Our trainings for parents, professionals, and college service-learning students focus on techniques to help youth to develop positive coping strategies and nurture growth-fostering relationships with others to serve as the foundation for building resilience.

     Our trainings include:

• modalities for working preventively with groups of children
• methods for bridging gaps across cultures and races
• new perspectives focusing on relationships among families rather than pathologies
• techniques for understanding complex family systems and the impact of wider social networks on them

BRIK’s trainings are:

• Research-based.  Our work is based on Relational Cultural Theory research (Miller, et al, 1997).  
• Culturally sensitive.  Our trainings provide methods for bridging gaps across cultures and races
• Interactive. Participants have the opportunities to work in small groups on activities.
• Customized. Trainings are customized to the needs of each program

Current Trainings for Professionals: Teachers, Social Workers, and Other Care Professionals

• Art from the Heart: Building Empathy and Relational Skills through Creating Together–for Professionals
• Making Connections at School: A Program to Increase “Relational Intelligence”–for Professionals
• Teach Words for Feelings: Relational Approaches to Pre-K Behavior-for Professionals
• Teach Words for Feelings: Tools for Helping Boys Grades 1-5 with Aggressive Behavior–for Professionals
• Relational Mapping: Building Connections with Relational Mapping
• Relational Intelligence for Better Mentoring: Increase Your “Relational Intelligence”–for Professionals