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When you think of the words; pivot, move, transform, evolve, expand, contract, constrict, shape, resonate, alienate, combine, collaborate, systems, silos, renewal, regression, what goes through your mind? These are the things that keep us in friction, enough so that we can make sense of the moment, absorb it, learn from it, move on from it, resolve it, enhance it, perhaps begin again, or add a missing element. These are the things this platform is all about. It is designed for people in service to others, particularly social service, though it is so much more.
What is covered here is an array of experiences, strategies and adaptations, across a landscape of possibilities, for in the moment, and on the spot transformations which can lead to growth. The shift happens professionally and personally. It reaches arcs in human development, that can be practiced and applied in service settings and most anywhere. Think of it as an integration of what you have embodied already, being shaped and shifted into a newness, that inspires you to act, remember, recall, reach further understanding, and continue to make good change.
The author, Lolita M. Goldring, MA, EdM learned about human development at an early age, reading her mother’s psychology books, through lived experience, and education, trainers, supervisors, mentors, coaches and guides. Her greatest teachers were also and are; family, friends, and clients she served. She earned her bachelors in Psychology, minor Business Administration, from LIU, C.W. Post Campus, and MA, EdM, in Psychological Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University. Lolita’s experience includes the educational arena; where she worked for students excelling in math and science in need of additional support to thrive; a psychiatric inpatient unit where she secured support services, like day treatment, rehabilitation programs, housing, and partial hospitalization programs for patients prior to discharge; as the director and deputy director of programs, oversaw congregate permanent and transitional housing residences with additional street outreach and drop-in center services and educational/employment readiness programs for unhoused persons with mental health needs and/or low income support services; as a licensed real estate agent and in property management and development, she found and offered apartment dwellings to prospects, and tended to the operational needs of apartments, and developing condominiums; her experience in staff development is broad, as a supervisor, committee member/chair, Sr. trainer, entrepreneur, consultant, mentor and life coach.
In addition to online self-paced or time managed courses, The Social Service Academy includes group and 1:1 coaching to fulfill service related and additional support needs you may have. To get started, email Lolita directly at lolita@socialserviceacademy.com or call 212-739-9258 or 1-800-217-7329.
Thank you,
Warmly,
Lolita M. Goldring, MA, EdM
