Are you...committed to helping hard-to-reach adults or teens prepare for the workplace? Looking for new ways to positively impact the lives of hard-to-reach or at-risk individuals? Looking for new resources to teach life skills to employees in the workplace? Here's a new opportunity to learn a fresh approach to teaching critical life skills, or what some call "soft skills."

For the first time, a 12-hour Dean's Certificate program is being offered through the University of Missouri-St. Louis to train trainers of adults and/or teens. This certificate program will use a proven life skills curriculum called Tackling the Tough Skills™: A Curriculum Building Skills for Work and Life (Revised Edition). The instructor of the program is the author of the Tackling the Tough Skills curriculum, Rosilee Trotta, LCSW, of University of Missouri Extension.

Trainer: Rosilee Trotta, LCSW,
urban youth & family specialist,
University of Missouri Extension

Who should attend?
• Workplace and organizational educators
• Adult basic education/GED instructors
• Workforce development managers and trainers
• Youth coordinators
• Case managers
• Social workers
• Social service professionals
• Prison and re-entry specialists working with adult or juvenile offenders
• Faith-based program leaders and ministers
• Vocational and life skills counselors
• Anyone wanting to learn new life skills and soft skills training techniques

Tackling the Tough Skills™ Dean's Certificate Program for Trainers

A WIA-approved training program

Sponsored by:
University of Missouri Extension
and University of Missouri-St. Louis;
College of Education
Division of Continuing Education
Community Partnership Project