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: 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 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

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: 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)Early career providers / students
• Supervisors / 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: 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

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:

• 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-care in addressing provider wellness, with an emphasis on activities that activate the parasympathetic nervous system

Presenter: Stephanie Glaittli, CMHC

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: 2 hours

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 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: 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:

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

Objectives:

• Identify common developmental timelines and potential impacts on that developmental trajectory.
• Provide skills to support parents/caregivers and their children in the development of important social and emotional skills, many of which can be integrated daily into even the most basic caregiver/child interactions.

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: 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 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: McCall Lyon, 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)

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: 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:

• Utilize research-backed foundations in behaviorism and social learning theory to support socioemotional growth
• Identify direct interventions that group environments can use to help to support the healthy development of young children’s social and emotional skills

Webinar Length: 2 hours

Presenter: Emily K. Lewis, PhD

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: 2 hours

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:

• Utilize research-backed foundations in behaviorism and social learning theory to support socioemotional growth
• Identify direct interventions that group environments can use to help to support the healthy development of young children’s social and emotional skills

Presenter: Jessica Singleton, PhD

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