Sessions
The New 3 R’s: Realizing, Recognizing, and Responding to Student Trauma Exposure
Session: 1
Presenter: Aileen Fink, Ph.D.
This workshop will provide an overview of the prevalence of childhood trauma exposure, review current brain science on the impact of exposure on children’s development and review the signs of trauma exposure for elementary, middle and high school youth. The workshop will also introduce the trauma-informed approach as a framework for responding to child trauma exposure. (This workshop was presented last year and is a strongly recommended pre-requisite to the ABC’s of a Trauma-Sensitive School Approach)
The ABC’s of a Trauma Sensitive School Approach
Sessions: 2 & 3
Presenters: Aileen Fink, Ph.D. & Devon Dyal
This workshop will present an overview of the core components of a trauma-sensitive schools approach, discuss how the trauma-sensitive approach can be embedded into positive behavioral supports and highlight the use of a trauma-sensitive schools model, Compassionate Schools, in a Delaware middle school. This is recommended as a follow up session to The New 3 R’s.
Fatherlessness Syndrome: Impact on Today’s Youth
Session: 2
Presenter: Keva White, LCADC, LSW
The re-creation of fatherhood is one of most urgent challenges facing America’s youth today. This workshop will examine the phenomenon of “fatherlessness” and its impact on urban city youth. Participants will gain a greater understanding of how the absence of a father figure affects a young person from a psycho-social perspective and his/her development of healthy, safe, and empowering relationships with self, peers and adults.
The ABC’s of LGBTQ
Session: 2
Presenters: Bob Martz & Jane Bowen
The one hour lecture presentation is divided into four sections:
• Overview of the need to support LGBTQ Youth based on three studies and the United Way of Delaware LGBTQ Youth initiative
• The ABCs of LGBTQ – A review of terms and definitions
• LGBTQ Issues of Delaware High School Students – 2013 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey for DE
• LGBTQ Behavioral Health Risks and what schools need to do to support LGBTQ youth
• Q&A session
The Mindful Classroom: Resilient Teachers, Resilient Students
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Dr. James M. Walsh, Ph.D., LPCMH
Mindfulness practices cultivate present-moment awareness & equanimity. The mindful person notices and responds, managing the body’s stress levels with great skill. Mindfulness is a way of being that can be acquired through meditative practices. The purpose of this workshop will be to help participants
a. Understand what it means to be mindful
b. Acquire simple practices to deepen the capacity to be mindful
c.Have tools to facilitate mindfulness in the classroom
The Teen Brain: All Stressed Out! What We Can Do!
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Judith W. Herrman, Ph.D., RN, ANEY, FAAN
This presentation will briefly discuss how the brain develops and matures through the adolescent years. An emphasis will be placed on how stress impacts the teen brain and ways stress influences thinking, decision-making, and behavior. Participants will learn ways to help teens learn brain-based ways to cope, communicate, and be more resilient!
Untangling the Emotional Web of Anxiety and Depression in Youth
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Dr. Christina Watlington
This interactive workshop will provide an overview of anxiety, depression and related disorders in youth. After completing this workshop, participants will be able to list at least 5 symptoms and signs of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents, explain their role in responding effectively to the needs of children and adolescents with mental health concerns, and verbalize commitments to be champions for our youth.
We Can Save Our Boys of Color: Restorative Practices as a Key Element
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Dr. Abdul-Malik Muhammad
As we struggle to turn the tide in the school-to-prison pipeline and disproportionate disciplinary practices affecting at-risk youth, especially Black and Latino boys, some educators and youth workers are turning to restorative practices. By confronting maladaptive behavior, taking accountability, displaying empathy for those harmed, and making things right for ourselves and teaching our boys to do the same, we have had tremendous success in changing life narratives and trajectories. This workshop will present the restorative approach within the context of both alternative and traditional school settings, with a special design for our boys of color. Participants will explore how notions of culture, manhood, hope and bias affect our restorative practices work with our boys.
Emerging Drug Trends and Supports Available for Students
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Domenica Personti, MS, LCDP, ICADC, ICCDP-D, CPS
Drugs of abuse are ever fluctuating and awareness of prevailing trends is of crucial importance to professionals in law enforcement, substance use prevention and addictions treatment. This training is designed for educators and professionals working with individuals who may be experimenting with drugs or abusing substances. Attendees will learn to recognize the signs, symptoms and brain chemistry of different drugs; risk factors and behaviors involved and the laws that cover sales and use. At the end of this training participants will: - Identify the new emerging drug trends - Understand the signs and symptoms of drug use and how drugs change the way the brain works; and recognize the association of drug effects and adverse behaviors.
Transitioning Back to School
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Desmond Wynn, Jr.
Want to REALLY HELP struggling students be academically and emotionally successful? Then this workshop is for you! This interactive learning experience will outline the importance of effective communication in understanding and responding to the behavioral health/traumatic challenges that our young people face. More importantly, we will discuss the use of sensible and useable approaches and strategies that will help students with mental illness have a stronger, more productive educational experience and an overall better quality of life.
You Reported Child Abuse & Neglect…. Now What?
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Eliza M. Hirst, Esq., CWLS
The role of the school in addressing child maltreatment goes beyond reporting. This workshop will explore a child’s experience in foster care and the impact it has on education. Participants will gain insight into the child welfare system, and learn concrete strategies to improve academic success for students who have been abused or neglected.
Teen Sexuality - Stats and Strategies to Inform and Guide
Sessions: 1 & 3
Presenter: Jane Bowen
This workshop will present data and information about teen sexual behavior in Delaware, from the lens of statistics and current reproductive health choices and care. Participants will have the opportunity to clarify their own values and learn strategies for answering difficult questions, with the goal of becoming an askable adult. The view from the teen’s perspective, as well as new state wide initiatives will be discussed.
Session: 1
Presenter: Aileen Fink, Ph.D.
This workshop will provide an overview of the prevalence of childhood trauma exposure, review current brain science on the impact of exposure on children’s development and review the signs of trauma exposure for elementary, middle and high school youth. The workshop will also introduce the trauma-informed approach as a framework for responding to child trauma exposure. (This workshop was presented last year and is a strongly recommended pre-requisite to the ABC’s of a Trauma-Sensitive School Approach)
The ABC’s of a Trauma Sensitive School Approach
Sessions: 2 & 3
Presenters: Aileen Fink, Ph.D. & Devon Dyal
This workshop will present an overview of the core components of a trauma-sensitive schools approach, discuss how the trauma-sensitive approach can be embedded into positive behavioral supports and highlight the use of a trauma-sensitive schools model, Compassionate Schools, in a Delaware middle school. This is recommended as a follow up session to The New 3 R’s.
Fatherlessness Syndrome: Impact on Today’s Youth
Session: 2
Presenter: Keva White, LCADC, LSW
The re-creation of fatherhood is one of most urgent challenges facing America’s youth today. This workshop will examine the phenomenon of “fatherlessness” and its impact on urban city youth. Participants will gain a greater understanding of how the absence of a father figure affects a young person from a psycho-social perspective and his/her development of healthy, safe, and empowering relationships with self, peers and adults.
The ABC’s of LGBTQ
Session: 2
Presenters: Bob Martz & Jane Bowen
The one hour lecture presentation is divided into four sections:
• Overview of the need to support LGBTQ Youth based on three studies and the United Way of Delaware LGBTQ Youth initiative
• The ABCs of LGBTQ – A review of terms and definitions
• LGBTQ Issues of Delaware High School Students – 2013 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey for DE
• LGBTQ Behavioral Health Risks and what schools need to do to support LGBTQ youth
• Q&A session
The Mindful Classroom: Resilient Teachers, Resilient Students
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Dr. James M. Walsh, Ph.D., LPCMH
Mindfulness practices cultivate present-moment awareness & equanimity. The mindful person notices and responds, managing the body’s stress levels with great skill. Mindfulness is a way of being that can be acquired through meditative practices. The purpose of this workshop will be to help participants
a. Understand what it means to be mindful
b. Acquire simple practices to deepen the capacity to be mindful
c.Have tools to facilitate mindfulness in the classroom
The Teen Brain: All Stressed Out! What We Can Do!
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Judith W. Herrman, Ph.D., RN, ANEY, FAAN
This presentation will briefly discuss how the brain develops and matures through the adolescent years. An emphasis will be placed on how stress impacts the teen brain and ways stress influences thinking, decision-making, and behavior. Participants will learn ways to help teens learn brain-based ways to cope, communicate, and be more resilient!
Untangling the Emotional Web of Anxiety and Depression in Youth
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Dr. Christina Watlington
This interactive workshop will provide an overview of anxiety, depression and related disorders in youth. After completing this workshop, participants will be able to list at least 5 symptoms and signs of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents, explain their role in responding effectively to the needs of children and adolescents with mental health concerns, and verbalize commitments to be champions for our youth.
We Can Save Our Boys of Color: Restorative Practices as a Key Element
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Dr. Abdul-Malik Muhammad
As we struggle to turn the tide in the school-to-prison pipeline and disproportionate disciplinary practices affecting at-risk youth, especially Black and Latino boys, some educators and youth workers are turning to restorative practices. By confronting maladaptive behavior, taking accountability, displaying empathy for those harmed, and making things right for ourselves and teaching our boys to do the same, we have had tremendous success in changing life narratives and trajectories. This workshop will present the restorative approach within the context of both alternative and traditional school settings, with a special design for our boys of color. Participants will explore how notions of culture, manhood, hope and bias affect our restorative practices work with our boys.
Emerging Drug Trends and Supports Available for Students
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Domenica Personti, MS, LCDP, ICADC, ICCDP-D, CPS
Drugs of abuse are ever fluctuating and awareness of prevailing trends is of crucial importance to professionals in law enforcement, substance use prevention and addictions treatment. This training is designed for educators and professionals working with individuals who may be experimenting with drugs or abusing substances. Attendees will learn to recognize the signs, symptoms and brain chemistry of different drugs; risk factors and behaviors involved and the laws that cover sales and use. At the end of this training participants will: - Identify the new emerging drug trends - Understand the signs and symptoms of drug use and how drugs change the way the brain works; and recognize the association of drug effects and adverse behaviors.
Transitioning Back to School
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Desmond Wynn, Jr.
Want to REALLY HELP struggling students be academically and emotionally successful? Then this workshop is for you! This interactive learning experience will outline the importance of effective communication in understanding and responding to the behavioral health/traumatic challenges that our young people face. More importantly, we will discuss the use of sensible and useable approaches and strategies that will help students with mental illness have a stronger, more productive educational experience and an overall better quality of life.
You Reported Child Abuse & Neglect…. Now What?
Sessions: 1, 2 & 3
Presenter: Eliza M. Hirst, Esq., CWLS
The role of the school in addressing child maltreatment goes beyond reporting. This workshop will explore a child’s experience in foster care and the impact it has on education. Participants will gain insight into the child welfare system, and learn concrete strategies to improve academic success for students who have been abused or neglected.
Teen Sexuality - Stats and Strategies to Inform and Guide
Sessions: 1 & 3
Presenter: Jane Bowen
This workshop will present data and information about teen sexual behavior in Delaware, from the lens of statistics and current reproductive health choices and care. Participants will have the opportunity to clarify their own values and learn strategies for answering difficult questions, with the goal of becoming an askable adult. The view from the teen’s perspective, as well as new state wide initiatives will be discussed.