This session provides an overview of the Oregon Early Childhood Inclusion (OECI) initiative, which includes the implementation of the Pyramid Model and Inclusion Indicator frameworks across the state. Come learn about the initiative, implementation at the program and community levels, and the connection to preventing suspension and expulsion.

Date: September 25, 2024

Time: 10-11:30am PT

Virtual

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PTR-YC is a model of intervention for young children with the most persistent and severe challenging behaviors. It is designed to help providers implement assessment and intervention strategies with a high level of fidelity, leading to improved effectiveness.

Date: September 23, 2024

Time: 9am-4pm PT

Virtual

Prerequisite: Participants are required to have received training in the preschool Pyramid Model modules.

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PTR-YC is a model of intervention for young children with the most persistent and severe challenging behaviors. It is designed to help providers implement assessment and intervention strategies with a high level of fidelity, leading to improved effectiveness.

Date: September 13, 2024

Time: 9am-4pm PT

Virtual

Prerequisite: Participants are required to have received training in the preschool Pyramid Model modules.

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Early childhood systems are multidisciplinary; mental health clinicians often need to interface with a variety of service systems surrounding the lives of infants/young children and their family. Explore ways to promote coordination and IECMH-informed policy and systems approaches. Consider roles and goals across early childhood disciplines and some evidence-based and promising practice models in early intervention, early childhood education, home visiting, and child welfare systems. Learn about the public health approach to IECMH which focuses on the continuum of promotion, prevention, and intervention.

$25 per session OR $200 for the entire series!

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Clinical formulation is the basis of intervening in supporting the mental health and development of young children and their families. Clinical formulation is the way in which the young child’s clinical presentation is understood in the context of their relationships, biology, social environments, developmental competence and cultural context. Any intervention should be based on a comprehensive understanding of the young child’s abilities and developmental progression and relationships. This session will explore how clinicians arrive at clinical formulation needed for treatment planning and highlight some current relationship-based interventions that are evidence based.

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Understanding infants and young children is largely based on our ability to observe their behaviors, interactions and development. Early childhood professionals need to be aware of how best to use observations, screening, and possibly developmental or psychological assessment in their understanding of the child and intervention with child and family. This session will provide an overview of formal and informal means of observation and assessment.

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The arrival of a baby whose development, physical or cognitive capacities are delayed or reflect disability can have a significant impact on the family. Many professionals across early childhood disciplines such as health, mental health, early intervention, and early childhood education play a key role in supporting the young child in reaching their optimal potential while also supporting the parents and family. Review and consider ways to identify developmental disorders and disabilities, provide early intervention, and foster family support and competence.

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Many children have had early traumatic experiences. They come into our lives and our programs with a variety of developmental needs. To provide appropriate and effective strategies and supports, professionals must understand the specific needs of the children and families they work with by incorporating a trauma-informed lens. Explore a healing-centered approach to care and consider its application in your practice with infants, young children, and their families. 

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Pregnancy and the birth of a child are significant markers in the life of not only the developing baby but the parents and family as well. This includes thinking about the “imagined child” (the prospective parent dreams about) and the actual baby that comes into their life, as well as the imagined parent (how they dream about and anticipate they will parent) and the development of the actual parental identity. Explore and consider key concepts around development, identity, and issues surrounding complicated pregnancies, prematurity, and loss.

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During the earliest months and years of life, the architecture of the brain is being built at an unparalleled rate in response to nurturing early experiences. Gain a fundamental understanding of infant and early childhood development from birth through 5 years old. Explore multiple domains of development such as physical, motor, perceptual, cognitive, communication and language development, with a focus on social-emotional development, as the foundation for all development. Consider how development unfolds in infants and young children and recognize indicators of developmental delays or possible disorders in addition to milestones of typical development.

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Reflective supervision and consultation (RS/C) pay attention to the influence of relationships on other relationships, commonly referred to as the parallel process. The goal of RS/C is to provide support for professionals that demonstrates the ways in which they, too, can create more effective and supportive relationships with other professionals and families. RS/C empowers the supervisor/supervisee or consultant/consultee dyad to form a reflective alliance in which exploration of ambiguity is supported; judgment and problem-solving are suspended; and emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are considered in relation to their work. This “holding space” can be a vehicle for the exploration and self-examination of one’s social location and points of intersectionality with respect to keeping the baby in mind, understanding the family story, and attending to one’s professional “use-of-self"—both of which require intentional and transparent attention. Explore the important components of RS/C, learn key skills associated with RS/C, and consider opportunities to integrate RS/C into your scope of work.

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A child’s brain undergoes an amazing period of development from birth to three—producing more than a million neural connections each second. This session provides participants with an understanding of how brain development occurs within the context of relationships in infancy and early childhood. Participants will explore key concepts such as “mind-sight,” “serve & return,” experience dependency and expectancy, as they relate to neural development. Participants will learn how the limbic system and executive functioning are mediated through relationships and experience. Finally, participants will examine the impact of trauma and toxic stress on brain development.

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The field of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) is relatively new, having its roots in the early 20th century. We know that IECMH provides the foundation for lifelong health and well-being. IECMH continues to build and expand through a growing body of empirical evidence, clinical practice, and real-life application. Explore a wide range of factors such as individual child characteristics, caregiver attunement, and environmental context, and how these factors may influence the child’s mental health and brain development as described through the perspective of a new parent. Gain a better understanding of the mental health needs of infants, toddlers, and young children and their families, and strategies for supporting them.

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In this webinar, speakers will discuss the importance of IECMH and highlight approaches that have successfully connected immigrant and refugee families with beneficial and culturally relevant services. Featuring recommendations from a MPI policy brief being released that day, the discussion will explore opportunities to expand the accessibility and responsiveness of IECMH services to immigrant communities.

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Join partners from across early childhood, health & behavioral health, education and special education, advocacy, and philanthropy to build a shared VISION and PLAN for early childhood social-emotional health and to ensure all children are included in education and care.  

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Location: Portland State University Campus:

Smith Memorial Student Union - 3rd Floor Ballroom

1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201

PTR-YC is a model of intervention for young children with the most persistent and severe challenging behaviors. It is designed to help providers implement assessment and intervention strategies with a high level of fidelity, leading to improved effectiveness. This intensive workshop requires prerequisite knowledge.

This is a free, virtual training. Space is limited!

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