Upcoming Public Speaking Engagements
- October 19, 2024: “What To Do When Climate Change Scares You: Strategies for Supporting Children ages 6-12 in the Clinic and Classroom” with Leslie Davenport, MFT and the Climate Psychology Alliance – North America
Recent Public Speaking Engagements
- September 10, 2024: “Nature Education and Climate Resilience in Early Childhood” Sonoma County 4C’s
- August 28, 2024: “Caring for Ourselves and Our Children in this Changing Climate” workshop for parents and caregivers with the Child-Parent Institute, Sonoma County CA
- August 12, 2024: “An Introduction to Climate Emotions for Educators” Rohnert Park-Cotati USD Staff Development Day
- July 31, 2024: “Climate Justice, Community Resilience and Early Childhood Mental Health” Zero to Three Learn Conference Long Beach CA
- July 29 and August 27, 2024: “The Climate Aware Clinician: Integrating climate mental health into clinical practice with children, youth, and families” CEU workshop with the Child-Parent Institute, Sonoma County CA
- February 24, 2024: “Understanding the Impact of Climate Trauma on Children in Foster and Kinship Care” with Evelia LaCalle for Child Parent Institute
- January 30, 2024: “Parenting in the Climate Crisis: Self Care, Connections and Support” webinar with Anya Kamanetz, Elizabeth Bechard and Liz Hurtado
- November 11, 2023: “Climate Change and Psychological Resilience” for Sonoma County Conservation Action
- October 25, 2023: “Climate Change Resilience: Strengthening Community for Vulnerable Families” for Prevent Child Abuse Sonoma County
- September 26, 2023: “Climate Change Resilience and Early Childhood Mental Health” for First 5 Sonoma County
- August 4, 2023: “Trauma Informed Care Training Series: Trauma-Informed Practices for Early Childhood Educators” for CAP Sonoma
- May 31, 2023: “Having Children in a Climate Crisis” panel discussion – with Dr. Britt Wray, Dr. Jade Sasser, Elizabeth Bechard, Maksim Batuyev and Vicki Lean
- October 13, 2022: “Treating the Psychological Effects of Climate Change” with Elizabeth Allured, PsyD for the JFCS Child Training Institute
Additional Past Public Speaking Engagements
- April 7-May 5, 2022: “Trauma Informed Care Training Series: Trauma-Informed Practices for Early Childhood Educators” for Catholic Charities Santa Rosa
- April 5, 2022: “Developmental Trauma: The Impact of Community Violence on Young Children” for the Hanna Institute Summit Radical Resolve – Disrupting Systemic Violence through Trauma Informed Care
- June 23, 2021: “Trauma Informed Practices and Resiliency Building for Early Childhood” with Julie Kurtz and the Center for Optimal Brain Integration
- May 27, 2021: “3-Part Trauma Responsive and Healing Engaged Series” with Julie Kurtz and the Center for Optimal Brain Integration
- May 19 & 20, 2021: “Maternal Mental Health: Addressing the Impact of ACEs, Toxic Stress and Intergenerational Trauma” for Hanna Institute with Allison Murphy, MFT
- January 26-February 21, 2021: “Trauma Informed Care Training Series: Trauma-Informed Practices for Early Childhood Educators”
- January 11, 2018: SCOE Restorative Culture Collaborative: “Mindfulness and Co-regulation”
- November 8, 2017: SCOE Restorative Culture Collaborative: “Towards Trauma Informed Schools” with Michele Rogers, Ph.D
- September 28, 2017: Sonoma County Early Childhood Mental Health Summit: “ACEs in the Perinatal Period: Implications for Bonding and Attachment” with Allison Murphy, MFT
- July 13, 2017: Sonoma County Behavioral Health Youth Mental Health Forum: “Adversity, Resilience and Early childhood Neurodevelopment”
- June 13 and 21, 2017: SRJC Foster and Kinship Programs: “Healing Relationships: Promoting Resiliency in the Face of Toxic Stress”
- October 22, 2016: Professional Association of Childhood Educators – Annual Education Conference: “Adverse Childhood Experiences. The Impact of Toxic Stress in Early Childhood”
- September 26, 2016: Sonoma State University – Emotional Development and Mental Health: “Complex Developmental Trauma: The Consequences of Toxic Stress in Early Childhood”
- September 6, 2016: Sonoma State University Nursing Program: “Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Health Consequences of Toxic Stress in Childhood”
- June 25, 2016: Postpartum Support International Annual Conference – “Neurodevelopment and Primary Relationships: Mitigating the PMAD Impact”
- June 6, 2016: Sonoma County Office of Education: Special Education – “Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Impact of Toxic Stress in Early Childhood”
- June 2, 2016: Sonoma County Office of Education – “ACEs and Behavior in the Classroom”
- March 4, 2016: Sonoma County Office of Education Childcare Planning Council – “ACES and the Developing Brain”
- October 23, 2015: TLC Family and Children’s Services – “Trauma Informed Parenting for Foster Parents”
- October 7, 2015: Thrive Center for Birth and Family Wellness – A CEU Course for birth workers: “Screening For Perinatal Mood Disorders” with Lily Rossman. To register, go to www.thrivebirth.com or call 707-387-2088
- September 13, 2015: Sonoma State University Nursing Program: “Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Health Consequences of Toxic Stress in Childhood”
- August 25, 2015: Panelist at the Sonoma County Family Youth and Children’s Services showing of “Paper Tigers”
- August 13-14 2015: Santa Rosa City Schools Public Development Days – “ACEs and the Classroom: Creating Trauma Informed Schools”