Routine brings comfort and consistency to a child’s life. If you are trying to set a routine at home, join us in this online workshop! This free, parenting workshop is available in three languages.
In this Online Workshop you will learn about:
The Importance of Play
Routine and Structure
The Importance of Routine
How to Set a Routine
Flexbility
Choices
Language Preference: This workshop is offered in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole
Did you know that trauma can leave a chemical mark on a person’s genes, which can then be passed down to future generations?
Have you ever heard of Adverse Babyhood Experiences (ABEs)—which are distinct from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Do you wonder how healing, prevention, and building resiliency can mitigate trauma? Then this symposium is for you!
In an exclusive partnership with Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County and Center for Child Counseling, we are honored to host presentations from distinguished mental health professionals focusing on babies, children, and families.
Participants will learn about:
Epigenetics and the intergenerational transmission of ACEs
Opportunities to prevent, repair and heal the effects of Adverse Babyhood Experiences (ABEs)
The impact of Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) on developing brains, resilience, and lifelong health
Eugenia Millender, Ph.D.: Epigenetics and the Intergenerational Transmission of ACEs (1 Hr)
Veronique Mead, MD, MA: 6 Opportunities to Prevent, Repair and Heal Effects of Adversity in Early Life: Insights from Adverse Babyhood Experiences (ABEs) (2,5 Hrs)
Nida Paul, LMHC, NCC; Stephanie De La Cruz, LMHC, RPT-S: Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) Impact on the Developing Brain, Resilience, and Lifelong Health (1,5 Hrs)
Center for Child Counseling is approved through the Florida Board of Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Providers #50-11511.
In the absence of protective relationships, toxic stress in childhood impacts an individual’s well-being across the lifetime. The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study, one of the largest studies conducted to assess the association between childhood maltreatment, later-life health and well-being, is highlighted.
This 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.
This ACEs, Trauma, and Toxic Stress Workshop is appropriate for teachers, caregivers, professionals, and anyone who is interested in learning more about how adverse childhood experiences impact children…and what we can all do to foster resilience throughout the lifespan. By changing our perspective and recognizing that a child’s behavior may be fueled by a feeling they are not able to manage, we are able to build the foundation to help a child that has been affected by ACEs, trauma, or toxic stress.
Workshop Participants Will Learn:
About the ACE study, including the ACE Pyramid which provides the conceptual framework for the study;
Outcome and findings of the ACE study;
Definition of toxic stress and its impact on the developing brain;
Impact of early adversity on lifelong health – emotional and physical;
How resilience trumps ACEs; and
The importance of creating trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on the findings of the ACEs research.
This 2.5 hour virtual workshop provides an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study, the Impact of ACEs, Brain Development, Results of ACEs , and Resilience.
Workshop Participants Will Learn:
Outcomes and findings of the ACEs study
The impact of ACEs on lifelong health
Definition of toxic stress and its impact on the developing brain
The potential results of ACEs
The importance of resilience and how it is built
Cost: $35 (add $10 to receive 2.5 CEUs)
Student Discount Available: Please send an email to dominika@centerforchildcounseling.org with your name, school, and a request for a 25% student discount code.
There is a saying: “You can’t pour from an empty cup…” If you consider yourself a healer or helper and you constantly GIVE – now it is your time to TAKE! Refill your cup now.
We care about you!
This 4-hour training 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, particularly important as helpers and healers during the COVID-19 crisis showed alarming rates of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and even suicide. Unfortunately, the impact is expected to worsen once the crisis is over as an aftermath of collective trauma.
Burnout is defined as a long-term reaction to occupational stress which involves, particularly, the helping professions. The burnout epidemic is detrimental to client care and may exacerbate the mental health professionals shortage we are experiencing. Burnout can be caused by secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, stress or moral injury. According to several studies, it appears that up to 67% of mental health workers may be experiencing high levels of burnout, with the significant impact of COVID yet to be determined.
The pandemic has impacted mental health on a broad scale. Leading mental health researchers and professionals anticipated an ‘echo pandemic’ after the physical pandemic passed, and we are seeing increased incidences of depression, anxiety, and suicide, escalating the demand for healers and helpers who are supported and mentally healthy themselves to serve our communities .
Exploring ACEs & Their Relationship to Stress and Well-Being
Impacts of Stress
Burnout
Vicarious Trauma
Compassion Fatigue
Challenges Faced by Specific Groups of Helpers/Healers
COVID-19 and the Impact on Helpers/Healers
Self-Care & Resilience Building
Center for Child Counseling is approved through the Florida Board of Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Providers #50-11511.
Suicide is an emotional, overwhelming, and most times scary topic to discuss with anyone, let alone a child.
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.
Join us for this free, 45-minute training as we review information that can assist you in early detection, prevention, and intervention as well as ways to be involved and buffer the risk factors against suicide.
Workshop Objectives:
Know and understand the risk factors and warning signs of suicidal ideation and/or a suicide crisis
Learn easy to implement action steps and techniques to respond to a child expressing suicidal ideation
Review a script for responding to a child experiencing a suicidal crisis
Learn how to utilize a suicide safety plan (downloadable/printable plan sheet)
Receive information regarding local and nationwide crisis resources and support
Trying to make sense of the horror that is a school shooting feels difficult to comprehend or put into words.
Take this 65-minute workshop to learn how to cope and address this topic with children.
Attempting to explain it to young children and provide the assurances that they need, seems overwhelming and challenging. Moreover, how can you explain such a horrific event to your children and provide them with the reassurances and support that they need, when you are having a difficult time understanding and making sense of the event yourself?
Workshop Objectives:
Reasons for and how to initiate conversations with children about school shootings.
Helping children process the information and cope.
Managing our own worries and fears as parents/caregivers.
Self-regulation is the ability to monitor and manage what’s going on in our heads and hearts. More specifically, it means being aware of our energy level, thoughts, and feelings that are the result of either external experiences or internal ideas. This awareness can help us decide on appropriate approaches to better manage ourselves, so we can find and execute safe, well thought-out, adaptable behaviors to meet our needs.
Join us for this important training that focuses on the very heart of understanding children and ourselves.
This 40-minute training is designed for parents, caregivers, teachers, and school personnel.
Learning Objectives Include:
Understanding the difference between self-regulation and self-control,
How self-regulation impacts a child’s ability to learn,
The definition of dysregulation and how it is much more than the physical expression or “maladaptive behaviors” that are displayed,
The impact that self-regulation has on the brain, and
Practical ways to help facilitate a child learning self-regulation skills.
Transitions are simply changes — from one activity to another, from one place to another, from one level of energy to another, from daytime activities to nighttime sleep, etc.
We all make these changes constantly throughout the day, and they tend to come very naturally. For children, transitions can be challenging though. The truth is that making transitions takes a lot of brain function and skills — skills a child may not yet have developed.
Take this training to learn how to make transitions easier which, in turn, can make life easier for you as a teacher or caregiver and the children in your life.
This 45-minute training is designed for parents, caregivers, teachers, and school personnel.
In this training you will learn about:
Reasons for difficult transitions for children
Strategies to help children with transitions
Transition activities to facilitate smooth transitions
