Professionals Archives - Sarpy County, Nebraska CASA

Practical Approaches to Suicidality and Safety Planning

28September2026Alexis SanteeProfessionals, Safety Planning, Suicide, training

Navigate one of the most sensitive and essential areas of mental health practice: suicidality. From understanding multifactorial risk to developing effective safety plans and managing your own emotional response, this discussion blends professional expertise with human insight, helping clinicians build confidence in the moments that matter most. Click here to register for this training. Please

Stress and Secondary Trauma in Helping Professions

28September2026Alexis SanteeProfessionals, Stress, Support, tools, training, Trauma

Secondary trauma often develops gradually, making it difficult to recognize until emotional exhaustion, detachment, or overwhelm become pronounced. Without language or context, those in helping professions may blame themselves rather than understand these responses as occupational risks. This session reframes secondary trauma as a normal, human reaction to emotionally demanding work. Understanding how stress accumulates

Strengthening Protective Factors Through Home Visiting: A Child Welfare Perspective

27August2026Alexis Santeechild welfare, Family, Professionals, Protective Factors

During this webinar, the presenter defines the five protective factors, discusses how home visiting interventions improve family protective factors, and shares ways to recognize protective capacity in families. Click here to view this training. Please submit a short summary or a certificate (if received) to Alexis to receive 1 hour of continuing education.

Anxiety in the Classroom: Educators and Health Care Professionals Must Work Together

31July2026Alexis SanteeAnxiety, children, Professionals, School, Teens

For kids and teens living with anxiety and OCD, the idea of going to school or being in a classroom can present challenges. Firpo-Perretti and Stark explore how teachers, parents, and health care professionals can work together to create safe spaces for anxious students. Click here to view this training. Please submit a short summary

Safe and Together Model Briefing

31July2026Alexis SanteeDomestic Violence, families, Professionals, Safe Children, Trauma, Values

This 1-hour instructor-led training module is intended to introduce a perpetrator pattern framework, the principles and components of the model to practice the framework in their daily work. This module will also begin to introduce how the model is designed to help them be more successful in their work, in better alignment with their values as

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