FOR PROFESSIONALS: W.I.S.E. Up!® Train the Trainer

Bring the W.I.S.E. Up!® Program to your community!

Interested in registering your agency in W.I.S.E. Up!® Train the Trainer?

W.I.S.E. Up!®, a signature program developed by C.A.S.E., is an empowerment workshop for families to help children respond to intrusive questions about being adopted. It is intended as a face-to-face training (approximately 2 hours) where one facilitator works with parents on understanding what their children may be experiencing while other facilitators work with children learning the W.I.S.E. Up!® skills, doing crafts and role-plays in which children practice W.I.S.E. Up!® skills. The workshop then brings the parents and kids together to share their learnings.

C.A.S.E. authorizes agencies to be W.I.S.E. Up!® sites by training their staff to facilitate the W.I.S.E. Up!® workshops with families through a Train the Trainer Model. W.I.S.E. Up!® Train the Trainer is provided virtually via Zoom to agencies interested in offering W.I.S.E. Up!® to families in their community.

Professionals in this training will learn how to offer the W.I.S.E. Up!® concurrent workshops for children and parents and become certified W.I.S.E. Up!® trainers. Agencies must commit to train a minimum of three staff and can include up to 5 staff in the training. We ask that at least one of the participants have a clinical background since the content can be triggering for children.

This training is interactive and program materials are provided. New organizations also receive the W.I.S.E. Up!® Starter Kit with materials used in the parent/youth workshops and 10 copies of the W.I.S.E. Up!® Powerbook.

Cost: 

$1,500 for 5 staff members to participate and additional staff can be added for $250/person.

Contact: 

Lauren Lynch, lynch@adoptionsupport.org