Workshops & Presentations
Evergreen Caregiver Support offers trauma-informed trainings, workshops, and presentations rooted in Education, empowerment, and Harm Reduction for caregivers, youth-serving professionals, and communities. If you are interested in bringing these trainings to your community or agency, please complete our Workshops & Presentations Request Form.
Beyond the Behavior: Reframing Trauma Responses in System-Involved Youth
Beyond the Behavior is a comprehensive, trauma-informed training designed for caregivers and professionals that reframes high-risk actions in system-involved youth as survival-driven communication. This course provides actionable strategies to navigate the intersection of neurobiology, modern digital threats like sexual exploitation, and systemic collaboration to foster resilience and stability.
Caregiver Core Training (CCT) is the mandatory training series equips potential Washington State caregivers with the foundational knowledge of the child welfare system, trauma-informed care, and collaborative parenting. Through six self-paced modules, participants learn to provide culturally affirming and safe environments that support the emotional regulation and healthy development of youth in foster care.
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) 101
This training offers a global analysis of child exploitation, examining the specific vulnerabilities of boys, LGBTQIA+ youth, and marginalized racial or immigrant populations. Participants will learn to identify recruitment tactics across both physical and digital landscapes, including the Dark Web and AI, while gaining practical tools to recognize and support survivors through a trauma-informed lens.
Commercial Sexual exploitation of Children (CSEC): Understanding and Supporting Male Survivors
This advanced training analyzes the $244 billion global Child Abuse Material Industry through the unfiltered voices of male survivors, detailing how technological shifts like the Dark Web and AI-generated content uniquely impact and exploit boys. Participants will gain critical skills to identify systemic vulnerabilities across diverse youth populations and adopt trauma-informed language to bridge existing gaps in traditional screening and intervention models.
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Evergreen Caregiver Support offers HSI First Aid and CPR training led by Nathan LaChine, providing participants with the skills to respond to adult, teen, and infant medical emergencies, including CPR, AED use, first aid, EpiPen administration, and Narcan response. Available in both in-person and blended online formats, these engaging, scenario-based courses include hands-on skills assessments and meet workplace and regulatory training requirements.
Internet Safety & Warning Signs of Online Grooming
This training provides caregivers with a comprehensive understanding of the modern digital landscape and the specific mechanisms used to exploit vulnerable youth. By combining neurological research with practical intervention strategies, the session equips participants to identify and disrupt the grooming process before it escalates into exploitation or trafficking.
“Let’s Talk Runaway Prevention” is an engaging curriculum designed to empower youth and caregivers with essential life skills, foster awareness about runaway prevention resources, and provide education on alternatives to running away. Each module offers interactive discussions and practical activities to help participants explore the root causes and potential risks of running away, including conflict resolution, self-esteem building, and communication skills. The course also emphasizes the importance of establishing trusted support networks, encouraging youth and adults alike to reach out to dependable community members and resources for help. Through this curriculum, participants will develop a better understanding of their options, build resilience, and learn effective strategies for addressing challenges in a safe, constructive manner.
Parenting in the Digital Age – Impacts of Social Media
This training equips caregivers with a comprehensive understanding of the digital landscape including the Dark Web and the physical and psychological risks associated with excessive screen time. Participants will gain practical tools for protecting youth, such as emoji decoding guides and digital safety pledges, while learning how to use digital forensics to prevent predators from gathering personal information.
This training facilitates a shift from understanding racism as individual interpersonal acts to recognizing it as a pervasive system of institutional and structural advantage. Participants develop “Equity Literacy” by practicing core abilities to recognize, respond to, and redress inequities while learning to identify and avoid common organizational “detours” that stall transformative change.
Screening Applicants for Effectiveness (SAFE)
Certified SAFE Training consists of content that is designed to assist youth mentoring and youth serving programs in strengthening their assessment and monitoring practices to screen out potential child sexual abusers. This training highlights the essential role of rigorous volunteer screening in safeguarding youth and maintaining an organization’s professional credibility against the strategic tactics used by predators. Participants will gain practical skills to recognize research-based red flags and apply standardized screening guidelines to minimize risk and foster effective mentoring relationships.
This training provides a comprehensive exploration of SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression) fundamentals and LGBTQIA+ history while examining the systemic disproportionalities and minority stressors impacting youth in foster care and juvenile justice systems. Participants will gain practical, trauma-informed skills to foster “felt safety,” including a deep dive into Washington state legislation, DCYF policy, and Indigenous Two-Spirit perspectives.
Talk Saves Lives – An Introduction to Suicide Prevention
This foundational training introduces suicide prevention as a public health necessity, detailing the complex health, environmental, and historical factors that contribute to suicide risk. Participants will learn to identify behavioral warning signs and master the practical skills needed to conduct a supportive intervention and connect individuals in crisis to life-saving professional resources.
The Lost Boys – The forgotten victims of the Child Abuse Material Industry
This training is designed as an advanced level training for direct care staff and field staff working with Commercial Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) and trafficking survivors. We will be discussing aspects of the child pornography industry that are too often overlooked… boys: the forgotten victims. We will hear the stories and voices of male youth survivors in this training on the commercialized aspects of the child pornography industry, enhance your knowledge base on trafficking, discuss myths & facts, current trends, and step inside the experiences of the forgotten victims themselves.
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