NCS Speaking Topics
Here is a brief list of topics for our speaking and training services.

Adolescent Depression/Suicide/Creating Classroom Community
Topics related to adolescent development include recognizing signs and symptoms of adolescent depression and suicide, identifying goals of misbehavior and discouragement in children/teens, recognizing influencers on adolescent behavior, and applying practical techniques in the classroom related to effective teacher behavior. This workshop can be tailored to include one section or more depending on audience needs. (1-6 hrs.)

Angry People, Angry Conversations:  Practical Interventions
Anger and aggression are common problems social service professionals encounter when trying to assist clients or caregivers. Unmanaged anger can quickly escalate into aggressive both at the giving and receiving end of the upset. This workshop will demonstrate how to assist clients in developing skills to reduce and manage anger that will stop “automatic” aggressive responses long enough to consider constructive alternatives. (1-6 hrs.)

Compassionate Candor:  The Art of Assertiveness
Identify differences among the assertive, aggressive, and passive-aggressive styles, learn practical approaches to assertiveness at home and in the work place, leadership styles, effective listening and other forms of communication (1-6 hrs)

Bullying (adapted for school bullying and workplace bullying)
The phenomenon of bullying deserves special scrutiny by parents, educators, and students concerned with violence prevention. Seriously underestimated by students and adults in terms of prevalence and harmful effects, it is critical to raise awareness between the link between bullying and long term violent behavioral. Interventions with bullies differ from mediation and other behavioral interventions with non-bullying types. This seminar overviews the background and psychological construct of bullying, offers a model for intervention on both broad and focused levels, and offers insight from the point of view of the victim. (1-5 hrs)

Conflict in the Workplace/Change
Interpersonal relationships, stress, productivity, morale, creativity, absenteeism, financial growth, overall health, willingness to change and more, have a high correlation with conflict. This seminar looks at matters such as effective communication, listening skills, leadership development, willingness to adapt to change, and teaching participants to problem-solve using conflict resolution skills. (1-3 hrs.)

Diversity Training in the New Millennium
Interactive seminar covers definitions of diversity, populations such as gender, race, ethnicity, religion,
communication style, specialty groups, etc., and helps groups move from awareness to action. (1-3 days)

Domestic Violence
Statistical facts about domestic violence, the cycle of abuse, types of abuse, historical perspectives, at-risk relationships, dynamics of recovery from abuse, community referral sources. (1-3 hrs.)

Effects of Divorce on Children
When asked what is the single most difficult experience of a child’s life, even adults will say in retrospect it was the divorce of their parents. With as high as 2 out of 3 marriages ending in divorce, the effect on children is devastating when exposed to ongoing parental conflict and/or poor parenting skills. This seminar explores effects on children as to gender differences, parenting approaches, step-parenting, and other relative issues. (1-3 hrs.)

Elder Mediation: Resolving Family Conflict Involving Non-Dementia Seniors
“They’re trying to take my car keys away.” “My family wants to put me in a nursing home, but I’m not going anywhere!” These and other matters related to the aging process often place families in turmoil with caregivers assuming a “parental role” trying to make decisions as seniors resist tooth and nail. This seminar explores the differences between counseling and mediation, overviews pertinent issues in senior care, and offers some insight into conflict resolution strategies that engage the non-dementia senior in the decision-making process. (1-3 hrs.)

Geriatric Depression and Late Life Issues
This seminar overviews signs and symptoms of late life depression, managing challenging behaviors in residential facilities, caregiver burnout, domestic violence in the geriatric population, community referral sources , and a variety of treatment approaches. (1-3 hrs.)

Harried With Children: Another Look at Misbehavior
Tips for parents of pre-school and school-aged children in dealing with misbehavior. Influences on personality development, goals of behavior, and strategies for encouraging positive behavior are discussed. (1-3 hrs.)

Marriage Breakthrough: Keeping Love Alive
(Certified by Michele Weiner-Davis, author of Divorce Busting)
This interactive video seminar focuses on mastering skills you need to make your relationship more loving or to help clients do the same. The workshop is for clinicians, couples, individuals (if partner refuses to attend!) and anyone interested in improving communication with their partners. This seminar is for you if: you want to make the marriage a priority, you keep arguing about the same old subjects, you feel angry, resentful, misunderstood or hurt much of the time, you feel hopeless and are considering divorce, you want to learn practical communication skills, you and your partner want grow in your relationship together. (Special reduced pricing for churches) (5 hrs.)

My Mind is Like a Steel Whatchamacallit: Memory Tips
Honestly, there’s nothing too joyful about it. Some research points to over 100 causes for memory loss from dehydration to medication interaction to post-op delirium to diet. This seminar focuses on simple cues to help trigger memory and some tips for caregivers working with memory-loss parents/residents. (1 hr. no CEUs)

Phone Etiquette, Customer Service (3 hrs.)

Respectful Communication—Even with Difficult People
Learn tips in effective listening, anger management, candor & other communication techniques. (1-2 hrs.)

Self Esteem Development in Children: Tips for Parents
Participants will learn four components of developing self esteem in children, active listening skills, when to give or withhold compliments, and how to encourage the child who seems to give up too easily. (1-3 hrs.)

Spirituality of Caregiving
Many talks on Stress and Burnout approach Caregiving from a negative frame and fail to include the joy, commitment, and incredibly strong spirituality of the Caregiver. This talk recognizes, encourages, and motivates the Caregiver for a spirit of sacrifice, generous, loving heart, and connectedness to God by virtue of the decision to give of oneself. (1 hr)

Stress Management and Burnout
Signs/symptoms of burnout, practical approaches to managing stress at home, at work, in relationships. (1-6 hrs.)

Treatment Strategies for Low-Grade Trauma
Long past a tragic event, many people carry with them emotional baggage and symptoms that spill over into
their personal and professional lives. This workshop explores symptom levels, variables affecting treatment
choices, and 8 models applicable to a wide variety of people in our private practices, agencies, parishes, EAP
work, or places of business. (6 hrs.)

Wellness in Transition: Models for Clients and Helping Professionals
Examines major aspects of one’s life patterns as related to physical, spiritual, social, mental, emotional and financial well-being; offers practical approaches to achieving balance as we face the inevitable transitions in life whether through aging, children “leaving the nest,” divorce, loss of job, change in career plans, etc. (1-3 hrs.)