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Feb
26
9:00 AM09:00
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Student Voice Toolkit

  • Kalamazoo RESA Service Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Course Description:

.Creating a space where students feel a sense of belonging and community is important. As educators, we already find ways to create this space in many ways. And, giving students opportunities to use their voice and provide input into what happens in their classroom or building is a powerful way to bring students together as a community. This workshop will introduce participants to a deeper understanding of what youth voice can look like, why it benefits students and educators alike, and how you might begin to integrate deeper youth voice into your classroom, building and/or district.

Sponsor:
Kalamazoo RESA

Contact Information:
Phil VanOrman
269-250-9210

philip.vanorman@kresa.org

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Dec
11
to Feb 13
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Introduction to Restorative Practices

  • Kalamazoo RESA Service Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Course Description:

.This workshop is designed to introduce you to the core concepts of Restorative PAractices that can be utilized in interpersonal relationships, in teh classroom and in larger systems. These practices can help educators build an environment that centers relationship, learning and engagement.

Sponsor:
Kalamazoo RESA

Contact Information:
Phil VanOrman
269-250-9210

philip.vanorman@kresa.org

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Oct
8
to Mar 11
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The Inclusion Blueprint: Designing Classrooms Where Everyone Thrives (Essential Neurodiversity Strategies)

  • Kalamazoo RESA Service Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Course Description:

Join us for a comprehensive professional learning cohort designed to equip district teams with the knowledge and skills necessary to create inclusive learning environments for neurodivergent learners through a strength-based lens. Through a combination of the TEACCH framework, START content, and other related evidence-based strategies, participants will gain an understanding of neurodiversity and its implications and considerations for teaching and learning. This professional learning will focus on evidence-based strategies and best practices for fostering an inclusive culture; as well as systemic and structural approaches where students feel valued, supported, and empowered to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

Course Link:
https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0038-0031-da48f538ab6943bb89afaff9e3ef556d
CE Value (credits): 3

Sponsor:
Kalamazoo RESA

Contact Information:
Phil VanOrman
269-250-9210

philip.vanorman@kresa.org

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Sep
25
to Mar 12
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Empowering Journeys: Cultivating Mental Wellness in Immigrant & Refugee Youth

  • Kalamazoo RESA Service Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Course Description:

.This in-person series provides a shared inquiry and learning space for mental health practitioners to build collective capacity for engaging with immigrant and refugee populations. Throughout the series, learners will investigate the varying circumstances through which new arrivals enter the country and the socioemotional impact of these. While investigating our internal cultural frames and how this impacts our interactions with clients, we will also build foundational knowledge of the cultures joining our community. Building on this knowledge, participants will gain strategies to navigate cultural differences, overcome language barriers, build resilience, and to address the core stressors that immigrant and refugee populations face.

Course Link:
https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?
CE Value (credits): 10

Sponsor:
Kalamazoo RESA

Contact Information:
Phil VanOrman
269-250-9210

philip.vanorman@kresa.org

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Nov
10
9:00 AM09:00
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Professional Ethics for the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Professional

Course Description:

This course will provide an overview of issues surrounding professional ethics for Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors and Substance use Disorder professionals. Topics include ethical decision making models, understanding professional versus personal ethics, understanding professional codes of ethics and resolving ethical dilemmas. The use of case study examples will be reviewed and discussed.

Course Link:
https://noncredit.gvsu.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=SOWK00010725

CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard, Ethics

Grand Valley State University

Contact Information:
Lauren Fodor
616-331-7180
learn@gvsu.edu

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Nov
9
9:00 AM09:00
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Innovations in Mental Health

Course Description:

Service development innovation in health technology and practice is viewed as a pressing need within the field of mental health yet is relatively poorly understood. Health service providers are increasingly seeking new ways of working to improve quality by increasing cost-effectiveness and encouraging innovation in technologies and practices. The implementation of these innovations and improvements has also become an important focus for current healthcare research. Improved outcomes relating to wellness are directly tied to mental health and exposure to innovation is key to our evolving nderstanding.

Course Link:
https://form.jotform.com/232396335969168
CE Value (credits): 6
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
MORC, Inc.

Contact Information:
Robyn Frantz
586-292-5825
ekiefer@eastersealsmorc.org

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Nov
3
9:00 AM09:00
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Growing Attachment Through a Play-Based Lens

Course Description:

Growing Attachment through a Play Based Lens is a hands on and interactive training. Together, we will learn how attachment impacts brain development. Additionally, strategies and tools to support the growth of attachment through intentional play will be shared. Using growth attachment strategies, through intentional play, children, families and their natural supports will experience an increase in stability, safety and love.

Course Link:
https://noncredit.gvsu.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=SOWK00010704

CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Grand Valley State University

Contact Information:
Lauren Fodor
616-331-7180
learn@gvsu.edu

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Oct
27
9:00 AM09:00
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What if We Could Talk About Anything: Hope for Meaningful Conversation in a Divided World

Course Description:

Is there hope for coming together in our increasingly divided world? This workshop will focus on how to develop practices for engaging people across various kinds of divides. Several circle formats will be presented from the field of restorative practices, which have a proven track record of use in many different contexts to cultivate curiosity, build empathy and promote meaningful conversation across issues that divide us. The workshop will be interactive, with opportunity to practice what we are learning.

Course Link:
https://noncredit.gvsu.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=SOWK00010703

CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Grand Valley State University

Contact Information:
Lauren Fodor
616-331-7180
learn@gvsu.edu

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Oct
17
8:30 AM08:30
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ARA CARY - How Relational Neuroscience Reframes Children's Mental Health

Course Description:

Advances in relational neuroscience has created a new paradigm for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of children’s mental health concerns. This day-long conference will integrate key concepts from interpersonal neurobiology, polyvagal theory, and the neurosequential model of therapeutics. Attendees will leave with a new framework for conceptualizing their child client’s symptoms and behaviors that will increase clinician competency and decrease burn-out.

Course Link:

https://noncredit.gvsu.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=SOWK00040002
CE Value (credits): 6
CE Type: Standard

Grand Valley State University

Contact Information:
Lauren Fodor
616-331-7180
learn@gvsu.edu

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