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Liesel Mertes – Survive, Stabilize, Thrive: Combating Compassion & Change Fatigue at Work

How do we build cultures of care when we feel personally exhausted and overwhelmed?

The unrelenting stress of uncertainty, transition, and disruptive life events is leading to change fatigue and exhaustion at work. This partners with compassion fatigue, the emotional residue of exposure to the grief or trauma of others, and inhibits our ability to connect.

What if you could feel equipped to meaningfully combat change/compassion fatigue in the face of unrelenting demands? In this interactive and inspirational session, workplace empathy expert Liesel Mindrebo Mertes will equip you with strategies to boost mental wellness, create sustainable practices of interaction and combat both change and compassion fatigue.

Lunch will be provided to attendees who register by the deadline of May 6.

Katie Brennan - TBRI – Trust Based Relational Intervention

The purpose of this training session is to deepen professionals’ understanding of the impact trauma and adversity can have on youth while also providing strategies that build resilience and support families.

After this session, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to pass along to families with whom they work. This training would include information on the following topics:

The Impact of Trauma and Adversity on Child Development: We will discuss the impact on the brain, body, biology, beliefs, and behavior.

The Pillars of Trauma Informed Care: Participants will learn about the importance of connection, felt-safety, and self regulation for youth when creating healing and building resiliency.

Attachment Styles: Participants will learn about the attachment cycle, the importance of having secure attachment, and the characteristics of attachment styles in both youth and adults.

Strategies to Support Healing: Participants will learn about a structured intervention that can be taught to families and implemented in the home setting. This structure focuses on all family members developing secure attachment, building empathy and compassion, and learning critical social skills. Participants will also be introduced to strategies that can help build felt-safety and self-regulation in the youth they support.

Balancing Structure and Nurture: Participants will learn about the importance of balancing structure and nurture and will receive a practical implementation tool to help guide families to obtaining this balance in their homes.

Liesel Mertes – Survive, Stabilize, Thrive: Combating Compassion & Change Fatigue at Work

How do we build cultures of care when we feel personally exhausted and overwhelmed?

The unrelenting stress of uncertainty, transition, and disruptive life events is leading to change fatigue and exhaustion at work. This partners with compassion fatigue, the emotional residue of exposure to the grief or trauma of others, and inhibits our ability to connect.

What if you could feel equipped to meaningfully combat change/compassion fatigue in the face of unrelenting demands? In this interactive and inspirational session, workplace empathy expert Liesel Mindrebo Mertes will equip you with strategies to boost mental wellness, create sustainable practices of interaction and combat both change and compassion fatigue.

Deanna Dodson and Ruthie Alphonse – Engaging the Haitian Creole Immigrant Community

• How to engage the Haitian Community

• Do and Don'ts about families, family dynamics and culture-Barriers and how to resolve them

• Haitian expectations when coming to the US (how  to help with the transitions, etc)

• DCS workers- physical/sexual abuse- approaches/discussions

This session will also include a Panel Discussion and Q/A with these presenters and Zach Szmara from The Immigrant Connection in Logansport, IN. Zach is an expert in immigration law and current policy changes affecting the immigrant community.

Katie Brennan - TBRI – Trust Based Relational Intervention

The purpose of this training session is to deepen professionals’ understanding of the impact trauma and adversity can have on youth while also providing strategies that build resilience and support families.

After this session, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to pass along to families with whom they work. This training would include information on the following topics:

The Impact of Trauma and Adversity on Child Development: We will discuss the impact on the brain, body, biology, beliefs, and behavior.

The Pillars of Trauma Informed Care: Participants will learn about the importance of connection, felt-safety, and self regulation for youth when creating healing and building resiliency.

Attachment Styles: Participants will learn about the attachment cycle, the importance of having secure attachment, and the characteristics of attachment styles in both youth and adults.

Strategies to Support Healing: Participants will learn about a structured intervention that can be taught to families and implemented in the home setting. This structure focuses on all family members developing secure attachment, building empathy and compassion, and learning critical social skills. Participants will also be introduced to strategies that can help build felt-safety and self-regulation in the youth they support.

Balancing Structure and Nurture: Participants will learn about the importance of balancing structure and nurture and will receive a practical implementation tool to help guide families to obtaining this balance in their homes.