THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2022
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. PT (view in your time zone)
August 4th is almost here! We’re so looking forward to our collective book study focused on integration and application for early childhood educators, organization and system leaders.
The book we’ll be exploring together is Trauma-Responsive Practices for Early Childhood Leaders: Creating and Sustaining Healing Engaged Organizations (2021).
You have access to this page because you registered for the now-canceled Trauma Informed ECE Community of Practice and Institutes.
We invite you to re-register using the link on this page by August 2nd, if you plan on joining us.
The former Zoom link we created for the now-canceled community of practice will not be used.
You must re-register in order to receive materials, communications, and to join us on August 4th.
Date: August 4, 2022
Time: 3:00 pm PT - 5:00 pm PT (view in your time zone)
On Thursday, we’ll come together with text in hand to hear from one another and to bring our own ideas, reflections and thoughts. This is a participatory session (not an instructional webinar!) so please be prepared to have access to your microphone and, if available to you during this time, be on video.
This book study is only open to those who have read or are reading the book! If you don’t have the book, please order it ASAP and start reading to be able to join us on August 4th.
Our session facilitators
Rissa Scott, Childcare Coordinator/Trauma Trainer & Coach with Child Action, Inc. – Resource & Referral Agency, Northern California
Rissa Scott has worked with young children in a variety of capacities for over 25 years including involvement in the home education community, volunteer community groups, as a transitional kindergarten teacher and as preschool teacher working in an inclusion program with children with autism. She is currently working as a Childcare Coordinator at Child Action, Inc. where she provides technical assistance, develops and presents trauma training, coaching and quality consultation to family childcare and center providers.
She enjoys developing relationships with providers and supporting them in strengthening their skills in best practices and promoting positive experiences with children. Rissa is married and has 3 adult children and a dog that is like a 4th child! When she isn't working, she can be found engaging in self-care which includes reading books on resilience, working on a variety of writing projects and baking all things from scratch!
Oriana Ides, School Mental Health Training Specialist with the Pacific Southwest MHTTC
Oriana Ides is a School Mental Health Training Specialist for the Pacific Southwest MHTTC, who approaches healing the wounds of trauma and oppression as core elements of social justice. She has worked with young people across life course from elementary school to college, and has served as teacher-leader, school counselor, classroom educator and program director. Oriana is committed to generating equity within school structures and policies by focusing on evidence-based mental health techniques and institutional design.
Leora Wolf-Prusan, School Mental Health Field Director with the Pacific Southwest MHTTC
Leora Wolf-Prusan serves as the School Mental Health field director for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), in addition to many other facilitation projects. Previous roles include a national field director of a SAMHSA initiative (ReCAST) and technical assistance for the Student Mental Health Program for California’s Community Colleges, CalWORKs, and more. With years of training and facilitating learning and community building in schools p-16, Leora is skilled in facilitation, human learning design, training, and coaching. She is dedicated to work focused on educator mental health, wellness, and trauma-informed approaches to education and operates through a framework in which public health, social work, and education intersect. Leora's research examined the impact of student death on teachers, what factors contribute to teachers building resiliency, and what supports teachers need from the school system in the event of a student homicide or other traumas. She received a BA in international relations and a BA in Spanish with a minor in Social and Ethnic Relations from the University of California, Davis; a teaching credential from Mills College; and an EdD in educational leadership from the University of California, Los Angeles.
