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."

Back by demand, a 12-hour Dean's Certificate program is being offered through the University of Missouri–St. Louis to train trainers of adults and/or teens. This certificate program will use a proven life skills curriculum called Tackling the Tough Skills™: A Curriculum Building Skills for Work and Life (Revised Edition). The instructor of the program is the author of the Tackling the Tough Skills curriculum, Rosilee Trotta, LCSW, of University of Missouri Extension.

The Tackling the Tough Skills Dean's Certificate Program for Trainers offers 12 hours of instruction in life skills training at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Participants will earn 1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through the two-day training. This certificate program meets requirements for training funded by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Participants will have ample opportunities for practice and discussion using many of the original activities in the curriculum. This certificate program will equip participants to teach critical life skills related to:

• Attitude
• Responsibility
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Workforce preparation
• Anger management
• Conflict resolution
• Critical thinking
• Self-esteem
• Teamwork
• Dealing with stress

Who should attend?

• Workplace and organizational educators
• Adult basic education/GED instructors
• Workforce development managers and trainers
• Youth coordinators/high school and middle school educators
• Case managers
• Social workers
• Social service professionals
• Prison and re-entry specialists working with adult or juvenile offenders
• Faith-based program leaders and ministers
• Vocational and life skills counselors
• Anyone wanting to learn new life skills and soft skills training techniques

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