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Explore timely topics, gain insights from content experts, and earn PDUs to advance your career. Don’t miss these impactful learning opportunities!
Explore timely topics, gain insights from content experts, and earn PDUs to advance your career. Don’t miss these impactful learning opportunities!

This presentation will provide participants with: 1. an overview of definitions and prevalence of child maltreatment; 2. signs of maltreatment; 3. important factors in the assessment of child maltreatment and; 4. factors promoting day-to-day resilience in maltreated youth.

Join Laura Breau, M.A., CCLS, CIMI-2, as she shares practical tools and tips to support Autistic children and youth during health care experiences.

In 1996, Klass, Silverman, and Nickman shed light on an important bereavement concept in the book Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief. Their work questioning linear models of grief that are supposed to lead to things like acceptance, detachment, and new life suggested a paradigm in which it is normal for the bereaved to continue their bond with the deceased. This webinar will review the theory and research surround children’s normal grief reactions and grief/re-grief across developmental stages. It will offer practical tools for applying continuing bonds theory to both direct work with children, as well working with families to lay a foundation and framework for coping with grief as a family unit in the coming months and years.

This webinar will promote an understanding of MAID, what it is, how it works, and the idea of dying with dignity. This can be a challenging issues that can lead to confusion, fear and worry within a family. Participants will explore their own views/biases/worries and develop concrete strategies for difficult conversations with children and families. In addition, participant will learn how to address misconceptions, conflicts and worries family members face as they prepare for MAID. Together, we will explore how open and honest communication can lead to families experiencing a healthy and positive end of life journey with a loved one.

A 60 minute workshop on the power of breath and tapping. Join Christina Papaevangelou as she discusses breathing, shares breathing practices and guides you through the power of tapping. Christina is a Certified Mindset Coach, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Hypnosis Practitioner, as well as a Reiki Master Energy Healer and passionate Instructor of Yoga. Through the transformative power of movement, breath, energetics, and unique modalities that work with the subconscious mind, Christina helps people reclaim their confidence, find inner-peace, and experience an empowered sense of Self — mind, body and spirit. IG Handle: @christinarose.co

Explore legacy story mapping with Tami Ross. A 60-90 min workshop exploring four story mapping tools to help you reveal your stories' plot points. Driven by a deep curiosity to hear all the stories, Tami is bringing the secrets of filmmaking to personal storytelling. Raised on community lore and great conversation she has witnessed the powerful and lasting connections sharing our stories offer. Her fun interactive workshops break down the same steps Tami has used to produce films from Hawai'i to Dubai by exploring memories and creating a map to outline the stories we want to share. Website: www.wildsprucemedia.com @wildsprucemedia

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