What We Do - Life Skills Facilitator Training

Life Skills Facilitator Training
On November 16 and 17, the JLMC presented True Colors, a Life Skills Facilitator Training Workshop to community staff and volunteers to build capacity in organizations serving women and families in need.  The workshop was delivered by Rosilee Trotta, author of Tackling the Tough Skills: A Curriculum Building Skills for Work and Life.  Ms. Trotta has a Masters in Social Work, is a licensed clinical social worker and also holds degrees in nursing, psychology and sociology.  The True Colors curriculum distills the elaborate concepts of personality theory into a user-friendly practical tool used to foster healthy productive relationships.   The Workshop consisted of 2 consecutive one-day training sessions, November 16 and 17, 2010.  Each participant was given a copy of the True Colors training resources.  This workshop was attended by approximately fifty community staff members and volunteers from eighteen agencies, including CASA for Children of Monmouth County, Manna House, Spring House, Prevention First, 180 Turning Lives Around and Child Care Resources.

 

CPR Training for Partners

On Wednesday evening, February 23, 2011, the Junior League of Monmouth County sponsored a CPR training session for our partners from Manna and Spring House at JLMC Headquarters. Eleven mothers, both houses' curriculum directors and three JLMC members attended the workshop. The training was presented by thirty-year veteran and authorized CPR trainer for the American Red Cross, Gail Funk. The participants consulted written material as Ms. Funk lectured and demonstrated skills ranging from assisting someone choking to rescue breathing and CPR techniques for victims of a variety of ages . The material was enforced through participant practice, questions and humorous stories told by the instructor. The evening ended on a very positive note with the participants feeling comfortable with aiding a victim, calling 911, staying with the victim and waiting for more advanced help. This is the conclusion of our three part child health care lifeskills module which included our two previous workshops on KIDCARE earlier in the year. The partners had an extremely positive response:

“What a great opportunity the Spring House women had last night! We are all so appreciative of the thoughtfulness and hard work of the Junior League. Gail was a fantastic instructor and kept the women's attention the entire time. Let's hope they'll never need the skills they acquired last night, but I think it was a real boost for their self-confidence to know that, in case of a life-threatening emergency, they can handle it!”

-Suellen Waters, Spring House

“Thanks so much for the CPR …The women enjoyed working with Gail and we appreciated (that they) learned such important skills.”

-Joanne VanSant, Manna House