THE SOURCE: TRAININGS & EVENTS

TRAININGS & EVENTS

Learning new information and skills is crucial to creating a community in which children, youth and families thrive. To help with this, we offer events and trainings. Many are done in partnership with other community organizations. Our training catalog lists dozens of free trainings available to those in Elkhart County who seek to support children’s mental health.
The SOURCE’s upcoming trainings and events are listed below. Recordings of selected trainings and events are available below. Recordings of Partnership for Children trainings can be found here.

MAY 23, 2023 – ACE Interface

JUNE 13, 2023 – PFC Foundational Training: What’s in Your Backpack?

JULY 13, 2023 – PFC Foundational Training: Adolescent Substance Use 

JULY 25, 2023 – ACE Interface

AUGUST 22, 2023 – ACE Interface

OCTOBER 24, 2023 – ACE Interface

NOVEMBER 28, 2023 – ACE Interface

Upcoming Trainings & Events

May 2023

PFC Foundational Training: Adult Attachment and Relationships

May 11, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 2.0

This virtual training will help people intentionally reflect on the role attachment plays in relationships.

Attendees will:

  1. Examine the implications of the adult attachment questions.
  2. Investigate the connection between adult maladaptive behaviors and early childhood adversity.
  3. Understand the difference between low reflective functioning and high reflective functioning and its implications in relationships.
  4. Develop skills to have a reflective stance in regards to behaviors in adults and children.

Presenter:

Stacey Gagnon, BSN, RN, is a foster mom, adoptive mom, blogger, educator, published children’s book author, a registered nurse, and an international speaker. She is the creator and Director of Trauma Lens Care where she provides training on traumainformed practices, substance abuse, and ACEs in schools, jails, and public forums. She co-founded Lost Sparrows, Inc to alleviate the flow of children into orphanages in Eastern Europe and provides training on the effects of trauma on children and families across the US and Europe.  

Register Here

ACE Interface

May 23, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

This presentation will be conducted virtually via Zoom.

In the 1990s, the CDC and Kaiser Permanente conducted a landmark study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). They discovered that ACEs and psychological trauma are the greatest indicators of later health, safety and opportunity outcomes over the lifespan.

During ACE Interface, a free, 2-hour presentation, you’ll learn:

  • more about the ACE Study
  • the impact of stress on the brain and nervous system and how that affects a person over the course of their life
  • ways to encourage and promote resilience in youth and adults so together we can create a healthier community

This training is appropriate for both mental health professionals and community members.

Register Here

June 2023

PFC Foundational Training: What’s in Your Backpack?

June 13, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 2.0

This virtual training will playfully explore life experiences as concrete items carried with us everywhere we go.

Attendees will:

  1. Gain awareness of the traumas they have experienced in their life journey and visualize them as “stones” in their “backpack”.
  2. Gain awareness of the resilience they have built in their life journey and have available in their “backpack”.
  3. Reflect and assess their need for self-care and identify what they would like to add to their “backpack”.
  4. Experience peer support and connection with other partners who work with children in the community.

Presenter:

Darlene Radcliff, LCSW, RPT-S, IMHM-C®, is an Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant and trauma-informed champion with The SOURCE. Darlene has over 20 years of experience working in the mental health field and providing supervision to others working in the mental health field.

Register Here

July 2023

PFC Foundational Training: Adolescent Substance Use

July 13, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 2.0

This virtual training will focus on substance use in adolescence and explore resources in the community. 

Attendees will:

  1. Be able to define addiction according to the medical or disease model
  2. Understand how the symptoms of a substance use disorder differ in children/youth and adults
  3. Be able to identify ASAM criteria that indicates the appropriate level of treatment for a substance use disorder
  4. Become aware of local resources that are available to address mental health and addiction needs

Presenter:

Heather Thompson, MSW, LCSW, is the Coordinator of Adolescent Addictions Services at Oaklawn. She has worked as a care-facilitator, wraparound facilitator, and therapist during her 9 years at Oaklawn. She is certified in TF-CBT, Moral Reconation Therapy, The Matric Model, and as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist. 

Register Here

ACE Interface

July 25, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

This presentation will be conducted virtually via Zoom.

In the 1990s, the CDC and Kaiser Permanente conducted a landmark study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). They discovered that ACEs and psychological trauma are the greatest indicators of later health, safety and opportunity outcomes over the lifespan.

During ACE Interface, a free, 2-hour presentation, you’ll learn:

  • more about the ACE Study
  • the impact of stress on the brain and nervous system and how that affects a person over the course of their life
  • ways to encourage and promote resilience in youth and adults so together we can create a healthier community

This training is appropriate for both mental health professionals and community members.

Register Here

August 2023

ACE Interface

August 22, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

This presentation will be conducted virtually via Zoom.

In the 1990s, the CDC and Kaiser Permanente conducted a landmark study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). They discovered that ACEs and psychological trauma are the greatest indicators of later health, safety and opportunity outcomes over the lifespan.

During ACE Interface, a free, 2-hour presentation, you’ll learn:

  • more about the ACE Study
  • the impact of stress on the brain and nervous system and how that affects a person over the course of their life
  • ways to encourage and promote resilience in youth and adults so together we can create a healthier community

This training is appropriate for both mental health professionals and community members.

Register Here

October 2023

ACE Interface

October 24, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

This presentation will be conducted virtually via Zoom.

In the 1990s, the CDC and Kaiser Permanente conducted a landmark study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). They discovered that ACEs and psychological trauma are the greatest indicators of later health, safety and opportunity outcomes over the lifespan.

During ACE Interface, a free, 2-hour presentation, you’ll learn:

  • more about the ACE Study
  • the impact of stress on the brain and nervous system and how that affects a person over the course of their life
  • ways to encourage and promote resilience in youth and adults so together we can create a healthier community

This training is appropriate for both mental health professionals and community members.

Register Here

November 2023

ACE Interface

November 28, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

This presentation will be conducted virtually via Zoom.

In the 1990s, the CDC and Kaiser Permanente conducted a landmark study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). They discovered that ACEs and psychological trauma are the greatest indicators of later health, safety and opportunity outcomes over the lifespan.

During ACE Interface, a free, 2-hour presentation, you’ll learn:

  • more about the ACE Study
  • the impact of stress on the brain and nervous system and how that affects a person over the course of their life
  • ways to encourage and promote resilience in youth and adults so together we can create a healthier community

This training is appropriate for both mental health professionals and community members.

Register Here

Blooming Amidst the Thorns:  Understanding and Responding to Children with Suicidal Thoughts

In this training, participants will learn:

  1.  How to recognize when a child is in crisis.
  2.  Key elements to a safety plan.
  3. How to support children in building resilience every day.

The SOURCE Data Consortium & Child Dashboard

The Elkhart County Child Dashboard is the first of its kind in the state of Indiana. Learn more about the dashboard and how it came to be in this 50 minute video.

Self-Care for Every Season

During this first community training offered by Together We ROCK, we focused on our top priority – YOU!  There is no one else in the world who can do the work you do in exactly the same wonderful way that you alone can do it.  We recognize this and value each unique individual that has committed their life to building safety and connection for the youngest and most vulnerable in our community.

Learn about six domains of self-care that we believe will bring more joy and peace to every season.  You will leave this training with a personalized self-care plan you choose to commit to using in all seasons – daily, occasionally, and in those crisis times. 

Need a Certificate of Attendance? Take a post-test here.