Calendar

Oct
16
Wed
Early Childhood Education Network Council
Oct 16 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Oct
24
Thu
Nutrition Resource Market
Oct 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Nov
2
Sat
PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools @ St. Ignatius High School Breen Center
Nov 2 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Black Child Development Institute Cleveland hosts a FREE Screening of PUSHOUT!

About this Event

PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, is a documentary film by Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. and Women in the Room Productions who encourage a robust conversation about how to reduce the criminalization of Black girls in our nation’s learning environments.

Nov
6
Wed
Lead 101: The Basics of Lead Hazards @ Bethany Baptist Church
Nov 6 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Nov
7
Thu
Take 15 Family Engagement Webinar
Nov 7 @ 4:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Healthier Generation will be hosting a Take 15 Family Engagement Webinar on November 7th at 4:30 PM ET.   https://healthiergeneration.webex.com/healthiergeneration/k2/j.php?MTID=t7d6b8f56170afb318995b55bd071bc8a

Anyone interested in learning more about general family engagement best practices/communication strategies can register for this free webinar at the link above. The webinar is only 15 minutes long so hopefully can accommodate more schedules.

Healthier Generation is also providing OECHN with early-access to one of our newest family engagement resources, a Healthy Day Checklist, attached and linked here: https://www.healthiergeneration.org/resources/healthy-day-checklist.

All future Family Engagement resources will be housed here: https://www.healthiergeneration.org/resources/family-engagement.

Nov
13
Wed
Webinar – Early Childhood Screening and Wellness
Nov 13 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

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.

Webinar Objectives:
  • 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
Holli Ritzenthaler, MSSA, LISW-S
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.
Nov
16
Sat
Lead 102: Keeping Your Home Safe: Hands-On Demonstration @ Glenville Recreation Center
Nov 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Nov
21
Thu
How the New Lead Poisoning Prevention Law Impacts You @ Studio 105
Nov 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Nov
30
Sat
Civic Engagement: Building Power from the Ground Up @ Khnemu Foundation Lighthouse Center
Nov 30 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Dec
7
Sat
Lead and Healthy Homes Resource Fair: Who Can Help @ Cory Recreation Center
Dec 7 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm