RESILIENCE RISING - Virtual Conference
Monday, November 2, 2020 from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
JOIN US FOR A FREE REGION-WIDE CONFERENCE ON TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE -
ALL ARE WELCOME!

RESILIENCE RISING is targeted to educators, service providers, treatment professionals, parents, and community members interested in building more trauma-informed and resilient communities. 

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Adverse Child Experiences (ACEs) are early traumas that affect brain development and that can lead to serious physical, mental, and emotional issues. Keynote Speaker California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris will focus on ACEs, toxic stress, and her initiative, ACES Aware, to significantly reduce the prevalence of ACEs. 

Guest Speaker Calaveras Health Officer Dr. Dean Kelaita will address more specifically the impact of ACEs within the perspective of our rural community, offering a baseline from which local multi-agency collaboration can grow resilience within our homes, agencies, and schools.

Afternoon workshops led by local experts will be offered in three different tracks: Parents, Treatment Professionals, and Educators. Break times will offer mindfulness, yoga, and regulation activities.

You are welcome to join any or all of the conference, as your schedule allows.

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS 9:00 - 10:00 AM 
Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Adversity
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP  
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is an award-winning physician, researcher and advocate dedicated to changing the way our society responds to one of the most serious, expensive and widespread public health crises of our time: childhood trauma.  She was appointed as California’s first-ever Surgeon General by Governor Gavin Newsom in January 2019. 

GUEST SPEAKER 10:15 - 11:15 AM 
Local Effects and Perspectives of Childhood Trauma
Dr. Dean Kelaita, MD, MPH
Calaveras County has higher rates of chronic disease and poorer health outcomes than many other regions of California. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are becoming more clearly associated with a variety of chronic medical health problems later in life and adulthood. Dr. Kelaita’s presentation will explore ACEs and health outcomes in a rural California population.

TREATMENT PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION 12:00 - 1:00 PM 
From Evaluation to Curiosity: the Tip of the Iceberg with Traumatized Children
Arlyn Osborne, LMFT
Arlyn Osborne is a ‘Trauma Therapist’ at The Center For A Non Violent Community, a trauma-informed non-profit in Tuolumne County. She works with children, teens, and adults who have experienced traumas that range from single incident to chronic life-long abuse. She is passionate about empowering her clients to heal from trauma and build resilience they can call on in the face of future or ongoing trauma or adversities.

PARENT PRESENTATION 12:00 - 1:00 PM 
ACES or HEARTS? Understand Everyday ACEs Impacts and Grow Resilience in Yourself and Kids
Karen Pekarcik, LCSW
Karen's path has long been impacted and informed by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma, resulting in a personal and professional career promoting resilience in children, families and communities. As a clinician with Sierra Child & Family Services--Calaveras Karen supports the intensive mental health needs of children, youth and families with home, school and foster family services. She is also a member of the team preparing to implement Wellness in Schools for elementary school children, families and teams in Calaveras County.

TREATMENT PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION 1:15 - 2:15 PM 
Housing, Healing, Hope - A Trauma Informed Response to Homelessness
Mark Dyken
This presentation will explore the connection between childhood trauma, poverty and homelessness.  We'll take a look at how responding with a trauma informed approach allows us to work on the root cause of poverty and focus on solutions that restore human dignity and potential.

PARENT PRESENTATION 1:15 - 2:15 PM 
Supporting Child Resiliency During Times of Stress
Denise Combs, LMFT 
Denise is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, specializing in work with children who have trauma histories. She has found the most effective approaches with children and families to be The Nurtured Heart Approach and Trust-Based Relational Intervention. She is a Certified Advanced Trainer of The Nurtured Heart Approach.

PARENT PRESENTATION 2:30 - 3:30 PM 
Strengthening Families, Schools and Community Through the 5 Protective Factors 
Maggie Rollings
Ms. Rollings and her husband made their forever family with their children who came to them through the foster care system. As a parent, school board member and appointee to the council for Prevent Child Abuse Calaveras, she has sought and shared resources for trauma-informed parenting, school practices and strengthening our community. The Strengthening Families 5 Protective Factors are the tools to build the capacity to meet the stress life brings and build the healthy relationships we want in our family, schools and community.

TREATMENT PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION 2:30 - 3:30 PM 
In the Best Interest of the Children
Sharon (Sunny) Sands, LCSW & Cathy Boyle, PhD, PNP-BC, AFN-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P
Ms. Sands has worked: Planning and implementation of juvenile sex offender treatment programs; 18 years in the Department of Corrections as a Psychiatric Social Worker in Adult Corrections and as a Casework Specialist and Supervising Casework Specialist in DJJ focusing on the violent, mentally ill youth programs; trauma therapist with victims of crime both in private practice and non-profit agencies.