How Infants Think and Feel: What Research Tells Us
2021-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
How Infants Think and Feel: What Research Tells Us
December 09, 2021 | 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Register Here
This webinar begins a three-part series that explores development from the child’s perspective as it changes across the first three years of life. Tune in to the first webinar to learn what research has uncovered about the remarkable ways infants think and feel during their first year of life. Discover strategies adults can use to deepen relationships and learning during the first and earliest stage of development. Join Dawson Nichols, Ph.D. and Beth Zack, Ph.D., from the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning for this webinar in the BabyTalks series.
This webinar will have English and Spanish captioning.

Your Early Childhood Career Journey: Making the Most of Your Time as a Teacher and Planning Beyond
2021-12-15 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Your Early Childhood Career Journey: Making the Most of Your Time as a Teacher and Planning Beyond
December 15, 2021 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Register Here
If you are considering becoming an early childhood teacher or if you already are working as one, you may not have ever thought about what job you might hold in ten years or more. Many people start working as teachers or assistant teachers because they like children. No matter how you ended up working in the profession, teaching is the place to start, and it might be the job you want to hold for your entire career (and thank goodness for people like you!) But there are other routes you can take once you have spent some time zooming around your busy classroom and have a strong track record in the starting gate. So just how can you shine in your role as a teacher so you can be ready for the next steps in your journey, and what are those next steps? What types of opportunities are out there for ECE professionals?
The presenter of this inspirational webinar, Rachel Robertson, Vice President, Education and Development at Bright Horizons, has herself explored the early childhood journey of a lifetime. From Camp Counselor to Center Director, with detours through positions in advocacy organizations and consulting, Rachel has had an inspiring career built from the ground up. In this webinar she will provide you with insights about how to make the most out of your important teaching experiences and be ready to explore the world beyond the classroom. You will learn about the world of opportunities you might never have realized exist in the early care and education profession.
Join us to discover how to excel now and where to go next. You will learn:

What you can do right now to excel in your job and position yourself for the future.
Some of the types of organizations that have histories of hiring early educators and building career lattices for them.
Some roles or positions that may be possible for you in the future, but you never realized were out there.

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.
To ensure you receive confirmation and reminder emails, add customercare@gotowebinar.com to your contacts list. If you do not receive your email confirmation, check your Spam or Junk mail folders in your email system.
Can’t participate in our webinars at the appointed time? Never fear! All of the webinars are recorded. To view the recording, simply register now and you will receive an email with a link to the recording when it is ready to be viewed. You can still download the certificate by watching the recording to the end when the certificate link is announced and displayed on the screen.
Regardless of when you register, only 3,000 people at one time can attend our webinars. Only the first 3,000 people to click the link to attend the webinar will be able to join. We start the webinars 30 minutes in advance of the start time. Arrive early to make sure you get in.
Please be advised that you will only be eligible for the great door prizes if you participate in the live session.
You can earn .2 CEUs for each webinar. The cost is $15 paid to University of Oklahoma online when you apply. Learn more here: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from University of Oklahoma
See the schedule of upcoming webinars.

Cascade Training for All Staff
2022-01-03 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Training for All Staff from Cascade Health
Facilitated by Jodi dePaoli
January 3, 2022 10:30-11:30am
Topics include: maintaining mindfulness, resilience, regaining equilibrium when stressed, staying focused in uncertain times, being joyful in your work.
Join on Microsoft Teams

Intentional Preschool Environments Set the Stage for Young Children
2022-01-05 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Intentional Preschool Environments Set the Stage for Young Children
January 5, 2022 11:00 AM
Register Here

Every early childhood program’s physical environment, both indoor and outdoor, sets the stage for learning and engagement. The physical environment sends strong messages to children and adults about what is valued, who is valued, and what learning can occur within the spaces. It is up to family child care providers, directors, and teachers to carefully design their environments with absolute intention.
Making modifications to your environment to reflect and support the children you currently serve can take place any time of year. In fact, observing the design in action can reveal opportunities for improvement.
Join this reflective webinar presented by early care and education expert, Laura Delgado to learn to design your space in a way that offers children the opportunity to feel comfortable owning the space. This session will provide practical ideas and processes for intentional design of indoor and outdoor environments for children birth through 5 years old. You will learn:

Planning insights to enable you to set up your environment with intention.
How to set the stage for learning, and use the environment as the 3rd teacher.
How to use different types of materials, and collect age-appropriate materials including commercial, natural and repurposed.

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.
11:oo AM – 12:30 PM
To ensure you receive confirmation and reminder emails, add customercare@gotowebinar.com to your contacts list. If you do not receive your email confirmation, check your Spam or Junk mail folders in your email system.
Can’t participate in our webinars at the appointed time? Never fear! All of the webinars are recorded. To view the recording, simply register now and you will receive an email with a link to the recording when it is ready to be viewed. You can still download the certificate by watching the recording to the end when the certificate link is announced and displayed on the screen.
Regardless of when you register, only 3,000 people at one time can attend our webinars. Only the first 3,000 people to click the link to attend the webinar will be able to join. We start the webinars 30 minutes in advance of the start time. Arrive early to make sure you get in.
Please be advised that you will only be eligible for the great door prizes if you participate in the live session.
You can earn .2 CEUs for each webinar. The cost is $15 paid to University of Oklahoma online when you apply. Learn more here: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from University of Oklahoma
See the schedule of upcoming webinars.
REGISTER NOW

PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
2022-01-06 15:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
Thursday, January 6th, 3:00 – 6:00 pm (the same session is offered on Friday morning)
The January New Teacher Training will focus on PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies, facilitated by Kerry Holmes. All new teachers are to attend; teachers that wish to have a refresher are welcome to attend; all staff welcome to attend.
The same content is also offered on Friday morning.

PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
2022-01-07 08:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
Friday, January 7th, 8:30 – 11:30 am (the same session was offered on Thursday evening)
The January New Teacher Training will focus on PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies, facilitated by Kerry Holmes. All new teachers are to attend; teachers that wish to have a refresher are welcome to attend; all staff welcome to attend.
The same content was also offered on Thursday evening.

Covid-19 Update-- Learning to Ride the Rapids
2022-01-21 09:00 - 09:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Covid-19 Update– Learning to Ride the Rapids
Friday, January 21 from 9:00 – 9:45am
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January Teacher Training
2022-01-21 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
January Teacher Training
Friday, January 21, 12:30-1:00pm
Topics for the January teacher meeting include:

EHS is Amazing​
Everyone’s favorite topic: Policies & Procedures​!
Assessment Support for Spanish speaking students
The CLASS tool: what is it? Why do we care?

Cascade Training for Direct Service Staff
2022-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Training from Cascade Health, facilitated by Jodi dePaoli
Friday, January 21, 2:00-3:00pm
The second Cascade virtual training will take place on the teacher training day, January 21, 2-3 pm. The focus will be for direct service team staff (Teaching staff, FSCs, Interpreters) and ERSEA staff. Topics will include: How do you QTIP, separating work and home, processing feeling threatened/discredited by parents/caregivers. The pandemic is a marathon.

Digital Detox: Screen Boundaries for Better Health
2022-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Digital Detox: Screen Boundaries for Better Health
February 8th, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
According to recent studies, smartphone users pick up their phones an average of 96 times per day, and spend between 5 to 6 hours daily on their screen. These convenient devices may make our lives easier and more enjoyable, but they’re also incredibly addictive and can increase depression, anxiety and relationship problems.
Explore new ways to think about the place of your devices in daily life at our Digital Detox workshop February 8, 2022 from 12-1 p.m. on Zoom. Jodi DePaoli, LPC will help you explore what keeps you going back to the screen over and over again, and teach you how to set screen boundaries that actually work.
The Digital Detox workshop is free to employees of Cascade Behavioral Health’s EAP clients (that’s us at HSOLC!!) and just $25 for anyone else who would like to join.
To receive a Zoom link, email:
cascadehealthEAP@cascadehealth.org
View the flyer: EAP Training February 8 2022

Mitigating the Impact of Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Power of Relationships
2022-02-16 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Mitigating the Impact of Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Power of Relationships
In classrooms across the country, teachers face a host of new challenges stemming from the stressful and even traumatic circumstances experienced by so many children and their families throughout the pandemic. Teachers play a critical role in children’s ability to heal from traumatic experiences—but often have limited guidance on what to look for or how to help. This webinar will support teachers in building trauma-sensitive classrooms by exploring:

the basics of trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their impact on educators and on classroom communities,
the impact of stress-related challenges that the past year has had on so many children and families,
how to recognize and begin to address challenging or dysregulated classroom behaviors that stem from exposure to trauma and ACEs, and
strategies for building relationships with children that act as a buffer against the negative impacts of trauma.

February Teacher Training
2022-02-18 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
February Teacher Training
February 18th, 9:00-12:00

Strategies for Promoting Wellness in the Time of Now
2022-02-24 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Region 10 TTA
Strategies for Promoting Wellness in the Time of Now
Cohosted by National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety
February 24th, 10:00 – 11:30
REGISTRATION LINK
Event Description:
Join Region 10 and NCHBHS staff to discuss strategies for supporting wellness (surviving now) in the face of overwhelming pressures to address the trauma and stressors children, families, and staff are facing within the context of a continuously changing landscape of the pandemic, shifting program demands, staffing shortages and other compounding stressors.
Training Objectives:
• Develop a deeper understanding of how our individual stress patterns present throughout the day.
• Share collective wellness practices and ideas to support stress reduction.
• Reflect together on what a culture of wellness might look like through our individual, program, and systems wide approach.
• Set small actionable goals using the PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) method to increase intentionality around staff wellness.
Target Audience: Open to all
REGISTRATION is FREE and closes on 02/24/22
Questions: Michelle.HomerAnderson@icf.com

Leadership/Supervision Series
2022-03-03 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Leadership/Supervision Series
“I’ve taken a lot of different leadership classes over the past 20 years and this is definitely at the top of the list!”
– An EAP employee
A seven part series teaching supervisory and leadership skills to integrate behaviors that build engagement, help reduce defensive responses when holding staff accountable, and build trust among work groups. The goal of this series is to help leaders and supervisors prevent employee relations problems and support resolution of job performance issues. This series will be offered in the Spring and Fall of 2022 and is designed for supervisors or managers, but anyone interested in the topic is welcome. See below for class descriptions. To register visit our REGISTRATION CALENDAR. Registration opens one month prior to first training date of series.
SPRING SERIES: 8:30am to 10:00am by Zoom invite.
FALL SERIES: 10:30am to 12:00pm By Zoom invite.

SPRING
FALL

SESSION #1
People Smart Management
3.3.22
9.15.22

SESSION #2
What Kind of Leader are You?
3.10.22
9.22.22

SESSION #3
Positive Communication to Build an Engaged Team
3.17.22
9.29..22

SESSION #4
Finding Paths through Conflict
3.24.22
10.6.22

SESSION #5
Coaching and Correcting Job Performance
3.31.22
10.13.22

SESSION #6:
Generations in the Workplace
4.7.22
10.20.22

SESSION #7:
Leadership in Times of Organizational Change and Transition
4.14.22
10.27.22

Session #1 People Smart Management
Covers fundamental skills to give positive and negative feedback to resolve job performance, problem behavior, and conflict while minimizing anger and defensiveness:

Ingredients of Constructive Feedback: the “Breakfast of Champions”
Consider critical variables prior to intervention
The Ladder of Inference: Avoiding conclusions that escalate conflict

Session #2: What Kind of Leader Are You?
Are leaders born or made? Join us as we explore the wide range of leadership styles and examine the strengths and challenges of various approaches. Participants will have an opportunity to learn more about their own leadership styles and gain insights into how to develop skills and techniques to enhance their natural abilities.
Session #3: Positive Communication to Build an Engaged Team
No matter where you find yourself in life you must be able to communicate effectively in order to be successful. Everything that happens in the workplace is affected by good or bad communication. This workshop will provide an opportunity to acquire and refine those communication skills that are the keys to any successful leader’s performance.
Building an effective and engaged team involves understanding how to bring individual and organizational needs together in a way that leads to success for all parties. Effective leaders must help to motivate and inspire creativity in others, facilitate a process that will clarify common goals for the team, and involve the team in developing an effective action plan to achieve these goals. This workshop will provide specific strategies for enhancing team effectiveness:

Create a culture that inquires about situational realities in the workplace

Ask strategic questions that strengthen relationships by clarifying facts and avoiding accusations: Open ended and probing questions
Using perception checks to open discussion and reduce anger

Session #4: Finding Paths through Conflict
Leaders know that conflict is inevitable, but many lack the skills necessary to utilize conflicts to strengthen the team rather than derail it. This workshop will provide a framework for understanding how conflict develops, ways in which a supervisor can intervene to resolve issues, and strategies to empower employees to address potential conflicts as they arise. Covers the decision model to select a conflict management strategy while holding people accountable:

Handling Conflict with Style: Different conflicts require different conflict strategies
Universal Job Expectations: Recognizing the importance of technical and interpersonal skills

Session #5: Coaching and Correcting Job Performance
Supervisors have many opportunities to coach their workers to be more skillful. Opportunities arise when an employee needs to learn and practice better job skills or better interpersonal skills and when a worker needs to stop certain actions as well (managing anger, for example). This workshop will focus on helping supervisors define what specific behaviors need to be changed, teach staff how to increase or stop these behaviors, set time tables, and evaluate progress. Specific strategies to encourage and motivate employees will also be discussed.
In addition, we will outline the resources at Cascade Behavioral Health & EAP that are available to assist supervisors in their roles, including supervisory coaching, mandatory employee referrals, and training opportunities. Helping employees to be more skillful is a great gift to individual workers and to the entire workplace!
Session #6: Generations in the Workplace
The 75 million baby boomers who make up 45 percent of the workplace are now starting to retire. Our workplace will change! We may understand and be accustomed to the beliefs and values of the baby boomers, but we now need to be able to understand the characteristics of successive generations. The difference in values and beliefs, views on authority, career goals, and work-life balance can be confusing and we may unintentionally harbor judgments and stereotypes. You will gain an overview of the four generations present in the workplace today and strategies for motivating and working with each one.
Session #7: Leadership in Times of Organizational Change and Transition
Contemporary leaders face challenges that were unimaginable even a few short years ago. The future promises even greater changes and challenges within the workplace and in the world at large. Leaders are in the unique position to find opportunities amidst changes and help others successfully navigate them. This workshop will focus on identifying these future challenges and utilizing tools such as creativity, networking, and empowerment necessary for success in this diverse and ever-changing environment. We will also address “emotional intelligence” in the workplace to improve effectiveness and explore ways to help organizations and individuals build resilience.

Spring All Staff
2022-03-28 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Microsoft Teams
Spring All Staff
March 28, 10am-12pm on Teams
We’re on the final stretch! Let’s get together to have some fun and highlight the amazing things that happened this year.
There will be games, raffles and PRIZES! The day’s agenda includes:

Pictures & Music
Land recognition
Welcome & Update Videos with Annie and Marci
Regional Highlights
Trivia Game
Committee Raffle Prizes
Food for Lane County Project
New Staff & Awards
Parker Learning Garden/CATCH
Operation Department
Scavenger Hunt with Prizes

Exploring Interactive Literacy
2022-04-09 08:30 - 16:30 UTC | Zoom
Exploring Interactive Literacy
Saturday, April 9th 8:30-4:30 on Zoom
Free set 2 hours (or college credits for $60)
6 hours Learning Environments and Curriculum (LEC) and 2 hours Observation and Assessment (OA)
Although the course focuses primarily on grades K-2, the content is incredibly insightful for teachers working with younger children and supportive of various skills across learning domains. It’ll be a day full of heart, energy, and hands-on activities!
Attendance is FREE.
Contact Kayla Rapet at rapetk1@sou.edu to register.

April Teacher Trainings
2022-04-15 | Microsoft Teams
April Teacher Trainings

The following trainings are offered on Friday, April 15th. Although it is a Teacher Training Day, these sessions are available to ANY interested staff member. Please note that some sessions will have a participant limit; for those sessions, preregistration is required.
Save your spot and SignUp here!

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A Taste of Parent Café (Pre-Registration Required)
8:30-10:30; Heidi Johnson
Aren’t sure if the families that you work with would benefit from attending a Parent Café? Come and see for yourself! During the training we will go through a Parent Café from start to finish. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with other HSOLC employees, practice active-listening, and enhance their relationship-building skills in a safe and supportive environment.
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Promoting a Positive Body Image in Toddlers & Preschoolers (Pre-Registration Required)
8:30-9:30; Caroline Weber
We will reflect on our own attitudes and practice the tools and resources (including CATCH!) available for parents at home and staff in the classroom to promote the development of positive body image and healthy behaviors for overall wellness.
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Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals: Creating Positive Mealtimes
10:00-12:00; Jillian Drewes, Family & Community Health Coordinator (SNAP-Ed), Lane County Extension Office
In this session, we will provide tips and tools for creating positive mealtime attitudes in your classroom and communicating with parents in order to sustain those healthful practices at home. Please come prepared to share from your experience!
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Instructional Support & CLASS Pre-K (Pre-Registration Required)
10:00-12:00; Stephenie Kearney
Take a closer look at the Instructional Support Domain: Concept Development, Quality of Feedback, and Language Modeling. Learn more about these important dimensions of the CLASS tool and what they look like in the classroom. Session will use breakout room discussions so please do your best to be at a device with camera and microphone to participate in breakout groups.
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Child Welfare and DHS: Q&A Session
10:30-12:00; Sarah Stankey, Screening Manager for DHS/Child Welfare
Join us for a discussion and Q&A session with Child Welfare Screening Manager Sarah Stankey. Learn everything you wanted to know about child welfare, child abuse reporting, working with DHS, and how to best support the the children and family throughout throughout the process.
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Becoming Poverty Informed, Part 3: Mentorship
12:30-3:30; Karla Snell, Chava Kronen, Becca Bruce, Al McGillivray, and special guest Candice King
In Part 1, we learned about the history of poverty in the US along with statistics and types of poverty. In Part 2, we explored the communication characteristics of print and oral culture. Join us for Part 3 as we explore the effective characteristics of mentors who are poverty informed. Join our in house poverty coaches; Al McGillivray, Becca Bruce, Chava Kronen, and Karla Snell along with special guest Candice King, an independent contractor advocate, Community Organizer, Housing Navigator, and all around inspirational speaker. The attached activity (Mentoring In Practice), will have the best impact if you are able to take a look ahead of the session. Please have the activity with you when you join the workshop. Hand-out: Mentoring in Practice Activity
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Extended Day Tips & Tricks
12:30-2:30; Kerry Holmes
We will discuss some of the joys and challenges of teaching in the Extended Day model. Will share tips and info from teams for strategies that keep things running smoothly. Session will include time for participants to discuss, share, and ask questions of each other so please do your best to be at a device with camera and microphone to participate in breakout groups.
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Promoting a Positive Body Image in Toddlers & Preschoolers (Pre-Registration Required)
2022-04-15 08:30 - 09:30 UTC | Microsoft Teams
Promoting a Positive Body Image in Toddlers & Preschoolers
Caroline Weber
We will reflect on our own attitudes and practice the tools and resources (including CATCH!) available for parents at home and staff in the classroom to promote the development of positive body image and healthy behaviors for overall wellness.
Registrants received invitation and meeting link.

A Taste of Parent Café (Pre-Registration Required)
2022-04-15 08:30 - 10:30 UTC | Microsoft Teams
A Taste of Parent Café
Heidi Johnson
Aren’t sure if the families that you work with would benefit from attending a Parent Café? Come and see for yourself! During the training we will go through a Parent Café from start to finish. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with other HSOLC employees, practice active-listening, and enhance their relationship-building skills in a safe and supportive environment.
Registrants received invitation and meeting link.

Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals: Creating Positive Mealtimes
2022-04-15 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Zoom
Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals: Creating Positive Mealtimes
Jillian Drewes, Family & Community Health Coordinator (SNAP-Ed), Lane County Extension Office
In this session, we will provide tips and tools for creating positive mealtime attitudes in your classroom and communicating with parents in order to sustain those healthful practices at home. Please come prepared to share from your experience!
Didn’t pre-register? No problem! Please join us.
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Instructional Support & CLASS Pre-K (Pre-Registration Required)
2022-04-15 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Microsoft Teams
Instructional Support & CLASS Pre-K
Stephenie Kearney
Take a closer look at the Instructional Support Domain: Concept Development, Quality of Feedback, and Language Modeling. Learn more about these important dimensions of the CLASS tool and what they look like in the classroom. Session will use breakout room discussions so please do your best to be at a device with camera and microphone to participate in breakout groups.
Registrants received invitation and meeting link.

Child Welfare and DHS: Q&A Session
2022-04-15 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | Microsoft Teams
Child Welfare and DHS: Q&A Session
Sarah Stankey, Screening Manager for DHS/Child Welfare
Join us for a discussion and Q&A session with Child Welfare Screening Manager Sarah Stankey. Learn everything you wanted to know about child welfare, child abuse reporting, working with DHS, and how to best support the the children and family throughout throughout the process.
Didn’t pre-register? No problem! Please join us.
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Extended Day Tips & Tricks
2022-04-15 12:30 - 14:30 UTC | Microsoft Teams
Extended Day Tips & Tricks
Kerry Holmes
We will discuss some of the joys and challenges of teaching in the Extended Day model. Will share tips and info from teams for strategies that keep things running smoothly. Session will include time for participants to discuss, share, and ask questions of each other so please do your best to be at a device with camera and microphone to participate in breakout groups.
Didn’t pre-register? No problem! Please join us.
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Becoming Poverty Informed, Part 3: Mentorship
2022-04-15 12:30 - 15:30 UTC | Microsoft Teams
Becoming Poverty Informed, Part 3: Mentorship
Karla Snell, Chava Kronen, Becca Bruce, Al McGillivray, and special guest Candice King
In Part 1, we learned about the history of poverty in the US along with statistics and types of poverty. In Part 2, we explored the communication characteristics of print and oral culture. Join us for Part 3 as we explore the effective characteristics of mentors who are poverty informed. Join our in house poverty coaches; Al McGillivray, Becca Bruce, Chava Kronen, and Karla Snell along with special guest Candice King, an independent contractor advocate, Community Organizer, Housing Navigator, and all around inspirational speaker. The attached activity (Mentoring In Practice), will have the best impact if you are able to take a look ahead of the session. Please have the activity with you when you join the workshop.
Hand-out: Mentoring in Practice Activity
Didn’t pre-register? No problem! Please join us.
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Three Ways to Practice Social Justice While Promoting Child Development
2022-04-19 10:00 - 11:30 UTC | Webinar
Three Ways to Practice Social Justice While Promoting Child Development
Tres maneras de practicar la justicia social mientras se promueve el desarrollo infantil
Nat Vikitsreth, a decolonized and licensed clinical psychotherapist, social justice and somatics practitioner, lecturer, and founder of Come Back to Care
April 19, 2022
10:00am-11:30am PST
Free
Interpretación disponible

How do you put your awareness of social justice into action? In this experiential workshop, you’ll look at our field’s concepts of child development (i.e., regulation, reciprocity, rupture-repair) through the lens of social justice practice. You’ll explore ways to embed social justice practices of solidarity, power-with, and accountability into your daily work with families and young children. Interpretation is available during the live meeting.
Spanish interpretation is available during the live meeting.
¿Cómo pone en práctica su concienciación sobre la justicia social? En este taller experiencial, analizará los conceptos de nuestro campo en cuanto al desarrollo infantil (es decir, regulación, reciprocidad, ruptura-reparación) mediante el enfoque de la práctica de la justicia social. Explorará diferentes maneras de integrar las prácticas de la justicia social de solidaridad, poder-con y responsabilidad en su trabajo diario con las familias y los niños pequeños.
Durante la reunión en vivo, se ofrecen servicios de interpretación.

Register for 4/19 Training Academy

Crisis Prevention, De-escalation & Recovery
2022-05-05 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Zoom
To register for this training click here

Crisis Prevention, De-escalation & Recovery

Date: May 5, 2022
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm
This training will be live via Zoom – Invitation to join will be sent after registration.
To register click here
Cost:$60. Student discounts and reduced fees available for those in need.
Limited scholarship support available to attend these trainings, please fill out a Scholarship Request Form before registering.
Workshop Description:
People with histories of trauma are likely to have internal and external struggles that can interfere with communication, impede follow-through and generally frustrate those trying to help. In this very interactive workshop for front-line staff and social service professionals, we will cover information about the impacts of trauma on behavior, learning and communication; trauma-sensitive relationship building; working with distressed clients, how to learn from and support workers in the aftermath of a traumatic event or experience and general tips for how to self-regulate and deactivate stressful situations. Participants will gain tips and techniques for working with individuals who are escalated and/or in crisis. Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences working with individuals who are in crisis and explore potential scenarios that they may feel unprepared to handle in their work.
Topics will include: Crisis prevention, philosophy and basics of person centered communications, scene safety, crisis de-escalation strategies, rapport building, the role of self in any intervention, and the importance of debriefing.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Describe typical survival responses and triggers observed in caregiving settings.
Use self-reflection and grounding processes to support emotional regulation
Identify and apply practical strategies for setting limits and maintaining healthy communication with emotionally distressed people.
Describe verbal and non-verbal strategies to use in a crisis situation to help keep themselves and others as safe as possible.
Utilize grounding techniques for remaining emotionally regulated during an emotionally charged intervention or conversation
Demonstrate ways of interacting with people in crisis that communicates empathy, validation and concern.
Summarize helpful tools for assessing a person’s well-being and need for further support or resources.

Trainers:

Elaine Walters is the founding Executive Director and lead trainer at the Trauma Healing Project, an organization that provides professional and community training, workforce support and direct healing support for survivors. Prior to this position she coordinated the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program for the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force in Oregon. For the last 30 years she has been a consultant, trainer and community organizer working to address and eliminate intimate violence. She has designed and facilitated workshops and trainings on many related topics and has provided direct services and support to youth and adults impacted by violence, abuse and other forms of trauma and oppression. She is involved in the effort to expand accessible trauma healing and restorative resources and practices and to implement trauma-informed care locally, regionally and state-wide.
Ben Brubaker has worked in the mental health field for over two decades, having held positions such as: Crisis Worker, Mobile Crisis Worker, Hurricane Katrina Relief Operational Site Coordinator, Day Counselor for youth, AmeriCorps Team Leader, and Direct Care Provider. Ben has dedicated his life to serving disadvantaged and underserved populations. He worked at White Bird Clinic for 15 years starting as a Crisis worker on their 24/7 Crisis Line and Walk-in Center. Later he joined the mobile crisis intervention team (CAHOOTS) as a Crisis Worker and begin presenting internal and external trainings for the agency. Most recently he served as the CEO/Administrative Coordinator of White Bird Clinic before stepping back to further his work training and supporting other groups who are pursuing similar mobile crisis intervention models in their communities.

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Connecting Communities One Book at a Time: "What Happened to You?"
2022-06-28 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Connecting Communities One Book at a Time: “What Happened to You?”
June 28th, 10:30 – 12:00
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcOGvrjkvEtAVuOlYrhoqFLIlQV_8vTM1
Please join us for a virtual conversation with best-selling author Dr. Bruce Perry. Ingrid Cockhren-CEO of PACEs Connection, Mathew Portell-PACEs Connection’s Director of Communities, and Dr. Perry will engage in a conversation concerning Historical Trauma and his best selling book “What Happened to You?”, which he co-authored with Oprah Winfrey.
PACEs Connection’s new book study program, Connecting Communities One Book at a Time, has the potential to bring communities together around books that help facilitate critical conversations concerning trauma, inequity, resiliency, and positive childhood experiences.
**Note from Mary Groesbeck: It is unknown if training certificates are given for this session; it might be conversation and Q&A only.

CPR Skills Check Day
2022-08-10 | Grand Street, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
Do you need to do your CPR Skills Check? Choose the session best for your schedule. AM Session is 8:30-9:00; PM Session is 3:00-3:30.
Face coverings will be required during skills checks – a box of disposable masks will be available and offered to staff who forget.

Education & Family Services Training, Region 9
2022-08-23 08:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Grand Cafeteria, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, Oregon, United States
Education & Family Services Training for Early Head Start Region 9. Facilitated by Kerry Holmes and Karla Snell.

Meeting will be in person in the Whiteaker cafeteria and available on Teams for staff with supervisor approval.

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Children Under Stress: Preventing ACEs and Supporting Childhood Well-Being
2022-08-23 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Children Under Stress: Preventing ACEs and Supporting Childhood Well-Being
DATE & TIME
Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 11:00-12:00
Our nation’s children are under stress. Every year an estimated 3 million children in the United States are exposed to shootings and millions more are living with the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, more than 200,000 American children are now orphans, having lost a parent or primary caregiver to the pandemic.
The number of families experiencing hardships, including unemployment, food insecurity, and housing instability, increased during the pandemic, with a disproportionate impact on Latino and Black communities. Compounding these stressors are the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that most children experience at least once in their lifetime, such as neglect and abuse. Trauma experienced during childhood can have a lasting impact on health and well-being. At least five of the leading causes of death are associated with ACEs. This webinar will explore actionable strategies to prevent ACEs and programs to support children and break the cycle of adversity. Speakers will discuss:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s investments in implementing ACEs prevention strategies and opportunities for cross-sector involvement
Evidence-based actions that can create safe, equitable, and engaging learning environments, including trauma-sensitive schools
Establishing community programs and partnerships to build social and emotional learning and skills

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