Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Toxic Stress have lifelong health consequences. This presentation explores the connection between experiences, neurodevelopment, and wellness. We'll explore how toxic stress affects executive functions and how through practical strategies we can help people be more involved in maintaining their health.

This presentation for early child educators explores Compassion Fatigue among those with a unique set of professional responsibilities. Compassion Fatigue, re-framed as an experience in the continuum of stress responses, offers new insights into the effects and interventions used to reduce the impact of vicarious trauma. We'll discuss cues that help identify compassion fatigue and explore skills that providers can use to help reduce vulnerability and build resilience. Drawing from age old conversations about mind/body relationships and cutting edge neuroscience, this presentation connects brain-based strategies with practical plans to help care works realize their professional best. This event is not open to the public.

Small work groups will work together to identify specific ways that Toxic Stress impacts students learning experiences. Groups will connect current classroom challenges with these out-of-classroom experiences and explore new strategies that teachers can use to help mitigate stressors and encourage learning. Groups will create plans for implementing these in the classroom. This event is not open to the public.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Toxic Stress have lifelong consequences, one if which is an increased risk for law breaking behavior. This presentation explores the connection between childhood experiences and neurodevelopment and the connection to adult criminal activity. We'll discuss how service providers in the legal system can best work with affected individuals. We'll explore how toxic stress affects executive functions and how through practical strategies we can help individuals with legal conditions be more active participants in working with their probation and parole officers. This event is not open to the public.

This presentation for early childhood and family social workers will look at strategies for working with children and families who are affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences. Specific strategies and consultation on current recipients of services will help provide effective skills for managing difficult behaviors, reducing stress and building resilience. This program is not open to the public.

This presentation will introduce general concepts about Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress. We'll explore how elementary educators can apply these principles in the class room and what strategies can be used to help increase focus, cooperation, and curiosity in their students. This event is not open to the public.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Toxic Stress have lifelong health consequences. This presentation explores the connection between experiences, neurodevelopment, and wellness. We'll explore how toxic stress affects executive functions and how through practical strategies we can help people be more involved in maintaining their health. This presentation is for mentors, coaches and families working with young people affected by ACEs. It is not open to the public

This presentation for Development Services providers at HCRS explores Compassion Fatigue among those with a unique set of professional responsibilities. Compassion Fatigue, re-framed as an experience in the continuum of stress responses, offers new insights into the effects and interventions used to reduce the impact of vicarious trauma. We'll discuss cues that help identify compassion fatigue and explore skills that providers can use to help reduce vulnerability and build resilience. Drawing from age old conversations about mind/body relationships and cutting edge neuroscience, this presentation connects brain-based strategies with practical plans to help care works realize their professional best. This event is not open to the public.

This presentation for counselors and social service providers explores Compassion Fatigue among those with a unique set of professional responsibilities. Compassion Fatigue, re-framed as an experience in the continuum of stress responses, offers new insights into the effects and interventions used to reduce the impact of vicarious trauma. We'll discuss cues that help identify compassion fatigue and explore skills that providers can use to help reduce vulnerability and build resilience. Drawing from age old conversations about mind/body relationships and cutting edge neuroscience, this presentation connects brain-based strategies with practical plans to help care works realize their professional best.

The capacity to plan, motivate, focus attention, manage multiple tasks and follow through are executive functioning skills necessary for healthy parenting. These tools are the infrastructure that enable parents to provide stable, safe, settings for their children. This presentation is an in depth exploration of executive function skills.  We'l explore how executive function skills are developed, their role in parenting and what we can do to help young parents develop these skills and how service providers can support parents in developing executive function skills in their children. This event is not open to the public.