Child Focus, Inc. Training Center
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Fee: $15.00 includes 6.0 CEUs and flashdrive with training materials
Lunch will be on your own
Akron Children’s Hospital, Child Focus, Inc. and Joining Forces For Children are dedicated to helping schools better understand how students experience traumatic events and how to help them through this challenging time. We are offering a comprehensive training to school districts and organizations that work with youth in Ohio.
1. An Introduction to Trauma. This component covers the basics of trauma, what types of trauma students may face, and how trauma can affect a student’s physical, emotional, and cognitive abilities.
2. Managing Trauma in the Classroom. This component covers techniques to prevent a trauma based reaction in the classroom and what to do if a child is acting out in your classroom. This workshop will focus on preschool-kindergarten age children.
3. Increasing Developmental Assets. This workshop is for any adult who wishes to focus on the positive characteristics of children and nurture a path to thriving for all. The workshop will define the 40 Developmental Assets developed by The Search Institute. The Developmental Assets have been proven to increase a child's cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being. Using the Assets as an "instruction book" can be the guide to fostering future success in children of all ages. Participants will leave this workshop with a new perspective of the strengths of children and will be provided tools to build resiliency in those they care about the most!
4. Recognizing Secondary Traumatic Stress. This component works with the educators to recognize their own compassion fatigue or burnout. It covers techniques for staff to use to relax, keep balance, and continue to help students in need.
Presenter: Melissa McClain developed the Akron Children's Hospital Trauma Train the Trainer Curriculum and is the Community Education Programs Coordinator at Akron Children's Hospital. She is a graduate of Kent State University and is the Community Education Program Coordinator at Akron Children's Hospital. She is responsible for a social and emotional learning curriculum that includes k-12 classroom education as well as psychological trauma education for educators and other professionals who work in a school environment. Since 2006, Melissa has educated over 68,000 students, school staff and community members. She has worked with over 150 Ohio school buildings and community organizations that work with youth and has also been lucky to travel to speak for state and national audiences on teen dating, emotional literacy, bullying, and psychological trauma.
Continuing Education Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists: The Child Focus, Inc. Training Center is approved through the Ohio Counselor and Social Worker Board. This program is offered for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Social Work Provider#: RSX129410 Counselor Provider#: RCX029503 Marriage and Family Therapist Provider#: RTX091001 Psychologists: The Child Focus, Inc. Training Center is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association MCE program to offer continuing education for Ohio psychologists. This program is offered for 6.0 clock hours (Day 1) and 12.0 (Day 1 and 2) of continuing education for psychologists. Child Focus, Inc., 00PD-3109-52668, maintains responsibility for the program. Professional Development Hours for Teachers: A statement of contact hour verification will be provided, which educators in turn provide to their Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC). Ohio Revised Code (Section 3319.22) assigns LPDCs the responsibility of reviewing educators’ Professional Development activities as part of their Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDP) and determining if they meet licensure renewal requirements. CE educational activities that meet the continuing education requirement for the Ohio Board of Nursing: A certificate of attendance verification will be provided with the CE activity hours. Chapter 4723-14-05 from the law and rules from www.nursing.ohiogov reads: (7) A continuing education activity that has been approved by a board or an agency that regulates a health care profession or related discipline in Ohio or another jurisdiction;
Please note: Because we are not able to control the room temperature to fit everyone’s needs, we encourage you to dress in layers to better accommodate your personal comfort level.
Child Focus, Inc. Training Center is accessible to wheelchairs. If you need any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Melanie Palmer at mpalmer@child-focus.org.