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Transformation of the Heart, Mind & Desk Workshop

190 Martha Street Suite C San Jose, CA 95112

$249 per Attendee

(includes continental breakfast & lunch)

Students sit over 14,000 hours in a school desk from Kindergarten to High School. Transformation of the Heart, Mind & Desk Workshop is designed to build capacity for middle/high school teachers, youth specialist, non-profit staff, social workers, case managers, therapists, faith community and volunteers to help urban students with mental skills to maximize academic pursuits. Beneath the failing grades, there is a capable person full of potential looking to achieve purpose and greatness.

Our topics

Workshops Topics

Training Materials are Included.

Needs Assessment

Assessing and measuring students' school status; class management; home support; personal motivation; trauma exposure to gauge emotional ability to learn. Needs Assessment is based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs model that explains the higher up in the hierarchy, the better students are motivated to learn.

Purpose Development

Self-regulation to improve mental and behavioral health by initiating a self-directed, inward examination framework to empower purpose thinking. Purpose Development offers a “cognitive” model to build confidence by setting higher self-expectations to increase proactivity in personal & educational pursuits.

Interest Engagement

A fundamental desire we humans have is the desire for purpose and how to achieve it. Interest Engagement incorporates individual strength-based action plans and assessments to engage and strategize in focus resources: mentors; counselors; tutoring; coaches; therapists; after-school programs.

Brain Neuroplasticity

Thoughts can change the structure and function of our brain. The brain continually reorganizes and improves itself by everything we do and think. By harnessing Brain Neuroplasticity, we help students think clearly, learn more easily, and develop an optimistic approach towards academic productivity.

New Lens

Positive and negative influences effect how one sees and interprets their life mission. The new lens transforms a student's sense to develop habits to avoid toxic thoughts while cultivating positive mental attitude about learning and incorporating life skills and acheiving short and long term goals.

Self-Care

When one feels stressed and overwhelmed its easy to stop doing things that replenish focus and productivity. Self-Care is designed to appeal to professionals and students to develop a personalized practical mental health plan to improve skills and techniques to thirve in classroom, work and home.

Personal Development Certification Available for Additional $49

Past workshop

Past workshop Attendees

Since 1996, The Tenacious Group has partnered with schools, public agencies, and community organizations across California to deliver transformative youth and leadership workshops.

Organization Name	Sector	Region	Year
Los Angeles Juvenile Department of Probation – Gang Unit	Public Safety	Los Angeles County	2024
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department – Community Outreach Division	Public Safety	Los Angeles County	2023
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health	Public Health	Los Angeles County	2024
Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles	Public Health	Los Angeles County	2023
Youth Policy Institute: Girls & Gangs Program	Education & Youth Services	Los Angeles County	2022
LAUSD – Student Empowerment Division	Education & Youth Services	Los Angeles County	2023
Watts Youth Collective	Education & Youth Services	Los Angeles County	2022
Alisal Union School District – Salinas	Education	Central California	2023
Salinas Valley High School – Leadership Program	Education	Central California	2022
City of Salinas – Neighborhood Services Division	Community Development	Central California	2023
Community Alliance for Safety & Peace – Monterey County	Community Development	Central California	2021
Sacramento County Probation Department – Youth Division	Public Safety	Northern California	2022
San Jose Police Department – Community Engagement Bureau	Public Safety	Northern California	2023
San Jose Unified School District – Youth Mentorship Initiative	Education & Non-Profit	Northern California	2024
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern California	Education & Non-Profit	Northern California	2021
Stanford Community Partnership Program	Education & Non-Profit	Northern California	2023
California Department of Public Health – Violence Prevention Branch	Public Health	Statewide	2023
California Youth Partnership Network	Non-Profit	Statewide	2022
Future Leaders of America	Education & Leadership	Statewide	2024

“Founded in 1996, The Tenacious Group has empowered organizations for over 25 years, helping more than 50 partners strengthen youth engagement, leadership, and community development across California.”