Webinars

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