Chester Street Foundation’s Collaborative Partners Program gives your child-serving organization the opportunity to integrate TraumaTALKS training into your team’s professional development, at no direct cost to you. Through a collaborative grant funding process, your team gains access to a tailored, 12-month program built around the youth, families, and professionals you serve.

Led by trauma survivor Shawn Alex Nemeth, psychologist and certified trauma specialist Dr. Ann Friedman, and other licensed mental health professionals, your staff will develop foundational trauma-informed care and self-regulation skills that create lasting impact for the children in your care.

The program is a collaboration between Chester Street Foundation (CSF), Mental Health America of Greater Houston, and your organization.

Collaborative Benefits:

• Continuing Education Credit Certified training modules
• Training content tailored to your service environment
• Cohort format integrates training material across agency departments and professional functions
• Increased staff competency identifying signs of, and responding appropriately to, trauma exposure in youth
• Enhanced organizational trauma-responsiveness

The Program Includes:

• Tailored assessment of your organization’s training needs and trauma-responsive protocol
• Access to evidence-based On-Demand Video Courses, flexible training for staff with dynamic schedules
• Up to three in-person training sessions led by Shawn Alex Nemeth (Founder/CEO of CSF) and Dr. Ann Friedman, Psychologist
• Comprehensive outcome reports based on participant feedback to assist in organizational learning

Partnership Structure:

• Collaboratively seek funding through co-written grants
• Organizational assessment with training recommendations
• Structured training schedule for in-person trainings established within 60 days of project initiation
• Pre- and post-course surveys to assess program impact to your mission and the children you serve

Thank you to our additional instructors:

Abdullah Alobaidi, MD

Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Nicole Robinson, DNP, APRN, NE-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator University of Houston, Ferttita Family College of Medicine

Bobbie Salinas, BSN, RN

Health Service Manager, UnitedHealthcare

Kenneth Monfort, PhD

Licensed Psychologist, Co-founder of Montfort Psychology Associates

Natalie Monfort, PhD

Licensed Psychologist, Co-founder of Montfort Psychology Associates