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Nora Barrett
Earle Leitch
Crystal Socha

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Upcoming Training Opportunities

The Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) is offering a Knowledge, Skills, and Resources (KSR) Development Workshop to any CSS staff who participate in the development of the IRP. Participants will meet with SHP CSS staff (Crystal and Earle) and other CSS staff to review a KSR for a CSS consumer, allowing the staff to ask for and receive feedback during the workshop.
This 2-hour workshop is designed to support CSS staff in the use of the KSR form, allowing those who are unlicensed to contribute as meaningfully as they can to the IRP planning process. The workshop is interactive, and participants must bring a de-identified KSR form they have previously completed with a CSS consumer. We suggest bringing a KSR form for a CSS consumer who has an IRP that is due in the next few months.
This will be entirely practice-based, and participants must be willing to bring a de-identified KSR form and provide feedback to others. Participants will work in small groups led by a SHP CSS staff. Each participant will present their previously completed KSR, ask questions, and receive feedback and suggestions from their group. CSS programs should limit registration to 1 to 2 staff.
The CSS KSR Development Workshop will be remote and held live through Zoom on Tuesday, November 10th 12PM-2:00PM. Space is limited, so staff should register as soon as possible. Registration information must be for the staff attending the training.
If you have any questions regarding the CSS KSR Development Workshop, please contact Crystal or Earle.

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The Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) is offering an Individualized Rehabilitation Plan (IRP) Development Workshop to CSS staff who develop and complete IRPs (e.g., licensed staff and RNs). Participants will meet with SHP CSS staff (Crystal and Earle) and other CSS staff who complete IRPs to ask for and receive feedback during the workshop.
This 2.5-hour workshop is designed for CSS staff who develop and submit plans to the IME. The workshop is interactive, and participants must bring a de-identified IRP they have authored. We cannot review or give feedback on an IRP authored by another clinician. We suggest bringing an IRP in development or that has previously been submitted and received feedback but is not currently on hold to discuss and review.
This will be entirely practice-based, and participants must be willing to bring a de-identified plan and provide feedback to others. Participants will work in small groups led by a SHP CSS staff. Each participant will present their plan, ask questions, and receive feedback and suggestions from those in their group. CSS programs should limit registration to 1 to 2 staff.
The CSS IRP Development Workshop will be remote and held live through Zoom on Wednesday, November 11th 10AM-12:30PM. Space is limited, so licensed staff and RN’s should register as soon as possible. Registration information must be for the staff attending the training.
Date: Friday, October 30th, 2026

Time: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EST

Facilitated by: Crystal Socha, PhD, LPC, CRC, NCC, ACS

Title of Webinar: The Housing Specialist’s Superpower: Curiosity, Observation, and the Art of Helping

Helping is at the heart of supportive housing, but when does helping become taking over? Great housing specialists don’t need to have all the answers or solve every problem. Their “superpower” lies in knowing what to notice, what to ask, and when to step in.

This 90-minute interactive training explores the “art of helping” through curiosity, observation, and pattern recognition, and the housing specialist’s role in finding the right balance between providing support and promoting greater independence. Participants will examine the continuum from doing for → doing with → stepping back and consider how certain factors can influence the amount and type of support we provide. Staff will explore strategies to ask and answer questions including: What can this person already do? Where is support actually needed? What could we do together instead of doing for them? When might stepping back create an opportunity for growth?

Grounded in psychiatric rehabilitation, recovery-oriented practice, and trauma-informed care, the session will review practical tools and real-world supportive housing scenarios to help participants make more intentional decisions about how they help, providing meaningful support while creating opportunities for choice, participation, skill development, greater independence, and recovery.

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Registration is open for the CSS orientation modules available through the online learning platform Canvas. The Orientation Modules are pre-requisites to all CSS training facilitated by the Rutgers CSS Training and Technical Assistance Initiative team. There are five modules in total.

The first 3 modules open to all CSS staff cover:

  • An Overview of CSS Admissions and Documentation Processes
  • CSS Services
  • The Golden Thread of Documentation

There are an additional two modules for staff who develop CSS documentation (clinicians/RN’s):

  • Developing the Rehabilitation Needs Assessment
  • Developing the Individualized Rehabilitation Plan

Registration: OPEN

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