Clinical training without lived experience is half a map.
The Thing No One Else Is Doing
Every practitioner training in this space is taught either by a clinician or by a person with lived experience. Not both. Not together. Not as co-equals walking into the same room with the same curriculum and demonstrating, by their very presence, that collaboration is not a philosophy, it is a practice.
Foundations for Frontline
What Foundations for Frontlines Is
“Foundations for the Frontline” is a practitioner training series for anyone working on the front lines with justice-impacted people: SUD counselors, peer support specialists, case managers, youth workers, social workers, coaches, and mentors. It is the only training of its kind co-facilitated by a licensed clinician and a person with lived justice experience, because we believe those two forms of expertise are not in competition. They are the whole answer. You will leave with tools grounded in trauma science, sharpened by real-world credibility, and delivered by two people who prove by showing up together that collaboration is not a philosophy. It is a practice.
The Problem No One Is Talking About
SUD counselors, peer mentors, youth workers, and case managers have been trained in silos. Clinicians by clinicians, peers by peers, for decades. The result is a workforce that is either credentialed but disconnected from the people they serve, or deeply connected but under-resourced.
That gap does not just affect providers. It affects every person they serve.
What You Will Leave With
Tools grounded in trauma science and sharpened by real-world credibility. A framework for understanding behavior before trying to change it. Relational practices that build trust, not just compliance. And the lived proof that collaboration is not a philosophy. It is a practice.
Training Options
Half Day Training
Understanding the Youth in the Room
3.5 – 4 Hours
- Trauma & The Wound
- The Nervous System
- The Window of Tolerance
- De-Escalation with Justice-Involved Youth
- Interactive Activities & Scenario Practice
Includes take-home tools
Full-Day Training
From Surviving to Showing Up
6 – 7 Hours
- Everything in Half Day Training, plus:
- Role Clarity
- Ethics & Boundaries
- Reframing Behavior as Communication
- Strengths-Based Practice with Justice-Involved Youth
- Co-Regulation
- Interactive Activities & Scenario Practice
Includes take-home tools
3-Part Series
COC: Foundations for Frontline Full Training
3 part, 2.5 – 3 hrs each
Session 1:
- Understanding Behavior
- Nervous System
- Who Are Justice-Involved Youth
- Reframing Behavior as Communication
- Stages of Change
- Trauma & ACEs
- The Nervous System
- Window of Tolerance
Session 2:
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- De-Escalation Tools
- Crisis Recognition & Warm Referral
- Emotional Intelligence
- Co-Regulation
Session 3:
- Boundaries
- Burnout
- Communication
- Language Audit
Includes take-home tools
These are previews of our options, please contact us for more information
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