Webinars

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD

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: 60 minutes

Presenter: Kimberli Berrett, CMHC

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: 1 hour

Presenter: Aimee Nakamura, 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: McCall Lyon, PsyD

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: 1 hour

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 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: 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: 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 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: 2 hours

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:

• Review the potential impact of early childhood exposure to traumatic events
• Identify some basic principles of trauma-informed engagement with young children that can be used in everyday interactions
• Address ways to build resiliency and improve mental health outcomes for children using trauma-informed techniques in a variety of settings

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: Jamie Sellers, CMHC, PMH-C

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: 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: Stephanie Glaittli, CMHC

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: 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: 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: Jamie Sellers, CMHC, PMH-C

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

Presenter: Sara Johnson, LCSW

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: 1 hour

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:

• 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: 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 the potential impact of early childhood exposure to traumatic events
• Identify some basic principles of trauma-informed engagement with young children that can be used in everyday interactions
• Address ways to build resiliency and improve mental health outcomes for children using trauma-informed techniques in a variety of settings

Presenter: Sam Sorensen, LCSW

Webinar Length: 1 hour

Target Audience:

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

Objectives:

• Review research related to the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
• Discuss techniques to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system, including short-term relief strategies as well as long-term practices that can increase efficacy of our parasympathetic nervous system over time

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

Presenter: Stephanie Glaittli, CMHC

Webinar Length: 1 hour

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 definition of play and why play is important Understand milestones of typical play development
• Review tips for playing to enhance speech and language development

Webinar Length: 120 Minutes

Presenter: Jamie Sellers, CMHC, PMH-C

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: Jessica Singleton, 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:

• 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: 60 minutes

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:

• 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: 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:

• Gain an understanding of executive functioning skills, their importance, and development across the lifespan, with an emphasis on what it means for development of these skill sets in the preschool years 
• Gain practical skills on how to strengthen areas of executive functioning skills in preschool children

Webinar Length: 60 minutes

Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD

Target Audience:

• Early career providers / students
• Anyone engaging with families of young children

Objectives:

• To understand how use of technology may impact parent-child interactions 
• To discuss potential impacts of technology exposure on young children
• To explore current suggestions and guidance of young children’s use of technology

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

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: Jessica Singleton, 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:

• Review the potential impact of early childhood exposure to traumatic events
• Identify some basic principles of trauma-informed engagement with young children that can be used in everyday interactions
• Address ways to build resiliency and improve mental health outcomes for children using trauma-informed techniques in a variety of settings

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: McCall Lyon, PsyD

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: Maria Abbruscato, LCSW & Rachel Maldonado, LMFT

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

• Identify play can promote positive social, emotional, and behavioral development in children
• Identify how to incorporate play into therapy to promote positive parent-child interactions and improve treatment outcomes

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-compassion in addressing provider wellness, including interventions that increase mindfulness, connection, and self-kindness

Presenter: Malinda Freitag, CMHC, IECMH-E®

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: 1 hour

Presenter: Stephanie Glaittli, CMHC

Target Audience:

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

Objectives:

• Review psychoeducation related to trauma, including how it is experienced by young children and its potential impact on development
• Identify the benefits of screening for trauma in young children and different measures to do so

Webinar Length: 120 Minutes

Presenter: Jessica Singleton, 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 attachment styles and how attachment is developed
• Identify interventions and activities that enhance attachment 

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: 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 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: 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: 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: 60 minutes

Presenter: Rachel Maldonado, LMFT

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: 60 minutes

Presenter: Rachel Maldonado, LMFT

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: Jessica Singleton, 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 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:

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

Objectives:

• Review the potential impact of early childhood exposure to traumatic events
• Identify some basic principles of trauma-informed engagement with young children that can be used in everyday interactions
• Address ways to build resiliency and improve mental health outcomes for children using trauma-informed techniques in a variety of settings

Webinar Length: 2 hours

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:

• 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: 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: 60 minutes

Presenter: Stephanie Glaittli, CMHC

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: 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: 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