Wellness Together's 8th Annual Student Mental Wellness Conference: Full Schedule

4:00pm PDT

Trauma Informed Skills for Educator (TISE) Online Asynchronous Training Pilot: An Effectiveness Study of an Innovative Trauma-Focused Professional Development Training for Educators

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

211B

Workshop Objectives - Participants will:
1. Learn about an innovative online asynchronous trauma focused professional development training for educators
2. Understand the different modules that comprise the TISE training including brain-based trauma knowledge, it’s impacts on students in the classroom, and trauma-responsive skills to increase educator capacity to support students
3. Know about the effectiveness of the TISE training and how other educators experienced the self-paced professional development

Description:
The Trauma-Informed Skills for Educators (TISE) is an online asynchronous professional development designed to enhance educators’ knowledge about trauma and build trauma-responsive skills. Part 1 will demonstrate the modules used in the training and part 2 have trainees experience a skill building module and practice activity. The last part of the presentation will share the outcome of the pilot study and implications.

Speakers

Pamela Vona

Co-Founder & COO, Center for Safe and Resilient Schools and Workplaces

Vivien Villaverde

Assoc. Prof.of Practicum Education / Co-Founder, USC SDP School of Social Work / Center for Safe and Resileints Schools

Vivien Villaverde is an Associate Professor Practicum Education at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. She is an Education Doctorate candidate at the Rossier School of Education. She teaches and coordinates 2nd-year MSW internship placements. Prof. Villaverde creates and... Read More →

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
211B

School & District-Wide Leadership

8:30am PDT

Kern County MTSS Aligned Trauma-Informed Journey: A Multi-Disciplinary & Multi-Tiered Approach

Thursday October 10, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am PDT

211B

The presentation will showcase Kern County Office of Education Alternative Education’s partnership with the Center for Safe and Resilient Schools and Workplaces as they engage in and organizational trauma-informed transformation. Part 1 will focus on highlighting the MTSS aligned multi-tiered and multidisciplinary intervention and professional development training used to support a whole school trauma-informed capacity building. Part 2 will outline Kern’s ongoing multi-tiered and multi-year plan for sustainable organizational change to support student safety and success.

Speakers

Vivien Villaverde

Assoc. Prof.of Practicum Education / Co-Founder, USC SDP School of Social Work / Center for Safe and Resileints Schools

Salvador Arias

Thursday October 10, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
211B

School & District-Wide Leadership

12:30pm PDT

Centering Youth at the Heart of Mental Health Conversations

Thursday October 10, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT

211B

Youth today experience challenges during key stages of social development which deeply impact their mental health. Student-led mental health clubs are effective in reducing mental health stigma, increase help-seeking behaviors, and enhance connection. Youth involvement is essential to create empathetic environments; we as adults need to lean in and support students paving the way. Join this presentation to learn how to uplift students’ voices through facilitation, advocacy, and professional guidance.

Speakers

Divya Bhatia

Program Associate, Bring Change to Mind

Margaret Burton

Thursday October 10, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
211B

Mental Health Policy & Advocacy

3:30pm PDT

Evidence Based Science Tools To Cultivate More Optimism

Thursday October 10, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT

211B

Dr. Chopra will teach participants to define what optimism truly is, debunk myths surrounding positive thinking, learn tangible and evidence based tools to actually improve mental health and optimism.

Speakers

Dr. Deepika Chopra

Thursday October 10, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
211B

Student and Community Mental Health

10:15am PDT

All Along the Ivory Tower: Black American Identity as Voiced by Poetic Youths

Friday October 11, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am PDT

211B

This presentation aims to amplify Black American elementary student voice in a post-2020 world. This presentation will review concepts related to student (youth) voice, youth participatory action research (YPAR), and research conducted with 4th and 5th grade Black American students. Participants will learn the basics to creating their own student voice circles (sacred spaces) and will develop awareness on how to be co-constructors of knowledge in regard to YPAR work.

Speakers

Dr. Jeremy D. Greene

School Psychologist, Natomas USD

Dr. Jeremy DeWayne Greene (EdD, NCSP, LEP #4020) is a nationally certified school psychologist as well as a poet/hip-hop artist. Although residing within the Sacramento region, his familial roots remain firmly planted in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In his free time, Dr. Greene enjoys... Read More →

Friday October 11, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
211B

Student and Community Mental Health

1:45pm PDT

Toolbox Project: Discovery of the Missing Piece in Education

Friday October 11, 2024 1:45pm - 4:00pm PDT

211B

Participants will explore how to support student resilience by teaching concrete skills (12 Tool Practices) and learn how to create a safe and caring environment where these tools can thrive. This course will demonstrate how to use an inquiry-based approach, fostering self-reflection and agency among students. Participants will learn how these tools align with CASEL’s SEL competencies by gaining practical strategies which enhance healthy student and community resilience.

Continuing Education Session Information:

Course Syllabus | Speaker Resume | Session Flyer | Course Attendance | Course Evaluation

Upon completion of the course, attendance form, and evaluation, you will receive a Confirmation of Attendance Certificate through email. If you do not receive your Confirmation of Attendance Certificate within ten business days, please contact CEU@WellnessTogether.org

This course meets the qualifications for 2.0 hours of Continuing Education Credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Wellness Together, Inc., Provider #141369, is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor Continuing Education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Wellness Together maintains responsibility for this course and its content.

Speakers

Mark Collin

Founder/Author, Toolbox Project PBLLC

Mark is the founder of the Toolbox Project. The Toolbox Project began to emerge in 1993 while Mark was serving as a school counselor for disadvantaged children. Since then, Mark has worked in and with schools for over 30 years developing and teaching Toolbox: now serving over 300,000... Read More →

xWhat is Toolbox II pdf

Toolbox Project Brochure 4 Pager 2 100224 pdf

Friday October 11, 2024 1:45pm - 4:00pm PDT
211B

Student and Community Mental Health, Continuing Education Session

Wellness Together's 8th Annual Student Mental Wellness Conference