The Portland Institute

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Mental Health Professionals, Early Childhood Educators, Early Intervention Providers, Maternal Child Health Providers, Infant Mental Health Specialists, Doulas, Midwives and Foster Parents are invited to participate in an important training this summer in Portland Maine!

Hand in Hand’s Parenting by Connection: In the Clinic, the Classroom and at Home
Friday August 12, 2016, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Are you a mental health provider, early childhood educator, or allied professional who would like to offer some effective connection-based parenting tools to the families you work with? Parenting by Connection is an attachment-based, trauma-informed program that offers parents and other caregivers a set of concrete tools to foster strong connections with children while managing high emotions and handling challenging behaviors.

This workshop makes use of in-depth case studies and engaging experiential exercises to illustrate how the Parenting by Connection Program can be incorporated into different professional settings and how parents can bring these tools home to complement the work you are doing in the office, clinic, or classroom.

No experience with the Parenting by Connection program is necessary, but if you have already taken the Professionals Intensive in Parenting by Connection we would like to extend a special welcome. This workshop would be a great way to see the Parenting by Connection model in action in a variety of settings and to connect with other professionals who are incorporating these tools into their practice.

Faculty: Maya Coleman, PhD Clinical Psychology, MA Special Education & Learning Disabilities; Judith Wides, MA Expressive Arts Therapies, MEd School & Counseling Psychology and Child & Family Studies, LMFT

Cost: $50

Location:
Abromson Community Education Center
The University of Southern Maine
88 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04101

The conference center is fully accessible with free parking in an attached garage. The campus can be easily reached by public transportation.

For more information contact Maya Coleman at [email protected] or visit our website at www.theportlandinstitute.com.

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This summer's workshop in Hand in Hand's Parenting by Connection will train early childhood educators and mental health providers in a trauma-informed parenting program that strengthens parent-child connectedness (the most important buffer against the effects of adverse early experiences). To understand how critical this is, take a look at Nadine Burke Harris ' riveting TED Talk, and then join us to be trained in some concrete and effective tools to help children heal from the effects of these early challenges.

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Early childhood educators are invited to participate in an engaging training opportunity this summer in beautiful Portland, Maine!

The Mentally Healthy Preschool Classroom
Friday August 5, 2016, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

The mentally healthy preschool classroom, like the family, is built upon the co-regulation of emotion and cognition between adults and children within the context of strong attachment relationships. By examining the developmental course of self-regulation skills with a focus on the sensory systems, executive functions and attachment relationships, we will gain greater appreciation for the choreography that emerges between teachers and students in the journey toward self-regulation. This workshop is highly experiential and participants will explore a wide range of tools from the fields of expressive arts therapy and mindfulness meditation.

Faculty: Judith Wides, MA Expressive Arts Therapies, MEd School & Counseling Psychology and Child & Family Studies, LMFT; Maya Coleman, PhD Clinical Psychology, MA Special Education & Learning Disabilities

Cost: $50

Location:
Abromson Community Education Center
The University of Southern Maine
88 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04101

The conference center is fully accessible with free parking in an attached garage. The campus can be easily reached by public transportation.

For more information contact Judith Wides at [email protected] or visit our website at www.theportlandinstitute.com.

The Portland Institute — For Innovations in Early Childhood Mental Health The Portland Institute sponsors a series of week-long summer workshops for mental health professionals and early childhood educators in beautiful Portland, Maine. Join us to explore innovative programs in childhood mental health, be inspired by thought leaders in the field, and collaborate with coll…