Community Workgroup Meeting1/8/15

Present: Joni Beck Brewer, Janet Mock, Brenda Douglas, Jenise Katalina, Marlene DeJesus, Bryarly Lehmann, Edwin Moralez, Diane Colucci-Hecht, Jessica Wozniak, Liz O’Gilvie

Updates on other workgroups

 Family workgroup is working on project that would play videos in pediatrician’s office that educates on how to build resilience and promotes having parent speak to pediatrician about toxic stress

 Policy workgroup is working on finding funding in order to create a position within the city that would oversee early education and resiliency in the city-an ambassador for young children. The individual would help programs make appropriate referrals, keep a database, and coordinate grants. Group is also looking at possibilities for preschool that was recently purchased by city.

Reminder of 2nd Learning Collaborative on January 23rd at Springfield College

 Snow date may no longer be a possibility. Liz did offer space at 280 Chestnut

Face 2 Face Time

 Will be unveiled during the 2nd Learning Collaborative

  • Core Committee is working on having the message trademarked
  • Liz suggested Ellen Freyman and will put Jenise & Joni in contact with her
  • Group discussed how this messaging campaign can be utilized to educate and involve parents in building resilience in young children

Project of Trainings on Toxic Stress/Building Resilience

 Jessica Wozniak with the Family Advocacy Center currently provides trainings on trauma

  • Trainings provided through SAMSA grant and UMass Worcester
  • Trainings have been facilitated for therapists, schools, DYS and the court system
  • Trainings are scheduled through word of mouth
  • Has other facilitators that are bilingual

 Train the Trainer

  • Jess will look into the possibility of a Train the Trainer w/ UMass so that these trainings can be brought back to group members organizations/agencies and done on a continuous basis
  • Suggested that maybe everyone trained makes a commitment of facilitating a certain number of trainings
  • Could there be self paced webinars provided to those that are trained in order to update them on changes in trainings and for ongoing support

 Trainings for Parents

  • May be helpful to have some from an agency trained through Train the Trainer instead of a therapist
  • Would need a different format
  • Have some focus on parents that have lived through trauma and are now parenting

 We will need a positive message to give to providers in order to get them into the trainings

 Where do we start?

  • Group will create a flow chart with stages to break up organizations/agencies by specialty/practice area
  • Idea that it would be easiest to start in our own agencies

Marlene will speak at 2nd Learning Collaborative to share the workgroup’s progress