Office Of Children's Services

The Center for Training & Staff Development
at Alaska Children’s Services

Staff

eric-boyer Eric D. Boyer, eboyer@akchild.org.Training Manager at Alaska Children’s Services, has over 15 years of training experience in the adolescent behavioral health field. Eric is a certified trainer in the following:

* The Mandt System
* Managing Aggressive Behavior Certification
* Residential Child and Youth Care Professional Curriculum
* Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention Course & FASD 101


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Addy Peters, apeters@akchild.org.MA joined the ACS Training Department in January 2009. She believes that it is the Trainer’s job to find the key that enables each person to reach his or her full professional potential.

Addy has extensive experience in Residential Care, having enjoyed five busy years as Clinician and Program Director for a Level II facility in Bethel, Alaska. Most recently, Addy served as Executive Director of a regional Rape Crisis Center in her native Ireland, a role where much of her time was devoted to training staff, volunteers and local school and community agency personnel. With a passion for travel and learning about other cultures, Addy has variously worked as a school teacher in Japan, a waitress in Germany and a fruit-picker in Australia.