Training in managing perinatal depression with community health workers in San Juan and San Pablo La Laguna, Guatemala
Motivational interviewing training with teacher leaders in El Porvenir, Peru
Capacity building projects
PASEO Salud Mental provides trainings to mental health professionals, teachers, paraprofessionals, residential staff, and other individuals helping to provide care for individuals with mental illness or psychosocial distress. Some of the common areas for workshops and training include:
Methods and skills for treating complex trauma (for mental health professionals)
Understanding trauma and creating a trauma-informed environment (for non- mental health professionals)
Managing crisis behaviors in children and adolescents
Psychological First Aid (specific to situations of community and familial violence and sexual abuse)
Positive parenting and positive behavior management (for parents, guardians, residential treatment staff, non-profit volunteers, and teachers)
Motivational interviewing (for professionals or youth-serving staff)
Methods for assessing and managing perinatal depression for non-professionals