It Takes A Village: Collaborating to Build a Trauma Responsive School Designation
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It Takes A Village: Collaborating to Build a Trauma Responsive School Designation
This course is offered at no cost to participants, with a suggested donation of $25-100 to support our work to prevent violence and promote safer communities. For those requesting CE credits, there is a charge of $35.
When:
January 21, 2022
10am-12:30pm EST
2 Continuing Education Credit offered for LCSW, LMHC & LMFT
*Florida License Only
Certificate of completion available upon request to be self-reported to other boards. The Melissa Institute cannot guarantee credits for other boards.
2 Credits for Psychologists
About:
Over the past decade, mental health professionals have promoted awareness of trauma responsive schools. Despite a plethora of training offerings, there is not a consensus on training content, method of delivery or training effectiveness. Similarly, there is little operationalization of the mechanics of trauma responsive schools. This presentation describes a collaborative effort to address this lack of consensus and to build a shared definition with operationalized metrics that diverse stakeholders can agree upon for Illinois. Presenters will share unique contributions to this process and provide an example to other states who may wish to pursue a similar path.
Learning Objectives:
Participant will be able to:
- Articulate the importance of working toward operationalizing the definition and emerging best practices for trauma responsive schools (TRS).
- Identify rationale for engaging multiple stakeholders in development of TRS including school and district level educators, school and community clinicians, community members and parents, and state/regional educational agencies.
- Discuss important considerations when structuring a statewide Trauma Responsive Schools Designation.
Presenter:
Colleen Cicchetti, Ph.D.
Dr. Colleen Cicchetti is the Executive Director of Center for Childhood Resilience (CCR), a Clinical Psychologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and an Associate Professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Cicchetti has over 30 years of experience in hospital, outpatient and community settings. She is passionate about and committed to addressing health disparities and decreasing exposure to violence and trauma for children and families through innovative, healing-centered public health strategies and multidisciplinary collaboration. Throughout her career, Dr. Cicchetti has focused on connecting children with the mental health services they need; equipping providers with effective programming; and identifying new evidence-based interventions that address the emerging mental health needs of children and youth. In 2004, Dr. Cicchetti founded CCR (formerly Community Linked Mental Health Services Program) to promote system change to reduce health disparities and promote mental health and wellness where kids live, learn and play. Through training, education, and outreach to school professionals, community agencies, city leaders and caregivers, CCR promotes increased access to high-quality mental health services for children and adolescents across Illinois and nationwide.
In addition, Dr. Cicchetti serves in leadership roles in numerous statewide advocacy groups, including Clinical Director of the Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition, Governor Appointed Member to the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership Executive Committee and Co-Chair of their School-Age Practices and Policies Committee, and Steering Committee member of the Partnership for Resilience. She is a leader in several citywide initiatives including Chicago Department of Public Health’s Chicago Council for Mental Health Equity committee, Mayor’s Recovery Task Force’s Mental and Emotional Health committee, Mayor’s Office Violence Prevention Advisory committee, Mayor Elect’s Better Together Chicago Health and Human Services Transition committee and Co-Chair of Mental Health and Wellness Subcommittee Mayor’s Office One Chicago Initiative. Dr. Cicchetti also serves on Sesame Street in Communities’ Advisory Board on Community Violence and is an invited expert for the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities Initiative group. She is a Scientific Advisory Board Member of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment. She serves as an Executive Committee Member to the School Health Access Collaborative (SHAC). Dr. Cicchetti has provided testimony at federal, state and city levels on behalf of children and families and has contributed to federal and state legislation that addresses the critical need for building awareness, prevention and intervention strategies for children who experience trauma in Chicago and throughout the nation.
Dr. Cicchetti has been the recipient of awards from multiple agencies and philanthropic organizations. Most recently, she received the 2019 Tribute to Achievement Award from Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, the 2018 Chicago Humanitarian Award by UNICEF USA, and 2018 Public Educator of the Year by the National Alliance on Mental Illness - Chicago (NAMI).
Dr. Cicchetti received her Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University, a Master of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Doctorate in clinical psychology from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Presenter:
Mashana Smith, Ph.D.
Dr. Mashana Smith is a Psychologist and Mental Health Consultant with Lurie Children’s Center for Childhood Resilience (CCR) and an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Mashana joined the Center for Childhood Resilience in 2019. She has over 20 years of experience in clinical and community psychology. Over the course of her career, Dr. Smith's professional interests have centered on urban children’s mental health and schoolbased mental health, with a particular focus on exposure to trauma, the intersection between racial inequality and trauma and trauma responsive school policy and practices. Within the Center for Childhood Resilience, Dr. Smith’s current activities focus on both the development and sustainability of trauma-sensitive school districts in the state of Illinois.
Dr. Smith’s clinical interests extend into both education and mental health advocacy and policy. Currently, she is a member of several boards and stakeholder groups. She serves on the University of Chicago Community Advisory Board and the Youth Guidance Board of Directors.
Dr. Smith received her B.A. degree from Hampton University, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in Clinical Community Psychology from DePaul University. She completed her postdoctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and was a National Institute for Mental Health Prevention Research in Urban Children’s Mental Health fellow.
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The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention & Treatment is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention & Treatment maintains responsibility for this program and its content.