Professional Training & Workshop Offerings: Community-Based Organizations

Amy Jo has worked for and with community-based organizations such as The CityKids Foundation, Planned Parenthood of NYC, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the NYC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, Settlement Health and a host of other HIV prevention and youth serving agencies in New York City. She has trained everyone from front line staff, counselors, social workers and educators, to medical professionals, doctors, and administrators. She understands the workings of community based organizations, particularly as they relate to competent service provision and effective programming.

Amy Jo is available to train your team on a variety of topics including the following:

Training for Staff & Professionals

  • Sexuality, HIV/AIDS & Teen Pregnancy Prevention
  • Addressing Sexuality Effectively with Youth
  • Best Practices in Teen Pregnancy Prevention
  • Healthy Sexuality
  • Working with Youth in Developing Healthy Relationships
  • Teaching Youth about Love
  • Sexuality & HIV
  • Sexuality & Drug Dependence
  • Helping Clients who have Survived Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Orientation 101
  • Gender, Gender Roles & Gender Equity
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
  • Addressing Homophobia
  • AIDS/HIV & STIs
  • Teaching About Safer Sex and Risk Reduction

Staff Skills Building

  • Training of Trainers
  • Presentation Skills
  • Curriculum Development & Training Design Skills
  • Sexual Attitude Reassessment
  • Disclosure & Healthy Boundary Setting as Youth Serving Providers
  • Diversity Training

Youth Development Issues

  • Adolescent Development
  • Media Literacy: Using Media to Teach and to Create Social Change
  • Youth Development Approaches to Pregnancy Prevention
  • Empowering Young People in Youth Development Programs
  • Developing Peer Education Programs
  • Organizing & Activism
  • Addressing Violence & Effective Conflict Resolution

"Her commitment and passion about sexuality education engendered a safe and informed space for adolescents to grapple with concerns directly relevant to their own lives. Amy Jo demonstrated incredible respect for students and staff and received our admiration and cooperation in return. The order and consistency she brought was helpful in creating this environment of mutual exploration. Amy Jo's communication skills with at-risk youth are excellent. Her astute clinical insight was welcomed"
-- Caitlin Welles, Staff Psychology Extern, Village School of Great Neck Alternative High School, Long Island, NY

Amy Jo frequently customizes trainings if there is a specific topic you are looking for, but do not see on this list. She can also train staff to use a particular curriculum effectively in order to ensure consistency and quality for on-going use.