Families, Children, & ACES: Making the Best of the Hands We’re Dealt
Presented By Infancy Onward
For the first time ever, we are offering a 2-day training event!
The first day will focus specifically towards those working with or on behalf of infants and toddlers (ages 0-3), and day 2 will focus on those working with or on behalf of very young children (ages 3-6).
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Hourly Schedule
Day 1 (Infant Mental Health)
- 9:00am - 10:00am
- Keynote Presentation "Children with Incarcerated Parents" - Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, PhD
- Millions of children experience the incarceration of a parent each year in the United States. Especially when children are very young, parental incarceration has implications for the child's health and well-being and exposure to additional adversity. This presentation will provide information about the context of parental incarceration, impacts on infants/toddlers/preschoolers, and what professionals can do to help.
- 10:00am - 10:15am
- Break
- 10:15am - 11:45am
- "Tales from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Impact of Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress on Infants and Their Families" - Marian Williams, PhD
- Starting life in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is profoundly stressful for infants, parents, and the whole family. This presentation will describe the impacts on infants and their families of hospitalization early in life, protective factors that increase resiliency in the face of pediatric medical traumatic stress, and considerations for educators, mental health professionals, and early intervention providers when working with children who were exposed to early medical trauma. Videos of mothers whose child had a NICU stay will illustrate experiences from the family perspective.
- 11:45am - 1:00pm
- Lunch Break
- 1:00pm -
- Dr. Rosemarie Allen
- Presentation details coming soon
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- Break
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- Trauma Informed Parenting - Jennifer Tackitt-Dorfmeyer
- Presentation details coming soon
Day 2 (Early Childhood Mental Health)
- 9:00am - 10:00am
- Keynote Presentation - "Because" - Rachel Giannini
- We all have a “because” moment, the reasons our paths called us to become educators and advocates. Through a collection of moving stories, participants are encouraged to reflect on their own “because” moment.
- 10:00am - 10:15am
- Break
- 10:15 - 11:45am
- How does my attachment history impact how I parent? - Kate Creason
- Presentation details coming soon
- 11:45am - 1:00pm
- Lunch Break
- 1:00pm - 2:30pm
- "Understanding & Responding to Behavior through the Lens of Trauma, Stress, & Self-Regulation in Early Childhood" - Christy Gauss & Diane Pike
- This presentation will begin by outlining healthy early childhood brain development and defining trauma and behavior as a function of the stress-response. Part of this discussion will focus on the importance of adult-child co-regulation and the need to engage in meaningful self-care. Multiple strategies to support the development of both adult and child self-regulation skills will be shared.
- 2:30pm - 2:45pm
- Break
- 2:45pm -
- Megan Purcell, Ph.D.
- Presentation details coming soon
