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CalSAC provides training in an array of content areas, from foundational skills needed to work with children and youth to leadership skills for supervising staff and managing programs. Most onsite modules are two hours - the training length can be found on the module description page.

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FREE TRAINING TOPICS THROUGH JUNE 2025

Training Topic	Training Category
1.1.2 Building Relationships With Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.3 Effective Communication with Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.4 Building Self-Esteem	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.5 Fostering Interpersonal Connections with Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.3.1 Understanding the Behavior of Children and Youth	Behavior Guidance	View Details
1.3.3 The Role of the Staff in Behavior Guidance	Behavior Guidance	View Details
1.3.4 Effective Supervision of Children and Youth	Behavior Guidance	View Details
1.3.5 Including Children and Youth with Disruptive Behaviors	Behavior Guidance	View Details
3.2.1 Building Authentic Relationships with Families	Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities	View Details
3.2.2 Understanding the Needs of Families	Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities	View Details
3.2.3 Designing Meaningful Family Engagement	Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities	View Details
4.5.1 Understanding Mental Health and Wellness for Youth and Adults	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.2 Exploring Protective Factors for Children and Youth Mental Health Wellness	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.3 Designing Safe and Supportive Programs	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.4 Cultivating Community Partnerships	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.5 Power and Purpose: Exploring Harms to Heal	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.6 Power and Purpose: Incorporating Practices to Support Healing	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.7 Power and Purpose: Empowering Youth to Take Action	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.6.1 Social-Emotional Learning and Enhancing Quality	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details
4.6.2 Going Deeper: Supporting Social-Emotional Learning	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details
4.6.3 We Are 100: Supporting Self-Awareness and Self-Management	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details
4.6.4 We Belong 100: Supporting Social-Awareness and Interpersonal Skills	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details
4.6.5 We Can 100: Supporting Growth Mindset and Self-Efficacy	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details

Virtual Training

Training Topic	Training Category
1.1.2v Virtual Module: Building Relationships with Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.3v Virtual Module: Effective Communication with Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.4v Virtual Module: Building Self-Esteem	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.5v Virtual Module: Fostering Interpersonal Connections with Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.8v Virtual Module: Meeting the Needs of Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.9v Virtual Module: Developmental Trends 201	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.3.3v Virtual Module: The Role of the Staff in Behavior Guidance	Behavior Guidance	View Details
1.4.1v Virtual Module: Using Theme Webs for Curriculum Planning	Delivering Quality Programs	View Details
3.2.1v Virtual Module: Building Authentic Relationships with Families	Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities	View Details
3.2.2v Virtual Module: Understanding the Needs of Families	Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities	View Details
3.6.1v Virtual Module: Cultural Competence: Identity, Diversity, and Engagement	Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs	View Details
3.6.2v Virtual Module: Cultural Conflicts and Strategies: Movement Toward Equity and Inclusion	Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs	View Details
4.2.1v Virtual Module: Knowing Multilingual Learners	Supporting Multilingual Learners	View Details
4.2.2v Virtual Module: Social-Emotional Factors of Multilingual Learners	Supporting Multilingual Learners	View Details
4.2.3v Virtual Module: Strategies for Language Development	Supporting Multilingual Learners	View Details
4.4.1v Virtual Module: Creating a Quality Summer Program	Quality Summer Programming	View Details
4.4.2v Virtual Module: Utilizing the Quick CASP Assessment Tool	Quality Summer Programming	View Details
4.5.1v Virtual Module: Understanding Mental Health and Wellness for Youth and Adults	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.2v Virtual Module: Exploring Protective Factors for Children and Youth Mental Health Wellness	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.3v Virtual Module: Designing Safe and Supportive Programs	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.4v Virtual Module: Cultivating Community Partnerships	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.5v Power and Purpose: Exploring Harms to Heal	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.6v Power and Purpose: Incorporating Practices to Support Healing	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.5.7v Power and Purpose: Empowering Youth to Take Action	Supporting Mental Health and Wellness	View Details
4.6.2v Virtual Module: Exploring Our Own Social-Emotional Learning Skills	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details
4.6.3v Virtual Module: We Are: Supporting Self-Awareness and Self-Management	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details
4.6.4v Virtual Module: We Belong 100: Supporting Social-Awareness and Interpersonal Skills	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details
4.6.5v Virtual Module: We Can 100: Supporting Growth Mindset and Self-Efficacy	Social-Emotional Learning	View Details
4.7.3v Virtual Module: Coaching with Head and Heart (3 hour)	Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character	View Details

Youth Development

Training Topic	Training Category
1.1.1 Developmental Trends 101	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.6 Professionalism	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.7 How and What to Observe in Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.8 Meeting the Needs of Children and Youth	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.1.9 Developmental Trends 201	Working with Children and Youth	View Details
1.3.2 Developing Problem Solving Skills	Behavior Guidance	View Details
1.3.6 Nine Temperament Traits	Behavior Guidance	View Details
1.6.1 New Youth Worker Competencies	Job Readiness	View Details
1.6.2 Building a Classroom Community	Job Readiness	View Details
1.6.3 Beyond Behavior Guidance	Job Readiness	View Details
1.6.4 Classroom Management 101	Job Readiness	View Details
2.3.1 Incorporating Older Youth Voices in Program Activities	Serving Older Youth	View Details

Equity and Inclusion

Training Topic	Training Category
3.1.1 Creating an Inclusive Program	Including Children with Special Needs	View Details
3.5.1 Creating Respect and Safety	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression	View Details
3.5.2 Going Deeper: Exploring Diversity	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression	View Details
3.5.3 Exploring Privilege	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression	View Details
3.5.4 Privilege, Power and the Ladder of Oppression	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression	View Details
3.5.5 Exploring Cliques in Your Program	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression	View Details
3.5.6 Becoming Allies with Children Youth and Families	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression	View Details
3.6.1 Cultural Competence: Identity, Diversity and Engagement	Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs	View Details
3.6.2 Cultural Conflicts and Strategies	Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs	View Details
3.6.3 Promoting an Understanding of Cultural Sensitivity	Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs	View Details
3.7 Restorative Practices Series	Restorative Practices	View Details
4.1.1 Understanding the Problem of Bullying	Bullying Prevention	View Details
4.1.2 Understanding the Costs and Roles of Bullying	Bullying Prevention	View Details
4.1.3 Bullying Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Adults	Bullying Prevention	View Details
4.1.4 Bullying Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Children and Youth	Bullying Prevention	View Details

Quality Programming

Training Topic	Training Category
1.2.1 Elements of the Environment	Creating Program Environments	View Details
1.2.2 Shared Space 101	Creating Program Environments	View Details
1.2.3 Messages from the Environment	Creating Program Environments	View Details
1.2.4 Shared Space 201	Creating Program Environments	View Details
1.4.3 Daily Schedules	Delivering Quality Programs	View Details
1.4.5 Introduction to Evaluation	Delivering Quality Programs	View Details
1.4.6 Evaluation: A Self-Study	Delivering Quality Programs	View Details
3.2.4 Partnering with Schools	Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities	View Details
3.2.5 Partnering with Communities	Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities	View Details
4.4.1 Creating a Quality Summer Program	Quality Summer Programming	View Details
4.4.2 Utilizing the Quick CASP Assessment Tool	Quality Summer Programming	View Details
4.4.3 Engaging the Community in Quality Summer Programs	Quality Summer Programming	View Details

Leadership and Management

Training Topic	Training Category
2.2.0 The Role of the Site Leader	Supervising and Supporting Staff	View Details
2.2.1 Incentives and Motivation	Supervising and Supporting Staff	View Details
2.2.2 Coaching Staff to Success	Supervising and Supporting Staff	View Details
2.2.3 Making Meetings Work	Supervising and Supporting Staff	View Details
2.2.4 Delegations Skills	Supervising and Supporting Staff	View Details
3.3.1 Knowing Yourself as a Leader	Leading Afterschool Programs	View Details
3.3.2 Your Leadership Style	Leading Afterschool Programs	View Details
3.3.3 Building Leaders	Leading Afterschool Programs	View Details
4.7.1 Leading with Head and Heart	Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character	View Details
4.7.2 Supervising with Head and Heart	Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character	View Details
4.7.3 Coaching with Head and Heart (3 hour)	Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character	View Details
4.7.4 Leading Teams and Organizations with Head and Heart	Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character	View Details

Academics and Enrichment

Training Topic	Training Category
1.4.1 Using Theme Webs for Curriculum Planning	Delivering Quality Programs	View Details
1.4.2 Presentation Methods and Debriefing Activities	Delivering Quality Programs	View Details
1.5.0 Exploring Curriculum Activities	Supporting Academic Programming	View Details
1.5.1 Integrating Academics and Enrichment	Supporting Academic Programming	View Details
1.5.2 Homework Assistance	Supporting Academic Programming	View Details
2.3.2 Service Learning	Serving Older Youth	View Details
4.3.1 Energy and You	Energenius	View Details
4.3.2 Energy and the Environment	Energenius	View Details
4.3.3 Water and Energy	Energenius	View Details
4.3.4 Become an Energenius®	Energenius	View Details

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