Register for an Online Course
Welcome to LSCI’s Online Learning Center.
Here, you’ll find flexible, self-paced and instructor-guided online courses designed to help you gain the skills and strategies of Life Space Crisis Intervention. Whether you’re new to LSCI or looking to expand your expertise, our courses provide practical tools you can apply right away.
If you’ve previously registered for an LSCI online course or workshop, please click the EXISTING ONLINE STUDENT button—you already have a training portal account.
If you’re new to LSCI online training, click the NEW STUDENT button to create your account and get started.
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Level 1: Introduction to LSCI
Through the online Introduction to LSCI training, participants will discover:
- The differences in psychological worlds between helping adults and kids under stress
- The impact of chronic stress and traumatic events in the lives of young people
- The brain’s role in driving repetitive and predictable patterns of self-defeating behavior
- Helping kids bring language to emotion and gain insight into their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
- The dynamics of the LSCI Conflict Cycle
- Effective interviewing skills
- The six most common patterns of self-defeating behavior
- How to conduct a complete Red Flag intervention
Level 1: Introduction to LSCI Online Course
Level 2: LSCI Refresher Training
The online LSCI Refresher Training provides in-depth instruction in the fundamental skills of LSCI, including:
- The differences in psychological worlds between helping adults and kids under stress
- The impact of chronic stress and traumatic events in the lives of young people
- The brain’s role in driving repetitive and predictable patterns of self-defeating behavior
- Helping kids bring language to emotion
- The LSCI Conflict Cycle
- Effective interviewing skills
- The skills of Drain Off
- How to Conduct a Timeline
- Correcting Common Pitfalls of Stages 1 & 2
- How to Effectively Carry out a Full 6-Stage LSCI intervention
- The Double Struggle
Level 2: LSCI Refresher Course
Prior Level 1 course completion required.
Level 3: The LSCI Interventions
Through the Level 3 training, participants will:
- Deepen their understanding of LSCI
- Work towards their Senior Trainer certification
- Read articles which detail real-life LSCI interventions used between professionals and youth.
- Submit brief written responses to thought questions about each of the six LSCI interventions
Level 3: The LSCI Interventions
Prior Level 1 and 2 course completion required.
The Conflict Cycle Paradigm
Through the Conflict Cycle Paradigm training, participants will discover:
- The underlying dynamics of conflicts between adults and young people
- How to prevent power struggles that lead to explosive conflicts
- How to verbally de-escalate conflict situations with young people
- How strong positive relationships between adults and kids can bring about behavioral changes
The Conflict Cycle Paradigm Workshop
The Angry Smile
Through the Angry Smile training, participants will:
- Define and distinguish passive aggression from other forms of anger expression
- Identify typical passive-aggressive behaviors in children, teens and adults
- Understand 5 distinct and increasingly pathological levels of passive aggression
- Recognize how passive-aggressive behavior is displayed in home, school, relationships, the workplace & online
- Learn specific skills for responding effectively to passive-aggressive behavior
The Angry Smile Course
Parenting the Challenging Child
Through the Parenting the Challenging Child training, participants will discover:
- How to improve relationships with their child(ren)
- What is happening in a young person’s brain during periods of stress and conflict
- Proven strategies for de-escalating stressful situations and preventing problem behaviors
- How to respond to children in ways that interrupt the dynamics of conflict
Parenting the Challenging Child Workshop
Turning Down the Heat
Through the Turning Down the Heat training, participants will discover:
- The most common reasons teachers become counter-aggressive with students
- Specific stages of adult emotional escalation, along with strategies to turn down the heat during moments of conflict
- Dozens of targeted intervention skills to more effectively manage conflict in the classroom
- Powerful insights that will change the way you think and behave when you are angry
Turning Down the Heat Workshop
Register for Local LSCI Certification Training
Contact Signe Whitson to find a trainer in your area.