Training & Professional Development

Guiding your whole team to build the skills, language, and tools to design a culture that works.

Most Professional Development Doesn't Stick.

A person sits at a desk with a laptop, holding their glasses and rubbing their forehead, appearing stressed or tired. Papers, a coffee mug, and a lamp are on the desk, with documents pinned on the wall behind.

The knowledge stays with the few people who attended the training.

The culture never shifts.

A few days later, it’s back to business as usual.

The same challenges. The same exhaustion. The same weight on your shoulders.

This is not what you signed up for.

Shift your organization’s culture.

That is what Wildewood Learning training is designed to do.

So your staff walks out talking about it, and is using the same language weeks later.

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The Wildewood Difference

Kathy does not present to your staff. She works with them.

Before she designs a single session, she asks questions.

She listens. She learns what your people are carrying and what they need.

Then she builds something for them.

An older woman wearing glasses and a black blazer sits at a desk with a notebook, gesturing while looking at a laptop during a video call. A mug, books, lamp, and plant are visible in the background.

Your staff receives an experience designed just for them.

The result is professional development that is inspirational and memorable.

Professional development that gives people shared language and practical tools that actually work.

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“There is no magic curriculum. People are the magic.”
Kathy Magnusson

Wildewood Learning Training Serves

  • Schools & School Districts
  • Social Service Agencies
  • Early Childhood & Head Start Programs
  • County Programs & Government Agencies
  • Nonprofits & Community Organizations
  • Youth-Serving Programs
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Potential Wildewood Learning Training Topics

  • Cultivating Trauma-Informed Resilient Communities
  • Strong Teams in High-Stress Work: Practical Tools to Reduce Burnout
  • Relational Intelligence for Resilient Teams
  • Changing How We See People Changes People: Regulate through Science and Safety
  • Trauma-Informed Strength-Based Approaches to Youth Development
  • Elevate Your Team’s Collaboration with Clifton StrengthsFinder
  • Discovering Your Core Values for Success
A woman gives a presentation next to a screen displaying the text: Spread messages of hope, help, & strength. Avoid messages of sad, shock, & trauma.

Flexible To Fit Your Organization

Kathy offers training that fits your team’s needs and situation perfectly.
Culture is built by every person in the organization.

In-Person or Virtual

Kathy delivers training in whatever format works best for your team and its context.

Two Hours to Multi-Day

From a single focused session to a multi-day retreat or year-long professional learning series. Designed around your goals and your capacity.

Whole-Organization or Leadership-Focused

Kathy works with entire organizations, not just the people at the top. Culture is built by every person in the building.

Keynotes & Conference Sessions

Kathy brings the same practical, engaging approach to conference audiences, leaving attendees with a fresh lens and tools they can use immediately. 

“Kathy created a positive environment that left you feeling refreshed. Focusing on our strengths and the small, valuable actions we can take with our students is exactly what I needed.”
H.
School Teacher
“Kathy teaches what I need to know and we get to practice it. She makes it very usable!”
Nicolail
School Social Worker

Getting Started Is Simple

Step 1: Schedule a Call

Tell Kathy about your organization, your staff, and what you’re navigating right now.

Step 2: Get Your Custom Plan

Kathy listens, assesses, and designs a tailored approach built for your specific context & goals.

Step 3: Watch Your Culture Shift

Together you create the shared language, strategy, and culture your organization needs to move forward, and sustain it.

Not Sure Where To Start?

Kathy will help you get clear on your next right step. Whether that’s a single session, a training series, or a longer consulting partnership.

You can go home at the end of the day feeling like the work is sustainable and worthwhile.

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Common Questions

Kathy’s training builds on the SAFE Framework’s four pillars:

S Safety developing self-awareness, trauma-awareness, and supportive workplaces

A Affirm discovering the unique values and strengths of staff .

F Flourish fostering connection across the organization to support belonging

E Engage developing the relational and emotional skills needed to model human-centered leadership

The SAFE Framework is grounded in research and tailored to our organization’s specific needs and context.

Always. Kathy doesn’t deliver canned presentations. Every training begins with a conversation about your people, your culture, and your current challenges. What your staff experiences is designed specifically for them, not recycled from another client’s session.

Both. Kathy delivers training in person and virtually, in formats ranging from two-hour sessions to multi-day retreats and year-long professional learning series. Format is determined by what works best for your team and goals.

Most professional development reaches two or three people who attended a session. Kathy works with the whole organization. When everyone has the same language, the same tools, and the same shared experience, culture actually shifts. That’s what her clients report, consistently.

Feeling Burned Out?

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