This workshop will award 6.0 CE clock hours for professional counselors. It was not reviewed for NBCC credits.
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Understanding Trauma: Unlocking The Brain To Understand Deep Mental Scares And Pain (Childhood - Adulthood).
Healthy brain development is essential for realizing one’s full potential and for overall wellbeing. For children and youth who experience child abuse or neglect and associated trauma, brain development may be interrupted, leading to functional impairments. Ongoing maltreatment and continued exposure to violence can alter a child’s brain development and affect mental, emotional, and behavioral health into adulthood. Frontline child welfare workers and other professionals who work with this population are in a unique position to recognize developmental delays in children and youth and provide appropriate support services.
Using various types of teaching tools/instruments (e.g., music, video, case studies, games, role plays, etc.) participants completing this session will be exposed to multiple types of traumas and will be expected to analyze, apply, evaluate, and synthesize, the various types within the context of children, families, communities, and adults. More notably, this session will explore trauma in the context of cultural relativism, in addition to trauma in forensic settings (e.g., criminal justice). Finally, this session will address trauma as it relates to Black males and disadvantaged minority groups. This is an interactive session, participants will work in groups, complete mini assignments, and share personal and professional experiences throughout.
Fatherhood In The 21st Century: When Manhood - Meets Fatherhood.
There is no blueprint when it comes to parenting. Most parents develop their maternal skills through years of observing the trials-and-tribulations of their parents. Unfortunately, for many parents, the path to parenting is fraught with experiences of abuse, neglect, trauma, and a lack of positive role models. Seemingly, the impact of these negative experiences has the potential to cause dissociative dysfunctions among parents, and an inability to form positive attachments and relationships with children. For men, this issue is exacerbated. Fatherhood is a title that comes with great responsibility. Many men assuming the role of fatherhood are not prepared to assume the many responsibilities that are germane to this enormous 24/7 obligation. As a result, family members and even community members are apprehensive, with respect to engaging men in the parenting process.
Fatherhood is complex, there are many factors that impact a father’s ability to parent. Issues such as: relationship status with the mother(s), parental custody status, employment status, age of the father, past traumatic experiences, criminal history, childhood history, educational developmental level and history, history of addition and or substance use, history or previous exposure to domestic violence, socio-economic status, sexual identity development, and many other internal and external factors. Using various types of teaching tools/instruments (e.g., music, video, case studies, games, role plays, etc.) participants will explore the many complex roles of fatherhood and become familiar with theories and theoretical frameworks used to understand and support fathers from diverse backgrounds. To provide greater depth and clarity to the objectives of this session, participants will be asked to reflect on their parental styles and apply introspection to examine their beliefs and cultural biases. This is an interactive session, participants will work in groups, complete mini assignments, and share experiences throughout the session.
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