CernySmith Training & Assessments

Barnabas International is pleased to offer CernySmith Assessments as well as CSA Certified Coaching Training. This is a very practical way to strengthen the member care in your church or missions organization.

What is a CernySmith Assessment (CSA)?

It is quite possibly the world's best stress assessment! The CSA answers 3 basic questions:

• How am I doing?
• What can I learn from how I am doing?
• What can I do about it?

The assessment has significant statistical reliability in providing an accurate assessment of internal stress at a given point of time. It has been normed against more than 1100 expatriates, is an online assessment of 93 questions and takes 20-30 minutes to complete.

CernySmith Assessments (CSA) measure stress in 5 major areas: Organizational, Cross-Cultural, Relational, Personal, and Behavioral as it relates to the adjustment and well-being of people living and working cross-culturally.

Each assessment (CSA-B Business, CSA-D Diplomat, CSA-M Military, CSA-N Non-Profit, CSA-S Student) is designed for people 14 years and older. The CSA is fully automated, easy to use, and comes with a personalized report that is available immediately after completion. CSA Reports come in three versions: CSA-Brief (4 page, non-coached report), CSA-Feedback (10 page report, coach interpretation recommended) and CSA-Team (14 page report for teams and groups).

Why People Need the CSA

The three top-ranking reasons that cross-cultural assignments fail are inability to adapt to the new culture, spouse dissatisfaction, and familial concerns. Our team at Barnabas International exists to provide tools and solutions to help global servants thrive in their cross cultural settings.

The CSA evaluates and discovers areas of stress and roadblocks to adaptation. It helps reduce attrition by allowing for early detection which increases productivity and effectiveness. The assessments are a source of vision and direction for individuals and organizations alike.

Cross-cultural adaptation is a process that requires continuous evaluation. The CSA can be taken pre-field as a way to create baseline data that can be used as a comparison to later assessments taken on-field/post-field. On-field and post-field assessments are vitally important parts of the process and can be used for skill development tracking and re-entry assessing.

Barnabas International staff can assist your missions organization or church to obtain a CSA account at dramatically reduced pricing, thereby reducing both your CSA assessment and coaching costs.

Upcoming CSA Certification Training Dates

Trainings are regularly offered by Barnabas personnel. This online training is typically offered in two 3-hour sessions, with a gap of 1-2 weeks between the sessions for practice. For upcoming training dates, please contact us at jkronbach at barnabas dot org.

Trainers: David & Janet Kronbach

Course Description: CSA Certification Training Course trains the effective administration and interpretation of CSA

1. Pre course personal CSA administration and coaching experience.
2. Six hours of instruction with extensive training manual.
3. 4 CSA assessments ($196 value).

Standard Registration: $300
Registration for those with a Non-profit, Humanitarian Agency: $250
Please contact JKronbach at barnabas dot org for how to register.

Additional Questions? Contact JKronbach at barnabas dot org

Testimonials

From New CernySmith Coaches:

"During a recent international trip, we were amazed at how the 9 CSA's we provided served not only as an assessment for one's current state of being under levels of stress, but served as a framework and springboard into levels of conversation that typically take much longer to earn with people whom we had just met.

The assessment provided an invitation to discuss other mitigating factors on people's responses to stress. With the coaching posture, we were able to lead people to self-discovery of "Next Steps" which they identified and articulated.

A notable common thread was that all those who participated reflected a moderate-to-high level of stress in a number of areas. What was encouraging to see was how they self-assessed and determined what made sense to them for mitigating their own levels of stress and more importantly, their responses to those stressors. There was ownership in the process. It allowed for a sense of regaining personal control in an environment which feels so out of control."

Responses from Missionaries Who Took the CSA

"The CSA has affirmed some things I was already sensing, but could not articulate well."

"This helps me see what I can do next."

"I realize now that my patterns of dealing with stress are rooted in some family of origin issues I have been unwilling to see. This has been eye opening."

"The CSA has helped me recognize that I can never avoid all the stressors life brings. But I can choose how I respond. I can begin to see that certain stressors can change, but more importantly, I can change how I react to them."

Barnabas International Staff Certified CSA Coaches and Trainers

Mark Avers - CSA Coach and CSA Coach Trainer
careeverywhere.org
careeverywhere2 at gmail dot com
614-348-7131
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Laura Avers- CSA Coach and CSA Coach Trainer
careeverywhere.org
careeverywhere1 at gmail dot com
Colorado Springs, Colorado

David Kronbach - CSA Coach and CSA Coach Trainer
DKronbach at barnabas dot org
(206) 999-5189
Seattle, Washington

Janet Kronbach - CSA Coach and CSA Coach Trainer
JKronbach at barnabas dot org
Seattle, Washington

Dan Dougherty - CSA Coach
triciadough at gmail dot com
Chaingmai, Thailand

Scott Hicks - CSA Coach
Hicks at barnabas dot org
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Dr. Herb Lamp - CSA Coach
HLamp at barnabas dot org
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Debbie Lamp - CSA Coach
DLamp at barnabas dot org
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Kevin Rowe - CSA Coach
ksrowe at barnabas dot org

Terry and Nancy Todd - CSA Coach
TTodd at barnabas dot org
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Derek Washington - CSA Coach
DerekWashington at barnabas dot org
Minnesota

Earl & Marilyn Whittaker - CSA Coach
ewhittaker at barnabas dot org
Corning, NY
607-368-6439

Josh and Lydia Rich
jrich at barnabas dot org
lrich at barnabas dot org
South Africa
Josh: 011-27-76-648-0393
Lydia: 011-27-76-659-4301

To contact Barnabas staff working in Central Asia who are certified CSA Coaches and trainers, please contact csainfo at barnabas dot org to learn how to be put in touch with them.