Consultation and Speaking Engagements
Gals Institute supports the prevention message given with mental health services and education. We customize our programs to meet the ages and issues that a school or organization may need. Call Deanna Marincic at 262-337-9770 for a scheduled meeting to create a plan and discuss cost of programs.
workshops for staff
*Each workshop takes an hour.
The Hidden Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Teens
In classroom techniques to assist teachers identify the signs, approach a student appropriately and support the teen.
The Hidden Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Teens
In classroom techniques to assist teachers identify the signs, approach a student appropriately and support the teen.
Is it ADHD, Anxiety or Behavioral Issues?
This presentation helps teachers differentiate a students actions. Tools will be given to assist to address and deescalate situations in a calm constructive manner.
This presentation helps teachers differentiate a students actions. Tools will be given to assist to address and deescalate situations in a calm constructive manner.
How to Integrate the 7 Signs of Resiliency in Adolescents
Specifically designed for teachers and in-classroom use. Learn how you can incorporate character building and healthy sense of self development within your students throughout the year.
Specifically designed for teachers and in-classroom use. Learn how you can incorporate character building and healthy sense of self development within your students throughout the year.
Creating a Classroom with Mindfulness and Joy
Prevent Burnout and learn how to use mindfulness and other techniques to reduce stress and create a peaceful classroom.
Prevent Burnout and learn how to use mindfulness and other techniques to reduce stress and create a peaceful classroom.
Using Love & Logic in the Classroom
Integrating structure consistency and follow through with in the classroom. Create an organized environment that is respectful and calm.
Integrating structure consistency and follow through with in the classroom. Create an organized environment that is respectful and calm.
Trauma Informed: Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue and Wellness for Helping Professionals
Identify and understand signs and origins of trauma in the classroom, learn practical ways of managing and mitigating traumatic symptoms in students, and protect and de-escalate oneself from vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue.
Identify and understand signs and origins of trauma in the classroom, learn practical ways of managing and mitigating traumatic symptoms in students, and protect and de-escalate oneself from vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue.
The Trickle Down of Stress & Anxiety
Help your team learn how to recognize signs and symptoms of burn out. Learn important tips and tools to self-care at work and at home with families. Successful businesses, families and school communities come from healthy resilient leaders.
Help your team learn how to recognize signs and symptoms of burn out. Learn important tips and tools to self-care at work and at home with families. Successful businesses, families and school communities come from healthy resilient leaders.
4K- 5th-Grade Classroom/Teacher Consultant
Meet with a licensed clinician to work on a plan that best works with your classrooms current issues and how to integrate emotional social learning into your classroom. Teachers will be provided tips and physical tools to assist their goals.
Meet with a licensed clinician to work on a plan that best works with your classrooms current issues and how to integrate emotional social learning into your classroom. Teachers will be provided tips and physical tools to assist their goals.
parent, workplace, and staff presentations
Surviving the %#&@ Storm: Increasing resiliency for ourselves & others
With recent changes and unpredictability in all of our lives with Covid-19. Having effective coping skills and resiliency characteristics is essential. Whether it is in your home or at work we need learn and practice healthy role modeling self-care and calm problem-solving skills. Learn ways to integrate resiliency and leaderships ships in and out of your home.
*Presentation times vary
With recent changes and unpredictability in all of our lives with Covid-19. Having effective coping skills and resiliency characteristics is essential. Whether it is in your home or at work we need learn and practice healthy role modeling self-care and calm problem-solving skills. Learn ways to integrate resiliency and leaderships ships in and out of your home.
*Presentation times vary
parent education
9 Secret Weapons to Successfully Parent a Teenager
Practical, ‘how-to’ tips to have a positive, respectful relationship with your teenager, and even enjoy this new stage. Address nine areas that parents can add to their parenting tool boxes.
*Program lasts one hour.
Practical, ‘how-to’ tips to have a positive, respectful relationship with your teenager, and even enjoy this new stage. Address nine areas that parents can add to their parenting tool boxes.
*Program lasts one hour.
Rethinking “Normal"
Exploring the changes and trends in social media, bullying and ways to build empathy and self-awareness in our youth. Learn what you need to know to be able to support your child through the stressful middles school and high school years without drama.
Exploring the changes and trends in social media, bullying and ways to build empathy and self-awareness in our youth. Learn what you need to know to be able to support your child through the stressful middles school and high school years without drama.
Latest trends in Social media apps and devices: What You Need to Know Before Your Child Gets a Device
Managing devices and your child’s connection to the digital world is a full-time job. Let us share with you the latest applications kids are using and which ones to currently watch for. You will learn the what, why and how to deal with the digital media craze. Learn the current trends and how to safeguard your kids. Participants will create a cell phone agreement template for their family.
Managing devices and your child’s connection to the digital world is a full-time job. Let us share with you the latest applications kids are using and which ones to currently watch for. You will learn the what, why and how to deal with the digital media craze. Learn the current trends and how to safeguard your kids. Participants will create a cell phone agreement template for their family.
Helping Your Child and Family Through Grief and Loss
Learn strategies to help your family through the journey of healing from a loss of a love one, recent divorce or other traumatic life change. Families will also be provided resources and tools to assist them on their journey of healing. Individuals will complete a healing exercise to honor their loved one in a special way.
Learn strategies to help your family through the journey of healing from a loss of a love one, recent divorce or other traumatic life change. Families will also be provided resources and tools to assist them on their journey of healing. Individuals will complete a healing exercise to honor their loved one in a special way.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
(There are additional fees for this training. Led by certified trainer, Alissa Darin LPC-IT)
Learn more about how to support the youth in your life with skills to promote positive mental health. Understand and Respond. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including ADD/ADHD), and eating disorders.
(There are additional fees for this training. Led by certified trainer, Alissa Darin LPC-IT)
Learn more about how to support the youth in your life with skills to promote positive mental health. Understand and Respond. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including ADD/ADHD), and eating disorders.
Purposeful Parenting Workshop
Do you have problems with managing device use in your home? Do you feel like you repeat yourself like a tape recorder? Blending families, single parenting or co-parenting struggles. Let us help you create a peaceful environment by learning how to handle conflict and problem solve while parenting. We help you Create a fool proof family mission, strategies to set expectations, and create a plan that everyone in the family will agree on. Receive important tools to complete your family plan. Included with this workshop is a one-time post event consult with founder and psychotherapist Deanna Marincic MSW LCSW from Gals Institute, to help work out the loopholes the implement of the plan. This program has been tested and proves to be 100 % effective in helping your family have structure, consistency and follow through.
Do you have problems with managing device use in your home? Do you feel like you repeat yourself like a tape recorder? Blending families, single parenting or co-parenting struggles. Let us help you create a peaceful environment by learning how to handle conflict and problem solve while parenting. We help you Create a fool proof family mission, strategies to set expectations, and create a plan that everyone in the family will agree on. Receive important tools to complete your family plan. Included with this workshop is a one-time post event consult with founder and psychotherapist Deanna Marincic MSW LCSW from Gals Institute, to help work out the loopholes the implement of the plan. This program has been tested and proves to be 100 % effective in helping your family have structure, consistency and follow through.
student workshops and events
Calm, COOL, Capable - The Workshop Box – A nominal fee for box & delivery
A 6-week workshop delivered to your classroom. Learn tips and tools to build resiliency and self-esteem.
Workshop Box Includes: A handbook outlining every week's message of resiliency with activities. Special visits & messages from amazing guests helping educate on healthy coping strategies and relationship building Parent/child activities continuing to promote our weekly message Parent tips and tools to help promote mindful calm experiences at home All the art supplies you will need for activities and more. Your own google classroom group to document your students’ journey with a final slide show to share with families and class) A weekly classroom zoom contact with a workshop mentor who will help troubleshoot workshop questions and support class experience.
A 6-week workshop delivered to your classroom. Learn tips and tools to build resiliency and self-esteem.
Workshop Box Includes: A handbook outlining every week's message of resiliency with activities. Special visits & messages from amazing guests helping educate on healthy coping strategies and relationship building Parent/child activities continuing to promote our weekly message Parent tips and tools to help promote mindful calm experiences at home All the art supplies you will need for activities and more. Your own google classroom group to document your students’ journey with a final slide show to share with families and class) A weekly classroom zoom contact with a workshop mentor who will help troubleshoot workshop questions and support class experience.
Health Class Education
Have a Gals Institute Clinician who specializes on topics such as: anxiety disorders identification, healthy mood regulation and the brain, trauma, healthy vs toxic relationships, and current treatment modalities for mental health disorders. Talk includes tips and tools for students on managing current stressors tweens/teens may experience.
Have a Gals Institute Clinician who specializes on topics such as: anxiety disorders identification, healthy mood regulation and the brain, trauma, healthy vs toxic relationships, and current treatment modalities for mental health disorders. Talk includes tips and tools for students on managing current stressors tweens/teens may experience.
Resiliency Building Group
This group is for At-Risk Kids. Students who benefit are those who struggle with the transitions to middle school or high school, problems with making and keeping friends, a change in student mood, grades and interactions with others. Up to 12 children/teens, meets monthly, 1.5-hour group. Those kids identified through student services needing extra support and discussion.
This group is for At-Risk Kids. Students who benefit are those who struggle with the transitions to middle school or high school, problems with making and keeping friends, a change in student mood, grades and interactions with others. Up to 12 children/teens, meets monthly, 1.5-hour group. Those kids identified through student services needing extra support and discussion.
(Not Currently Offering) I Am… I Can… I Will… Workshop
(2.5-3 hours)
Girls in grades 3-5 and a maximum of 40 students per workshop. Facilitators help participants look at the gifts and skills that make them special. We utilize age appropriate art activities to help tap into the creative brain and build a template of affirmations youth can use when they feel challenged with the pressures of school, sports, and social media expectations. Participants use the skills they have defined in group and apply them to create a plan and vision for moving forward with relationships, family interactions, social skill building, and management of social media.
(2.5-3 hours)
Girls in grades 3-5 and a maximum of 40 students per workshop. Facilitators help participants look at the gifts and skills that make them special. We utilize age appropriate art activities to help tap into the creative brain and build a template of affirmations youth can use when they feel challenged with the pressures of school, sports, and social media expectations. Participants use the skills they have defined in group and apply them to create a plan and vision for moving forward with relationships, family interactions, social skill building, and management of social media.
(Not Currently Offering) Calm, Cool, Capable Kids/Tweens:
(2.5-3 hours)
For boys only ages 6-16 or can be tailored for both boys and girls. This session can hold a maximum of 40 students. Educational yet fun workshop that provides general feeling and emotion identification. Custom tailored for ages groups, participants have the opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings with peers while counselors make sure all are comfortable in a non-shaming environment, to help build empathy. This workshop involves a hands-on approach to building coping skills which we define for the groups. Teaching how to manage emotions and calm selves down. Participants will learn age appropriate techniques to stay Calm, Cool, and Capable.
(2.5-3 hours)
For boys only ages 6-16 or can be tailored for both boys and girls. This session can hold a maximum of 40 students. Educational yet fun workshop that provides general feeling and emotion identification. Custom tailored for ages groups, participants have the opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings with peers while counselors make sure all are comfortable in a non-shaming environment, to help build empathy. This workshop involves a hands-on approach to building coping skills which we define for the groups. Teaching how to manage emotions and calm selves down. Participants will learn age appropriate techniques to stay Calm, Cool, and Capable.
(Not Currently Offering) Frenemy No More
(2.5 hours)
This group is for tween girls ages 9-12 and can hold a maximum of 20 students. Event inspired by Signe Whitson’s friendships and other Weapons workbook, helping girls learn the true nature of friendship. Learn how to identify positive qualities in others and yourself and what makes a good friend. Girls will strengthen empathy while learning healthy boundaries with others.
(2.5 hours)
This group is for tween girls ages 9-12 and can hold a maximum of 20 students. Event inspired by Signe Whitson’s friendships and other Weapons workbook, helping girls learn the true nature of friendship. Learn how to identify positive qualities in others and yourself and what makes a good friend. Girls will strengthen empathy while learning healthy boundaries with others.
Community events
Journey to Resiliency: Bypassing and Navigating Anxiety and Depression in Adolescence.
Gals Institute and Gals on the Go Project introduces a new community-wide program. Your school, organization, or business can provide a prevention program with leading professionals sharing what anxiety looks like in adolescents. During this program, you will learn about the unique aspects of the adolescent brain, gain tips and tools for parents to integrate into parenting, including character building and healthy connections important to having resiliency.
The program also explores the relationship between mental health issues connected to anxiety disorders, substance use/abuse, and other issues seen today in a clinical setting. This exploration includes critical factors contributing to increased anxiety and depression that lead to mental health concerns and potential substance use/abuse. Don't miss out; this presentation is a powerful personal testimony about recovery that will offer hope and a message of resiliency.
*Video Recorded Option Available Soon.
Gals Institute and Gals on the Go Project introduces a new community-wide program. Your school, organization, or business can provide a prevention program with leading professionals sharing what anxiety looks like in adolescents. During this program, you will learn about the unique aspects of the adolescent brain, gain tips and tools for parents to integrate into parenting, including character building and healthy connections important to having resiliency.
The program also explores the relationship between mental health issues connected to anxiety disorders, substance use/abuse, and other issues seen today in a clinical setting. This exploration includes critical factors contributing to increased anxiety and depression that lead to mental health concerns and potential substance use/abuse. Don't miss out; this presentation is a powerful personal testimony about recovery that will offer hope and a message of resiliency.
*Video Recorded Option Available Soon.
Contact Gals Institute for additional programs that can be tailored for teachers, students, parents and the needs of school.
