Webinars

Jan 22, 2025 - Feb 21, 2025
  • Growing Gratitude in Early Childhood

    Date Jan 22, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Webinars

    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

     

  • Wellness: Self-Care

    Jan 23, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Webinars

    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
  • Growing Healthy Eaters

    Jan 24, 2025 9:00 am - 10:00 am
    Webinars

    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
  • Developing Empathy in Early Childhood: Apologizing

    Jan 24, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Webinars

    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:

    • 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
  • Trauma-Informed Adoption

    Jan 24, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Webinars

    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
  • Caregiver Affect Management

    Jan 27, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Webinars

    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
  • Supporting Sleep in Early Childhood

    Jan 27, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Webinars

    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
  • Wellness: Self-Reflection

    Jan 28, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Webinars

    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
  • Racial Socialization in Black American Families

    Jan 29, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Webinars

    Webinar Length: 60 minutes

    Presenter: Veronica Love, PsyD

    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:

    • To gain an understanding of how racial socialization is defined in Black American families
    • To identify practices that may be included in racial socialization
    • Explore potential implications in providing services to Black American families
  • Supporting Social and Emotional Growth Through Caregiver-Child Interactions

    Jan 29, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Webinars

    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
  • Toileting Problems in Early Childhood

    Jan 30, 2025 8:30 am - 9:30 am
    Webinars

    Webinar Length: 60 minutes

    Presenter: Stephanie Glaittli, CMHC & 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 common toileting problems in young children, risk factors, and impact on children’s behavior
    • Learn basic strategies for toilet training to implement in family therapy
    • Learn how to accommodate cultural preferences when making recommendations to improve toilet training
  • Foundations of Healthy Attachment

    Jan 30, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Webinars

    Webinar Length: 120 Minutes

    Presenter: Veronica Love, 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 attachment styles and how attachment is developed
    • Identify interventions and activities that enhance attachment
  • Growing Healthy Eaters

    Jan 31, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Webinars

    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
  • Understanding Trauma in the ECE Setting

    Jan 31, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
    Webinars
  • Supporting Social and Emotional Growth Through Caregiver-Child Interactions

    Jan 31, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Webinars

    Webinar Length: 2 hours

    Presenter: Veronica Love, 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

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