“Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.”

Nelson Mandela

Keynote

Our inspiring speakers provide energetic, engaging, motivational Keynote presentations full of "a-ha" and "oh-yeah!" Our speakers embody our motto and share it with every audience member. They will be sure to ignite and fire up your group, Elevate them on deeply profound levels, and Empower them to get out in the world in a powerful way.

To find the right human ignition for your event, click below and send us some information about your needs! 

Conference Workshop(s)

The Acadami provides educational workshops at conference, symposium, and other learning-based events. 

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Contact us for your next staff retreat, conference event, or training and development symposium. 

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Workshop Topics: 

• Trauma Informed Care

• Positive Youth Development 

• Suicide Prevention 

• Bullying Prevention

• LGBTQ Awareness:

  • Level 1 - Introduction; General Language and Concepts (2-4 hours)

  • Level 2 - Unpacking "Intersectionality" and Bias (2-4 hours)

• LGBTQ, Specific: 

  • Working with (and outreach to) Commercially Sexually Exploited Children CSEC that Identify LGBTQ (1-3 hours)

  • Unique Considerations for working at the intersection of LGBTQ and Human Trafficking (1-3 hours)

  • Working (and Outreach to) with Homeless/Foster LGBTQ Youth (1-3 hours)

  • Helping Navigate LGBTQ Identities and Faith 

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Professional Development & Capacity Building

Depending on need and initial assessment, The Acadami may provide any of the following professional development sessions for your business, agency, school/district, community group, faith-based leaders, and/or meeting sessions. 

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Topics could include: 

• Admin: Compassionate education for change

  • How to get resistant folks on board to support LGBTQ folks​

• District: Increasing capacity for diversity within your staff

  • How to create a LGBTQ affirming & inviting employer, work space​

• Counselors: Helping students & families navigate Queer identities and faith

                           ALL​:

• Increasing capacity to work with LGBTQ students and families

• LGBTQ Language & Concepts (101)

• Trends within LGBTQ Youth 

  • Suicide​, self-harm

  • Identities 

  • Orientations

  • Behaviors

    • And how to address them appropriately

• Helping families find resources and support for their LGBTQ youth 

• Bullying Prevention 

• Suicide Prevention 

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• LGBTQ Awareness, Sensitivity, Inclusion – 4 Hour (Non-Sworn)

  • Language

  • Sensitivity  

  • Respectful conversation/interaction

    • Clients​

    • Colleagues 

  • Personal/Professional bias

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• LGBTQ/PREA – 8 Hour (Sworn)

  • Language

  • Sensitivity  

  • Respectful conversation/interaction

    • Clients​

    • Colleagues

  • Personal/Professional bias 

  • PREA background & guidelines 

  • Suggested Practices

  • Policy, Procedure

  • Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Data

    • Forms​

    • Interviews/Intake

    • Policy

    • Procedure

Law Enforcement Trauma Informed Care

• Trauma Informed Care – 8 Hour (Sworn)

  • ACE’s

    • Adverse Childhood Experiences​

  • Trauma and the brain

  • Trauma-based behaviors

  • Reacting V. Responding

  • Secondary Trauma

  • Compassion Fatigue

  • Transference 

  • Self-care

Resource Vendor

The Acadami loves getting out and spending time with our communities. 
If you need a resource and have an event coming up, we would love to support! 
Contact us to ask about our vendor table and resource services.

• LGBTQ Language & Concepts Overview (101)

• Unique Considerations - Working with LGBTQ Populations

• Unique Considerations of LGBTQ CSEC Survivors 

  • Commercially Sexually Exploited Children 

  • Unique Tactics of Abusers & Traffickers 

• Intimate Partner Violence

  • LGBTQ ​

• Trauma Informed Care

• Positive Youth Development

• Adverse Childhood Experiences

  • Toxic Stress

• "Stash Stuff" - How your kids are hiding things (drugs) from you.​​

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