adverse childhood experiences

This training invites participants to explore the historical and social experiences connected to race and how they shape identity, well-being, and opportunity. Participants will develop a shared understanding of key terms and background, examine the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma within the context of race, and reflect on how lived experiences can affect emotional and physical health.

The session emphasizes the strength and resilience individuals and communities demonstrate in the face of adversity, highlighting protective factors, cultural strengths, and pathways to healing. Through discussion and reflection, participants will discover opportunities for learning, growth, positive change, and meaningful connection that support more compassionate, informed, and equitable practices.

This training is sponsored by United Way of Palm Beach County.

Virtual Workshop

You, as a parent or caregiver, may be worried about what to do, what to say and whether your efforts are improving the situation or not. It may also seem overwhelming as to how to address the situation, helpful responses and where to look for support and resources. Suicidal ideation or suicide attempts are serious and should never be taken lightly – especially considering there may be a life at risk. 

This training is sponsored by United Way of Palm Beach County.

Virtual Workshop

This training provides essential guidance on how to recognize and respond to a child or adolescent experiencing a mental health crisis. Participants will learn what constitutes a crisis, why immediate and thoughtful response is critical, and how to ensure safety while offering calm, supportive care. Grounded in best practices, this session equips participants with practical strategies to ask direct questions about suicide, de-escalate intense emotions, and connect families to appropriate local and national resources. Attendees will leave feeling more confident, prepared, and empowered to respond with compassion, clarity, and effectiveness when a child’s mental health is at risk.

This training is sponsored by United Way of Palm Beach County.

Virtual Workshop

Healing the Healers is designed to address the stress and various challenges faced by helpers and healers in the medical, mental, and behavioral health professions. The training teaches self-care and resilience building strategies, which is more important than ever as helpers and healers have shown alarming rates of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and even suicide as a result of the pandemic. Healers and helpers have been on the frontlines of our community, supporting individuals and families experiencing overwhelming stress, grief, and loss.

This training is sponsored by United Way of Palm Beach County.

Virtual Workshop

Resilience: the ability to “bounce back” from setbacks, to adapt and overcome adversity, to cope with challenges by making use of internal resources and social supports.

Difficult experiences are an inevitable part of life, and so by supporting resilient practices from childhood, we aim to strengthen a child’s ability to overcome both current and later in life stressors. Research has shown that, even though it may have a genetic component, resilience is a skill that you can build.

Take this training to learn more about the protective buffer that resilience offers as well as new strategies.

This training is sponsored by United Way of Palm Beach County.

Virtual Workshop

This interactive training explores how early adversity and positive experiences shape lifelong health, behavior, and well-being. Participants will gain an understanding of the ACEs and PCEs research, toxic stress, and generational trauma, and learn how these factors impact brain development and overall health. Using the Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) framework, this session focuses on shifting from a deficit-based lens to a strengths-based approach that builds resilience. Through discussion, self-reflection, and role-play, participants will practice trauma-informed, resilience-building strategies and effective communication skills that support healing, connection, and hope.

This training is sponsored by United Way of Palm Beach County.

Virtual Workshop

In the absence of protective relationships, toxic stress in childhood impacts an individual’s well-being across the lifetime.

This 90-minute workshop provides an overview of the ACE study, trauma, toxic stress and the impact on health. Resilience and building a trauma-informed approach is also explored.

Learning Objectives

Participants will learn:

• About the ACE study, including outcomes and findings;
• Definition of toxic stress and its impact on the developing brain in early childhood and throughout the lifespan;
• Impact of early adversity on lifelong health, mental and physical;
• The importance of creating trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on the findings of the ACEs research.

This training is sponsored by United Way of Palm Beach County.

Virtual Workshop