Please join us for our new series Education Upended: Talking Out of Turn. This monthly series will feature a conversation facilitated by Lara Kain, PACEsConnection Education Consultant, with special guests on education related current events and hot topics. We will use a trauma-informed and PACEs science aware lens to examine what is going on K-12 education, what needs changing, and strategies being used in the field to disrupt harmful policies and make positive changes in the system.
October Session, Wednesday October 20th 9-10:30am PST- "Reframing Mental Health: Moving from a disease to wellness" with special guest Yesmina Luchsinger, School Based Services Transformation Team Co-Lead for NTTAC- the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health
Yesmina is an educator, mental health professional, and gun violence survivor. She brings the unique experience of state education systems leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic as the Director of School Safety and Social Wellness for the Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Yesmina is interested in conversations about systems change, policy development, school safety, and campus mental health & grief support. She dedicates her learning to all the students and educators sitting with the heaviness of an empty desk in the classroom. You are not alone. Yesmina is currently living on the ancestral homelands of the Akimel O’odham (Pima), Pee Posh (Maricopa), and Tohono O’odham peoples in downtown Phoenix, AZ. She is a Health & Equity Technical Assistance Specialist for the Center for Applied Research Solutions and School Based Services Transformation Team Lead for the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health.
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