Webinars

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: 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 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: Kimberli Berrett, 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:

• 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: 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: 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:

• 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: 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

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:

• Identify impact of caregiver substance use on child outcomes.
• Recognize importance of a socioecological treatment approach when supporting children exposed to caregiver substance use.

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: 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:

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: 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

Length: 60 minutes

Clinician: Malinda Freitag, CMHC, IECMH-E®

Description: IEC professionals providing mental health/clinical supervision