey Life Skills tools. Their trainers are experienced clinicians, supervisors, and administrators who understand the realities of everyday practice and they can tailor training to the specific needs of an organization.

Please note that these are the only authorized training organizations approved by Casey Family Programs. No others should represent themselves as such. Doing so may be illegal.

Casey Family Programs staff is always interested in your feedback about any aspect of our tools or services. We are very interested in your feedback about interactions with or use of our ATPs. To send feedback on the trainers, at any level of confidence you wish, please contact us at: ACLSA@casey.org