Workshops, Events, Webinars

· Resilience and Self-Care for Helping Professionals in Uncertain Times from the Center for Adolescent Studies (recording now available) · Regulating the Stress Response for Kids: Practical Tips for Primary Care Providers on 8/26 Noon-1pm on Wednesday, August 26 This webinar will offer practical tips and examples on how providers can incorporate stress regulation strategies into their treatment planning for pediatric patients.

Resilience and Self-Care for Helping Professionals in Uncertain Times on 8/11 11am on August 11 Join Dr. Sam Himelstein, a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in resilience, mindfulness, and sustainable self-care strategies for this FREE and LIVE webinar from the Center for Adolescent Studies. Online Teaching Strategies: Tips and Guidance from the Field on 8/12 1-2pm on August 12 We are starting this school year with many questions. Will we teach students in classrooms? Or, will we engage...

Driving Out Stress: Overcoming Compassion Fatigue With Professional Resiliency on 8/13 8:30am-4:30pm on August 13 Join Dr. Roderick Logan in an intensive one-day experiential training from Arizona Trauma Institute for organizational leaders and employees to reduce stress and compassion fatigue in the workplace. This course serves to counter the impact stress and body arousal has on workplace communications and relationships. This training is also intended to improve current compassion...

12-1pm on Thursday, August 13 In August, the Center for the study of Social Policy will use their regular monthly webinar time for a Strengthening Families Implementation Technical Assistance Clinic. Bring your questions about Strengthening Families. All questions are welcome, from the mundane to the philosophical—things you’ve been wondering about for a while and things that just came up. We will answer as many as we can! Whether you have questions or not, please come ready to share your...

All over the region, YCRC offers mediation and restorative justice conference services. Additionally we offer training on conflict resolution skills as well as trainings on how to be a mediator or RJ conference facilitator. We all must deal with conflict. It is a part of the human condition to encounter conflict, problems and challenges. If you, your family, your workplace etc., need help with a situation or want to build on your skills, consider one of the following YCRC program offerings:...

Raising Multiracial Children from EmbraceRace Part 1: Examining the Complexity of Multiracial Identity on 7/23 5:30pm on Thursday, July 23 Roughly one in seven U.S. infants (14%) are multiracial or multiethnic (Pew, 2017), but what does it mean to be multiracial? It’s complicated! During this first webinar of a two part series on raising multiracial kids, our guests break down some of the complexities of identifying with more than one race, including the pivotal role caregivers and families...

We invite you to a FREE online tribute screening(s) of CAREgivers film from August 1-8 through our website as a way to honor our healthcare, EMT, and many other essential workers during the COVID epidemic. Given the suffering of so many people and the stigma that caregivers sometimes have about seeking emotional support, we hope you’ll spread the word about the film’s online availability with friends, family, and colleagues. Although produced before COVID, during what used to be called...

Please visit https://strategiesca.inquisiqlms.com/catalog/ to enroll in one or more of the following free online trainings! Trauma-Informed Care: 8/12 & 9/3 Trauma-Informed Care: Spanish Discussion: 8/20 & 9/14 Case Management 101: 8/31 & 9/17 Self-Care: 8/25 & 9/16 Culturally Proficient Professional: 9/10 & 9/16 Reflective Supervision: 8/27 Introduction to Protective Factors: 7/29 & 8/6 Parental Resilience: 8/5 & 8/18 Social-Emotional Competence of Children: 8/17...

Hair Care for Black Foster Children & Youth: Practical Guide & Demonstrations, with Consideration for a Child’s Personal, Family & Cultural Trauma on 7/21 10:30am – Noon on Tuesday, July 21 Foster & Kinship Care Education & Fostering Unity Invite you to join this workshop by Tanisha C. Fulcher, MFT Doctoral Candidate. Not all caregivers, foster and/or adoptive parents, understand the unique way to care for their black child’s natural curls and skin. This easily can lead...

· Everyone Experiences Stress, Protective Factors Keep Families Strong from Child Welfare Information Gateway Help the families in your community learn more about how to stay strong even when times are tough. Share this video and resource page with the families you serve, and start a conversation about ways to manage stress and implement protective factors. Use the hashtag #mystrongfamily to share ideas on all the different ways families stay strong even on the rainiest days. · Training and...

Don't miss this free workshop series sponsored by Family Hui and Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College. *Workshop 1: Waking Up To Our Shared Humanity: Conversations on Race and Unity *Workshop 2: Conversation on Bias: Bias doesn't make you prejudiced, it makes you human *Workshop 3: Family and Race: Across the nation, people of all backgrounds are experiencing a time in which discussions about race are at the forefront of their everyday lives. WHEN: July 23rd, August 6th, August...

Rebuilding a Global Approach to Health from Physicians for Human Rights 9am on Thursday, July 16 The devastating spread of COVID-19 has ravaged health care systems around the globe, laying bare the gaping holes in a broken system. When we eventually emerge from this crisis that has changed the world as we know it, our health care systems must change with it. This moment presents an opportunity to reconstruct our global approach to health care in order to create systems that respect health as...