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March Design 2009
Tackling the Tough Skills
October 6–7, 2010
Are you committed to helping hard-to-reach adults or teens prepare for the workplace? Looking for new ways to positively impact the lives of hard-to-reach or at-risk individuals? Looking for new resources to teach life skills to employees in the workplace? Here's a new opportunity to learn a fresh approach to teaching critical life skills, or what some call "soft skills."
Soft skills aren't "fluff." They are the life skills that many take for granted, yet are critical when a person doesn't have them. Like:
Tackling the Tough Skills™: A Curriculum Building Skills for Work and Life (Revised Edition) is a fun, innovative and highly interactive life skills curriculum published by University of Missouri Extension to help hard-to-reach adults or teens prepare for success in work and life.
Rosilee Trotta, LCSW, Tackling the Tough Skills trainer and workforce development consultant, University of Missouri Extension.
As both the author of Tackling the Tough Skills™ and the program trainer, Rosilee Trotta brings a kaleidoscope of life experiences to any training she leads. Life changed for Rosilee when she became a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador at age 18. Hooked on the euphoria of learning from other people and their wisdom, Rosilee continued her own schooling in inner-city hospitals, day-care centers, housing projects and social service agencies, as well as in an Eskimo village above the Arctic Circle. Along the way, she picked up degrees in nursing, psychology, sociology, and social work, ending with a master's in social work and becoming a licensed clinical social worker.
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The University of Missouri-St. Louis is just three miles from Lambert International Airport and 11 miles from downtown St. Louis. Lambert is served by all the major carriers, making St. Louis easily accessible from any point in the United States.
“I can hardly wait to get back to work to start putting these ideas into action.”
“The curriculum is interactive, educational, and fun. I work primarily with Native Americans, and I know I will be able to interconnect this curriculum to meet the needs of my clients. Great class! I will recommend it to others.”
