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REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connections-matter-tickets-68031958419



This workshop is for school personnel to understand the impact of trauma on a child's brain development and how to help children succeed.



Barbara Tucker, Adolescent Health Coordinator, Region 7 will present Connections Matter, a workshop to understand ACE's (adverse childhood experiences) and how trauma impacts brain development, resiliency and tools for schools to use to help children succeed.



Connections Matter is a community-based initiative that explores how the connections we make in life profoundly impact our brain's ability to grow and our own individual abilities to cope and thrive. Through this workshop, we educate on the intersecting topics of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), trauma, brain development, and resilience. We utilize an evidence-informed program, along with real-world and concrete examples, to demonstrate how ACEs adversely affect brain development and health outcomes - and how caring connections serve as a primary buffer in the negative effects of trauma. Connections Matter ultimately strives to promote the building of more resilient, compassionate, and trauma-informed communities - thus allowing all children and individuals to succeed.



A separate three (3) hour graduate course will be offered through Concord University for participants that want to enroll and complete follow up assignments. Registration for the Concord graduate class is $99 (to be paid separately at the workshop). Continuing education hours are pending for Social Work, Nursing, and LPC. Annual in-service hours are pending for law enforcement.



The maximum attendance for this workshop is 40. Lunch will be provided.



Please direct questions to Selina Vickers [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 304.663.3037

Schools or individuals wishing to pay registration fee by check or Purchase Order, contact Selina Vickers.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connections-matter-tickets-68031958419
Selina Vickers, MA, LSW
Adolescent Health Initiative Coordinator
SESC
214 N. Kanawha St.
Beckley, WV 25801
1-681-207-7110 or 1-681-207-7038  Ext 1120