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January 17: Mental Health and Trauma Informed Care 

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PST)
Zoom Link

Spotlight on Mental Health and Trauma Informed Care is a special webinar for individuals who work directly with children, families and staff in a licensed child care setting. Join EveryChild California’s Director of Policy and Education, along with Master Trainer Anna Reyner, for an engaging exploration of solutions to the challenges of universal trauma. Experience hands-on strategies to reduce caregiver stress. Learn practical strategies that will help you put trauma theory into everyday classroom practice with children and families. Receive a wide range of visual handouts that will help you put these ideas to immediate use.

This interactive webinar will provide strategies for staff, children and program administrators that address:

  • What is mental health? Reducing stigma / increasing awareness

  • Children’s response to the pandemic and tragic events

  • Practical activities to help children cope with trauma

  • Best practices for supportive classroom environments

  • Strategies to address staff fatigue and educator burnout

  • Helpful tips for program administrators in creating a culture of caring

  • Working with families and cultural impact on mental health

This webinar is recommended for:

  • Program Directors
  • Site Supervisors
  • Classroom Teachers (Infant-TK)
  • Mental Health Support Staff
  • Family Child Care Providers

Program Fee:

EveryChild CA Members - $129
Non-Members - $199

EveryChild California is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your registrations support our mission to inspire and educate leaders of early learning and care programs.

Agenda

January 17
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Spotlight on Mental Health and TIC Welcome and Review
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Warm Up - #1 Hands-On Art Therapy Exercise (Loosen Up with Watercolors)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM What is mental health? Reducing stigma / increasing awareness Children’s response to the pandemic and tragic events
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Strategies to address staff fatigue and educator burnout #2 Hands-On Art Therapy Exercise (Draw Your Breath)
11:15 AM - 11:25 AM Break for 10 minutes
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM Practical activities to help children cope with trauma Best practices for supportive classroom environments #3 Hands-On Art Therapy Exercise (Sunny Day Repose)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Helpful tips for administrators in creating a culture of caring Working with families and cultural impact on mental health
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Break Out Rooms / Q&A

Meet the Presenter:

Anna Reyner, CreativePlay LA

Anna Reyner holds her Masters Degree in Expressive Art Therapy from the University of Louisville and her Bachelor’s Degree in Art & Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University.  She is a Registered Art Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and certified Family Trainer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.  Anna is the author of two award winning books, Smart Art and More Smart Art, and recently completed her 3rd book, Trauma Informed Art In Early Childhood,  Strengthening Emotional Resiliency in Children Through Art. 


She has delivered more than 1,000 trainings at state, national, and international conferences in her 40 years as a therapist, educator, and teacher trainer.  She founded her professional development training business, CreativePlayLA, to merge the principles of art therapy into early childhood education and specializes in trauma informed care.