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NEW!Transition Age Youth Immersion

Immersion Trainings

We provide training at the Village for both management and direct service staff, referred to as "immersion training." Our direct service staff training focuses on the principles of psychosocial rehabilitation, assertive community treatment (ACT), and community integration and their practical applications. Some of the topics that we cover are:

  • Focusing on wellness and health rather than on illness and symptoms
  • Determining service/treatment based on abilities rather than on disabilities
  • Having high rather than low expectations of members
  • Using normalized rather than institutional settings
  • Focusing on functional behavior rather than on intra-psychic dynamics
  • Helping members to take risks rather than working to minimize their stress
  • Member and staff collaborating rather than the staff prescribing unilaterally
  • Focusing on self help and independence rather than on caretaking
  • The generalist vs. the specialist orientation toward service provision
  • Expanding the definition of what it means to be a "case manager"
  • Working in teams
  • Working with dually diagnosed members
  • Focusing on work and fun

These topics are covered in a blend of didactic presentations, group discussion, and field experience (please see Sample Immersion Schedule).  Immersion trainings can range from a single day up to 5 days in length, although the “typical” immersion training lasts 3 days. 

TRAINING FEE:  $275/person/day

Over the past 10 years, over a thousand staff, administrators, members and family members have come to the Village from around the world for immersion training.  We are in the 5th year of our contract with the California State Department of Mental Health to provide immersion training for a total of 920 staff of the California AB 34 programs from around the state.  This continued interest points to the Village as a leader in the training of programs and individuals in the principles and practice of intensive case management and psychosocial rehabilitation.