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Reflection ~ El Dorado County

Reflection ~ findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Our Communication Styles" for El Dorado County HHSA professionals held in Placerville, CA.  Half Day Workshop

Instructor: Joe Tassinari

​Reflection is offered to give power to voice, to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Reflection: El Dorado County HHSA
Workshop: Our Communication Styles 

6/1/15 PM – 14 Participants
6/1/15 AM – 5 Participants
5/29/15 PM – 15 Participants
5/29/15 AM – 19 Participants

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Reflection: Sierra County HHS ~ Understanding Team Unity

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Reflection ~ findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Understanding Team Unity" for Sierra County Human Service professionals held in Loyalton, CA.  Full Day Workshop

UC Davis Instructor: Joe Tassinari

​Reflection is offered to give power to voice,to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Reflection: Sierra County Human Services 
May 19, 2015 
14  Participants
Workshop: Understanding Team Unity

Findings

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Reflection: Sierra County HHS ~ Tools For Successful Communication

Reflection ~ findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Tools For Successful Communication" for Sierra County Human Service professionals held in Loyalton, CA.  Half Day Workshop

Instructor: Joe Tassinari

​Reflection is offered to give power to voice,to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Reflection: Sierra County Human Services April 30, 2015 
7  Participants
Workshop: Tools For Successful Communication

Findings

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Reflection ~ Sonoma County Human Services

Reflection ~ findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Conflict Resolution" for Sonoma County Human Service professionals held in Santa Rosa, CA. Full Day Workshopsanta rosa downtown

Instructor: Joe Tassinari

​Reflection is offered to give power to voice,to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Reflection: Sonoma County Human Services February 18, 2015 
– 9  Participants
Workshop: Conflict Resolution

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Reflection – Stanislaus County CSA ~ Defusing Difficult Situations

  • Reflection of findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Defusing Difficult Situations" for Stanislaus County CSA professionals held in Modesto, CA. Full Day Workshopstanislaus county

Instructor: Joe Tassinari

Reflection is offered to give power to voice, to promote understanding among team members and bring light to the  findings from the workshop.

Tuesday 6/16/15 – 11 Participants
Thursday 6/11/15 – 20 Participants
Friday 5/22/15 – 9 Participants
Thursday 3/12/15 – 30 Participants
Tuesday 2/17/15 – 22 Participants
Monday 2/9/15 – 23 Participants

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Reflection: Stanislaus County CSA

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Reflection of findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshop "Understanding Team Unity" for Stanislaus County CSA workers held in Modesto, CA.Stanislaus County

Wednesday 3/11/15 – 15 participants
Wednesday 2/11/15 – 11 participants
Monday 1/26/15 – 4 participants
Friday 6/27/14 – 13 participants
Thursday 6/26/14 – 27 participants

UC Davis Instructor: Joe Tassinari

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Reflection – Del Norte County

Reflection – Del Norte County HHS Workshop 10/17/14

Reflection of findings and evaluation results from Del Norte County HHS Professionals from the UC Davis workshop: Defusing Difficult Situations Through Peaceful Resolution held in beautiful Crescent City, CA.

UC Davis Instructor – Joe Tassinaricrescent city harbor

​Reflection is used to give "power to voice" and to promote understanding among team members.

Findings

Morning Training – 26 Participants
Afternoon Training – 23 Participants

During each session the question was asked: What is working well at Del Norte County Health and Human Services? Each table group gave a response.

After the responses were charted the group was asked to mention some of the people who are responsible for what is working well within the department.

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Reflection – Sutter County Trainings

Reflection – Sutter County Trainings 9/18/14

Reflection of findings and evaluation comments from the UC Davis workshops "Stress Management Through Self Care" for Sutter County H.S.D. professionals held in Yuba City, CA.yuba city sign

UC Davis Instructor – Joe Tassinari 

[​9/18/14 AM – 32 participants]

[9/18/14 PM – 32 participants]

Morning Session Findings

Participants: Kim, Yvonne, Sonja, Angela, Rebecca, Mary ,Chera, Michelle, Danielle, Amber, Brook, Nikki, Angela, Yadira, Jillian, Verena, Sara, Tony, Kathy, Brenda, Erika, Jeannette, Jennifer, Julie, Carrie, Amy, Candice, Mehgan, Cynthia, Amber, Amy, David

What does it mean to be in service to others?

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Reflection: Sierra County HHS

Reflection of findings and evaluation comments from "Customer Service – Being In Service To Others" workshop for Sierra County HHS (and guests) held in the lovely town of Loyalton, CA. Sierra County

June 25, 2014 – 29 participants
Joe Tassinari, UC Davis Instructor

Reflection is used to give power to voice and promote understanding among team members.

Findings

What Would Make An Awesome Day At Work?

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Reflection – Plumas County Social Services, How To Work As A Team

Reflection and Evaluation comments from "How To Work As A Team" training with Plumas County Social Services in beautiful Quincy, CA. 

June 10, 2014reflection
Joe Tassinari, UC Davis Instructor

Reflection is utilized to promote communication and understanding among team members.

Reflection

What makes a good team member as stated by Social Services personnel Plumas County: 

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Calculus and True Grit

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by Joe Tassinari

This is a story to publicly congratulate my son Dominic on completing his 3rd and final college calculus course, CALC 3 at Folsom Lake College, and to give encouragement through example to future calculus students.

The reason this is noteworthy is because Dominic's perseverance and learning capacity had to grow with each level of this daunting math episode. Many students drop out of majors that they are interested in (Physics, Engineering, Pre-Med, etc.) because of the interminable roadblock – Calculus. This is one person who saw it through amongst several F grades and much turmoil!

calculus study sessionAfter spending hours toiling through Calculus 1 and giving his all Dominic received a D grade. This almost caused him to quit his course of study and switch to a less math-centric major. Dominic had tried his very best yet failed in his pursuit; he was startled, confused and ready to quit. After all, his true love was not physics or engineering but music.

 Dominic studying during his 2nd attempt at Calculus 1, spring 2012  

As his father I did my best to encourage him by highlighting the lifelong benefits of pursuing something hard now for an easier and prosperous life in the future. A family friend, Burl Don, shared how he had struggled through calculus and eventually graduated Med-school to become a successful MD.   

But it was his Calc 1 instructor, Mr. Eitel the instructor he had earned the D grade from, whose words truly hit home. Mr. Eitel was relating a story during class about his two sons, both college graduates who majored in Business.

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