Sponsored by: Blue Mountain Early Learning Hub, GOBHI, Oregon Child Development Coalition, UMHS, InterMountain Education Service District, ODHS
Agenda
8:30-9:45 | Keynote with Dr Amy King | ||
Every position matters, we all make a difference; TI lens & Redefining Resilience - Creating Compassionate Spaces for Children | |||
9:45-10:15 | Break | ||
10:15-11:45 Session 1 | Dr Amy King | Dr Michael Schwartz | Allison Whisenhunt |
Pencil Moments: Differentiating Stress from Overwhelm & Burnout (Spanish Interpretation) | Defining & Promoting Safety in EC Spaces (Spanish Interpretation) | The Resilient Leader | |
Join Dr. King as we discuss the continuum of stress, overwhelm, and burnout. We’ll learn how to identify each stage, what to do to reduce feelings of stress or overwhelm, and take away practical tools to share with your team. You’ll leave with a renewed sense of wellness and purpose to say what you mean and get your needs met. | As classrooms are presenting with increased safety concerns, it can feel overwhelming and stressful for school staff to know what to do or how to respond effectively. This session will concentrate on preventative and proactive approaches specific to managing safety as well as thoughtful ways to consider responding to unsafe behaviors in one's classroom or environment. Techniques that will be reviewed will include making use of trauma-informed lenses for disruptive behaviors, incorporation of functional behavior assessment approaches, and positive behavior supports. | This session will discuss how leaders can be trauma responsive. We will provide ideas for resilience building and recognition as tools for retention. | |
11:45-12:45 | Lunch | ||
12:45-2:00 Session 2 | Dr Amy King | Dr Michael Schwartz | Allison Whisenhunt |
Clarity Model: Part 1 of 2 (Must attend both parts) (Spanish Interpretation) | Defining & Promoting Safety in EC Spaces (Spanish Interpretation) | The Resilient Leader | |
Join Dr. Amy for this engaging, deep dive into understanding complex behaviors. The past several years, behavior has become more complex, making it difficult to understand and address. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a new model that incorporates a trauma-responsive, strength-based response to understanding complexity with more compassion and clarity. Part 1 of 2. | As classrooms are presenting with increased safety concerns, it can feel overwhelming and stressful for school staff to know what to do or how to respond effectively. This session will concentrate on preventative and proactive approaches specific to managing safety as well as thoughtful ways to consider responding to unsafe behaviors in one's classroom or environment. Techniques that will be reviewed will include making use of trauma-informed lenses for disruptive behaviors, incorporation of functional behavior assessment approaches, and positive behavior supports. | This session will discuss how leaders can be trauma responsive. We will provide ideas for resilience building and recognition as tools for retention. | |
2:00-2:30 | Break | ||
2:30-3:45 Session 3 | Dr Amy King | Dr Michael Schwartz | Allison Whisenhunt |
Clarity Model: Part 2 of 2 (Must attend both parts) (Spanish Interpretation) | Connecting with Children with Complex Behaviors | Understanding Screens and Moods (Spanish Interpretation) | |
Join Dr. Amy for this engaging, deep dive into understanding complex behaviors. The past several years, behavior has become more complex, making it difficult to understand and address. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a new model that incorporates a trauma-responsive, strength-based response to understanding complexity with more compassion and clarity. Part 2 of 2. | Children that present with difficult and complex behaviors may need even more connection with caregivers and helpers despite "less than charming" actions that can feel alienating to adults. This session will focus on connecting with children that present with perceived defiance and oppositionality, drawing upon best-practice techniques that child therapists use to connect with their clients. Active skills reviewed will include active listening, child-led play techniques, considering the timing of intervening, and leading a child with emotion, identification and expression. | Screens are often a hot topic for parents and early educators. Let’s take some time to look at research related to screens, how screens can have an effect on mood, and what we can do as early childhood professionals. | |
3:45-4 | Closing |
About the Presenters
Amy King
Amy King, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who provides training, consultation and education to professionals and organizations. She specializes in trauma-informed work and resilience building. Dr. King advises organizations around wellness, staff vitality and creating trauma-responsive spaces. Her specialties include working with professionals to help create resilient children, patients, and thriving families, guiding them to heal their stress and trauma through connected relationships. Dr. King has served as a statewide trainer for the Oregon Department of Human Services, National Head Start Association, Child Welfare, and subject matter expert to promote child wellness in pediatric settings on behalf of Children’s Health Alliance. Her current work is promoting resilience by training professionals who work with children and families, through partnership and collaboration. Dr. Amy & her team serve folks who aim to be champions in connected spaces. When she’s not working to promote resilience, you can find her with her family on their small hobby farm in Newberg, Oregon.
Allison Whisenhunt
Allison is a LCSW in the State of Oregon and has spent her professional life helping others in behavioral health settings. Graduating from Portland State University's School of Social Work in 2005, she has garnered over 15 years of experience in the medical field as both a Social Worker and as a leader in medical centers. Currently, Allison is the Director of Behavioral Health & Care Management for Columbia Memorial Hospital where she oversees, develops and expands behavioral health services for primary care, pediatric and speciality clinics, as well as serves as an internal advisor for organizational staff support efforts. She has received the CARES Spirit Honorable Mention Award at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, as well as the Katherine Clark Award for Excellence in Clinical Social Work Practice from PSU. In her space time, she is a Governor appointed member of the Rural Health Coordinator Council. I'm lucky to have Allison's expertise as an Associate Consultant to support efforts consulting and training medical organizations on staff resilience and trauma-informed practice.
Michael Schwartz
Michael Schwartz, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Oregon that specializes in working with children and their parents to promote resilience and well-being. Coming from a School Psychology background and having trained in an outpatient mental health setting for his postdoctoral fellowship, Michael feels at home consulting with a wide variety of professional providers to incorporate evidence-based practices to support children experiencing behavioral difficulties. He is certified as a Parent-Child Interaction Therapist (PCIT) and co-facilitates a group for Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). When not working, Michael likes to take his dog, Colby, swimming, play disc sports, play board games, ski, and sample Oregon beers and wine.