OhioGuidestone is one of Ohio’s leading providers of Early Childhood Services that help parents develop their children’s social, emotional, and behavioral skills from ages 0-6 years old. Their suite of programs include counseling and treatment, early childhood and family services, job training, foster care, and addiction recovery for families and children in 11 counties in northern Ohio.
OhioGuidestone, which was founded in 1864 to help care for children orphaned in the Civil War, continues to drive health, well-being and research to advance mental health and meet the needs of families.
- Participants will receive information about OhioGuidestone Early Childhood Mental Health Services
- Participants will review Adverse Childhood Experiences and the impact of Toxic Stress on the developing brain
- Participants will learn about a screening and integration effort to promote wellness and increase access to treatment services for young children
Assistant Vice President of Community Counseling
OhioGuidestone
Holli manages all child, adolescent and adult community counseling programs in Cuyahoga County and directs the highly specialized Early Childhood Mental Health program, which incorporates cutting-edge research and innovation in working with families and children ages birth to 6 years who experience trauma and toxic stress. Holli is also a clinical fellow with OhioGuidestone’s Institute of Family and Community Impact, where she serves as a co-investigator on research protocols and evaluates programs and tools for improving child and family outcomes. She is co-author of a neuroscience-based intervention to increase childhood resilience and improve relationships in families. Holli also serves as Chair of the Northeast Chapter of the Ohio Association for Infant Mental Health. Holli earned her Master of Science in Social Administration degree from Case Western Reserve University.Cuyahoga Community College invites you to participate in a powerful learning experience that creates insight into the chronic crisis that consumes so many working poor families. FREE.
The poverty simulation experience is designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low-income family trying to survive from month to month. It is a simulation, not a game. The object is to sensitize participants to the realities faced by low-income people.
CAPS exists to:
·Promote Poverty Awareness
During the simulation, role-play a month in poverty and experience low-income families’ lives.
·Increase Understanding
After the simulation, you will unpack your learning and brainstorm community change.
·Inspire Local Change
Together, you can be a voice to end poverty in your family, friends and community.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION NETWORK COUNCIL MISSION: ideastream Early Childhood Education Network Council provides opportunities for networking, professional development, and thought provoking discussions on early childhood practice, policy, and research to early childhood education professionals in Northeast Ohio.
2019-2020 AREA OF FOCUS
ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Awareness
Parking passes provided for the Playhouse Square parking garage (1550 Chester Avenue) for those who pre-register, subject to availability.
This session will give a brief introduction and overview of the PAX Good Behavior Game. Attendees will learn how PAX can teach self-regulation, self-management, and self-control in young people. When adults are equipped with the strategies to teach these skills to children in addition to academics, they create a nurturing environment that has dramatic impact on children, schools, and communities.
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