Back to Care: Revisiting Self-Care and Wellbeing for Early Childhood Professionals

Set Two Standards, 3 - 6 hours, Presented by Alexis Tracy & Laura Nielson

Early childhood professionals are heroes and first responders, providing consistent and supportive care for children and families. Come celebrate your successes, recognize challenges to access self-care in the field, and discuss strategies for managing wellbeing from an equitable and anti-racist/anti-bias lens. We will add to our self-care toolboxes with interactive activities and conversations that remind us we are not alone.

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 Roots of Resilience: Nurturing Children’s Resilience Through a Trauma Lens 

Set Two CKC HGD PPLD UGB, 6 Hours, Presented by Emiko Goka-Dubose

This workshop begins with an introduction to nurturing resilience with young children and their families using a trauma-lens. Participants examine trauma, resilience, and how trauma affects children and families. Participants engage in self-reflection and application of acquired knowledge and lived experience.