Webinars

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Presenter: Sara Johnson, LCSW

Target Audience:

• Early career providers/ students
• Direct care providers (e.g. caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)

Objectives:

• Discuss the role of affect management for caregivers in promoting childhood emotional regulation and improvement in the parent-child relationship
• Identify interventions and activities that support affect management for caregivers

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: Emily K. Lewis, PhD

Target Audience:

• Early career providers / students
• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)

Objectives:

• Review the foundational principles related to sustainable behavioral change in young children
• Identify direct interventions and techniques that can be used by adults to increase compliance, reduce undesirable behaviors, and ultimately strengthen connection with a child

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: Maggie Condas, LCSW

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Identify potential influencing factors on children’s socioemotional development, as well as the functional impact that these experiences often have in specific areas of development
• Discuss interventions to support parents/caregivers and their children in the development of important social and emotional skills, using techniques that can be applied daily in a variety of settings

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: Sam Sorensen, LCSW

Target Audience:

• Early career providers / students
• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)

Objectives:

• Review the foundational principles related to sustainable behavioral change in young children
• Identify direct interventions and techniques that can be used by adults to increase compliance, reduce undesirable behaviors, and ultimately strengthen connection with a child

Webinar Length: 60 minutes

Presenter: Sara Johnson, LCSW

Target Audience:

•  Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Discuss basic factors that contribute to early childhood exclusionary discipline and the disparities within it
• Identify strategies to support teachers and caregivers in order to prevent preschool expulsion and caregiver burnout
• Identify strategies to promote pro-social skills and emotion regulation in young children, as well as de-escalation techniques to decrease aggression and risk of preschool expulsion

Webinar Length: 60 minutes

Presenter: Sam Sorensen, LCSW

Target Audience:

•  Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
•  Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Identify social and emotional stages of infants and young children
• Consider developmental concerns and need for further assessment
• Discuss potential diagnosis and evidence-based treatments

Webinar Length: 120 Minutes

Presenter: Stephanie Glaittli, CMHC

Target Audience:

• Early career providers / students
• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)

Objectives:

• Review attachment styles and how attachment is developed
• Identify interventions and activities that enhance attachment

Webinar Length: 60 minutes

Presenter: Cynthia Palacios- Gutierrez, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
•  Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Review research regarding children’s responses to parental conflict before and after a separation

• Discuss ways to support resiliency in children and caregivers during the separation / divorce process

• Identify when an outside referral may be warranted to more formal co-parenting classes / resources

Presenter: Cynthia Palacios- Gutierrez, PsyD

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers).
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Learn about how domestic violence impacts young children and how to screen for exposure
•  Learn how to empower caregivers to support young children exposed to domestic violence

Webinar Length: 60 minutes

Presenter: Cynthia Palacios- Gutierrez, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
•  Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Discuss the development of skills that support perspective-taking, as well as research regarding potential differences in development

• Identify strategies and activities, many of which can be integrated into daily interactions, that support the growth of children’s perspective-taking abilities

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Presenter: Sara Johnson, LCSW

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Review activities and approaches that can be used to support the ongoing development of healthy eating habits
• Discuss potential interventions designed to support children who are already showing signs of picky eating and/or food aversion

Webinar Length: 60 minutes

Presenter: Cynthia Palacio -Gutierrez, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Identify basic psychoeducation regarding maternal mental health and the impacts from prenatal to postpartum
• Discuss possible impacts of maternal mental health on developing infant
• Identify resources and treatment to support maternal mental health

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Explore the potential impact of secondary trauma and chronic stressors on providers who work with young children and their families
• Define and discuss the benefits of self-reflection in addressing provider wellness, including developing an independent practice of self-reflection and engaging in reflective supervision/consultation

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Presenter: Emily K. Lewis, PhD

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Discuss the role mindfulness can play in promoting early childhood mental health through the parent-child relationship
• Identify mindfulness techniques that can be implemented with young children and their caregivers

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: Maria Abbruscato, LCSW

Target Audience:

• Group care providers (e.g., childcare providers, group therapists, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Review research related to the function of aggression in young children, particularly as it relates to peer interaction
• Identify techniques to prevent children from escalating to aggression, as well as tools to manage aggression as it occurs in classroom settings

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Explore the potential impact of secondary trauma and chronic stressors on providers who work with young children and their families
• Define and discuss the benefits of self-care in addressing provider wellness, with an emphasis on activities that activate the parasympathetic nervous system

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Presenter: Malinda Freitag, CMHC, IECMH-E®

Target Audience:

•  Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
•  Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Discuss potential risks of “forcing” children to apologize

• Review research related to parental/caregiver goals when prompting apologies

• Identify healthy ways to help children make repair by using empathy, modeling, and problem-solving skills

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Child advocates (e.g., GAL, CASA)
• Child welfare workers
• Mental healthcare providers
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Review the potential impact of early childhood exposure to traumatic events
• Discuss the importance of the following domains: supporting attachment, developing a healthy adoption narrative, and promoting ongoing connection to the adopted child’s family and/or culture of origin

Webinar Length: 60 minutes

Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
•  Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Review common sleep problems seen in early childhood, associated risk factors, and behavioral correlates
• Consider multicultural lenses related to sleep practices and the role of caregiver preference in sleep routines
• Address methods of improving sleep in early childhood

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Explore the potential impact of secondary trauma and chronic stressors on providers who work with young children and their families
• Define and discuss the benefits of self-reflection in addressing provider wellness, including developing an independent practice of self-reflection and engaging in reflective supervision/consultation

Webinar Length: 60 minutes

Presenter: Sara Johnson, LCSW

Target Audience:

• Early career providers / students
• Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, child care providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)

Objectives:

• Participants will be able to identify and define separation anxiety in young children
• Participants will learn interventions to ease transitions and support children who experience separation anxiety

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: Maggie Condas, LCSW

Target Audience:

• Group care providers (e.g., childcare providers, group therapists, and teachers)
• Supervisors / agency leadership

Objectives:

• Review research related to the function of aggression in young children, particularly as it relates to peer interaction
• Identify techniques to prevent children from escalating to aggression, as well as tools to manage aggression as it occurs in classroom settings