Stars Training Academy collaborates with community-based and government organizations to provide enriched training and customized consultation to achieve high fidelity and sustainable implementation of evidence-supported and evidence-based practices.

What We Do
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Our Areas of Expertise

Transition to Independence Process Model®

Stars Training Academy serves as the purveyor of the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model®. The TIP Model is an evidence-supported practice that focuses on youth engagement, futures planning and skill-building through a person-centered, strength-based approach. The TIP Model emphasizes youth voice and choice and supports youth and young adults with their transition to adulthood. The TIP Model is a strength-based, youth-driven framework that was developed for working with youth and young adults (14-29 years old) with emotional/behavioral difficulties.
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Aggression Replacement Training®

Aggression Replacement Training is an evidence-based cognitive behavioral intervention for reduction of aggressive and violent behavior for adolescents. It is a multi-modal program that has three components:

  • Social skills
  • Anger control training
  • Moral reasoning
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Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress

Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (also known as SPARCS) is an evidence-supported practice based on three empirically-informed interventions that were adapted and integrated in an effort to address the topics specifically relevant to adolescents exposed to chronic trauma.
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Trauma Practitioner Training provided by a Certified Star Global Learning Network Trainer

This training consists of several sub-topics related to distinct trauma-specific intervention tasks and techniques:

  • Structured sensory interventions
  • Children of trauma
  • Healing the experience of trauma
  • Courageous connections
  • Trauma informed schools
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Transition to Independence Process Model

Stars Training Academy serves as the purveyor of the Transition to Independence Process (also known as TIP) Model®. The TIP Model is an evidenced-based practice that focuses on youth engagement, futures planning and skill-building through a person-centered, strength-based approach. The TIP Model emphasizes youth voice and choice and supports youth and young adults with their transition to adulthood.  The TIP Model is a strength-based, youth-driven framework that was developed for working with youth and young adults (14-29 years old) with emotional/behavioral difficulties.
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Aggression Replacement Training®

Aggression Replacement Training is an evidenced-based cognitive behavioral intervention for reduction of aggressive and violent behavior for adolescents. It is a multi-modal program that has three components: Social skills Anger control training Moral reasoning
Read More

Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress

Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (also known as SPARCS) is an evidenced-supported practice based on three empirically-informed interventions that were adapted and integrated in an effort to address the topics specifically relevant to adolescents exposed to chronic trauma.
Read More

Trauma Practitioner Training provided by a Certified Star Global Learning Network Trainer

This training consists of several sub-topics related to distinct trauma-specific intervention tasks and techniques each lasting approximately one day: Structured sensory interventions Children of trauma Healing the experience of trauma Courageous connections Trauma informed schools
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Our Live Trainings are Now Available Online

Please contact our Managing Director, Joseph Solomita, at jsolomita@starsinc.com for more info.

Stars Training Academy serves as the purveyor of the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model®.

The Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model is an evidence-supported practice developed by Dr. Hewitt “Rusty” Clark that addresses the unique needs of young adults (14-29 years old) with emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Dr. Clark is Professor Emeritus, at the University of South Florida and serves as a Senior Consultant and Co-Chair of the TIP Model Institute Certification and Accreditation Board at Stars Training Academy. Dr. Clark has developed and researched many innovative programs for youth in locations around the world.

The TIP Model focuses on youth engagement, futures planning and skill-building through a person-centered, strength-based approach. The TIP Model emphasizes youth voice and choice and supports youth and young adults with their transition to adulthood.

The Stars Training Academy functions are as follows:

  • Provides a range of clinical trainings for community-based programs
  • Provides intensive training and consultation for implementation
  • Builds site capacity for sustainability
  • Collaborates with systems of care to build local youth and young adult empowerment
  • Provides tailored technical assistance on systems, policy and evaluation issues.

Stars Training Academy offers a wide range of training programs on research-based models of care for treating mental health and substance use problems, including interactive in-person workshops, educational classes, coaching and consultative services.

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Our Approach

The Stars Training Academy's unique approach to providing training and implementation-support of evidence-based and evidence-supported clinical practices is anchored in the following principles:

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Collaboration Every Step of the Way

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Quality Training

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Focus on Sustainable Implementation
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Who We Work With

I have worked for the TIP program for almost 10 years and have seen how much the model; using the guidelines and competencies have helped young adults enhance their skills and successfully transition to adulthood.

Maureen Viviano, TIP Lead Facilitator, Certified Site-Based Trainer, Enhanced Youth Adult Program, Vinfen - Lawrence, MA

We live in a rural area and have a shortage of services for our young people. TIP has proven to be very helpful in engaging young people and providing our caseworkers with the necessary tools to best meet their needs. TIP is an innovative, person-center practice filled with easy to use and creative tools! I truly feel that with TIP, we are able to provide the best service possible.

Bailey Kling, Youth Network Coordinator, Region 1 Behavioral Health Authority - Scottsbluff, NE
Both Elijah and Coral are wonderful trainers — knowledgeable, funny, creative, energetic, sincere, engaging, leaders, passionate, warm, and outstanding teachers. That was the consensus of all mentors and staff during our three-day training. The mentors asked a lot of questions and were very engaged.
Wandalyn Lane, MA, MFT Intern, Program Coordinator, Interagency Youth Resiliency Team (IYRT)

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