Understanding the Impact of Neurodevelopmental Trauma Through an Infant Mental Health Lens

Dates: October 9, 2024

Meets: W from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Location: DCIH Room 102-104

COURSE: $30.00

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Course Description

This training will give an in-depth introduction to neurodevelopmental trauma and its impact on infants and young children including impacts on the developing brain, behaviors, and attachment. We will also explore what infant mental health is and the role it plays in working with families. This training will include discussion around how to work with dyads and assessing safety and readiness for relational work.

Course Level: Beginner

Objectives:

Participants will be able to identify at least 3 risk factors for neurodevelopmental trauma
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 ways in which neurodevelopmental trauma impacts a developing brain
Participants will be able to identify key signs of each attachment style
Participants will be able to identify 2 principles of infant mental health
Participants will be able to identify at least one sign that a dyad is not yet safe to do attachment work
Participants will be able to identify at least 3 strategies for scaffolding parent child interactions

Instructors

Ariana Berrios, LMSW, IMH-E®

Ariana Berrios has provided therapeutic services to children and their families for over 10 years. She has primarily served infants and children ages 0-6 and their caregivers with a focus on building strong relationships. Ariana's passion is working with children who have experienced foster care, adoption, and other disruptions of attachment and supporting their secure attachment to their caregivers in order to heal and thrive. She has education, training, and expertise in Infant Mental Health, attachment, adoption and foster care related issues, child development, neuro-developmental trauma, behaviors related to in utero substance exposure, and trauma-informed parenting.

Julie McGowan, LMSW, IMH-E®

Julie McGowan is trained and licensed as a Clinical Social Worker. She currently works as a therapist at HRA Psychological Services in Grand Rapids. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in social work. She is also endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Specialist. Her clinical interests focus on working with infants/young children and their families with attachment concerns and trauma histories. Julie brings over a decade of experience working with young children and families directly as well as providing trainings for parents and professionals to support their relationships and work with children. She also has been a licensed foster parent for the last 10 years which has given her the unique experience of bringing the education, tools, and strategies into her own home to support kids from hard places. Julie has a passion for her work and feels that it is an honor to walk along side children, families, and professionals in this journey.

Location

Devos Center for Interprofessional Health
Room 102-104
333 Michigan St NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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