GLADNEY UNIVERSITY: The purpose of Gladney University is to equip clients and professionals with the knowledge they need to help provide positive and healthy outcomes for the children we serve. Gladney University provides adoptive parents with education and support before, during and after their adoption. This education and support helps Gladney provide the finest adoption experience possible, and its part of Gladney’s promise of family for life. Additionally, Gladney University provides medical professionals, counselors, social service advocates and community members with cutting edge continuing education programs by offering relevant and engaging, web-based and in person educational adoption and child welfare resources. Gladney is uniquely positioned to provide outstanding training to parents and professionals because of our 130-year history of serving families and children. Our staff is highly qualified, experienced and compassionate. This combination creates dynamic and very successful training programs.

Working with Difficult People

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Working with Difficult People will help participants increase their influence and help build connections with the most difficult of personalities. Jorge will review the 4 main personality types and provide strategies for communicating with the 7 hardest personality styles. Understand how to know if you are connecting with another person or sabotaging your communication.

Speaker

Jorge M. Gama believes strong values are the core to a functional family. He is inspired by helping others have a better quality of life by building up a person’s strengths and teaching coping mechanisms. Jorge works with a range of emotional and behavioral issues providing services that span from therapy for depression and grief counseling to parenting support. He offers an approach tailored to each client’s individual needs.

Jorge is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a honors graduate from Texas Wesleyan University. He completed his undergraduate degrees from The University of Texas Arlington in Psychology and Spanish. He is published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. He speaks English and Spanish.

When

May 28th, 2020 1:00 PM through 2:00 PM

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