Cobb Collaborative Events: Week of October 11

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Here is a look at upcoming events with Cobb Collaborative:

Tuesday, October 12:

Trauma 101: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Children, 9:00AM – 12:30PM

Our work to help Cobb become a trauma-informed community continues! This excellent training from the Child Welfare Training Collaborative will provide participants with foundational knowledge about child trauma and child traumatic stress. The training focuses on the impact of complex trauma on behavior and development, and helps participants identify strategies for working in a school setting with children who have experienced trauma.

Topics Covered

Child Trauma: Definitions and Types of Trauma
How Trauma affects Children and Youth
Overview of Impact of Trauma on the Brain
Managing Physical and Psychological Safety for Children
Enhancing  Child Well-being and Resilience

Three CEU hours are provided for the following: MSW (core), LPC and LMFT (related), DECAL/BFTS, FVIP, POST, Babies Can’t Wait Project SCEIs in Area I | Children and Families – Birth to 8 CEUs, and Nursing.

Brain 101: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Brain Development, 1:30 – 5:00PM

As we continue the work to create a trauma-informed community, this course offered by the Child Welfare Training Collaborative will provide participants with foundational knowledge about how adversity and trauma can impact brain development.

The workshop introduces brain architecture and early brain development in children and focuses on the impact of adverse experiences and child trauma on the brain.

Topics Covered

Adversity & Trauma and the Impact on Brain Development
Brain Systems
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Brain Development
Resilience and Brain Development

Three CEU hours are provided for the following: MSW (core), LPC and LMFT (related), DECAL/BFTS, FVIP, POST, Babies Can’t Wait Project SCEIs in Area I | Children and Families – Birth to 8 CEUs, and Nursing.

Thursday, October 14:

Workforce Partners Council, 9:00-10:30AM

Bi-monthly opportunity where community business, government and nonprofit leaders meet to discuss, learn and network around issues impacting the unemployed and under-employed in Cobb.