Learning Objectives:

• Explain how a trauma-informed approach can impact a person's ability to access services and care.
• List the key elements of using trauma-informed precautions.
• Explain social thinning and identify how universal trauma informed approaches can help maintain/repair access.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explore how TIC can transform a family's experience of potentially toxic stress.
2. Highlight specific individual and operational strategies that facilitate consistent TIC.
3. Identify key components of trauma-informed interactions and how they differ from inherently non trauma-informed systems.

Learning Objectives:

• Provide an overview of the key principles of trauma-informed care.
• Share 10 examples of strategies in emergency care to incorporate trauma-informed care.
• Discuss methods for creating a compassionate environment in EMS for patients and clinicians.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the various sources of trauma for new mothers, babies, and their families, and how to identify signs of underlying trauma.
2. Learn methods to mitigate the effects of trauma and build resilience in new parents.
3. Discuss expereinces & strategies integrating trauma-informed care in the L&D and postpartum setting.

Bridging the Gap: Early Identification and System Navigation in Trauma-Informed Care for Young Children and Families 

Presented by Nancy Cronin, MA

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the benefits and challenges of early identification and intervention through both medical and educational models.
• Explore strategies to support families in navigating complex care systems while promoting trauma-informed practices.
• Describe approaches to enhance collaboration between healthcare, education, and community systems to improve care coordination.

Mitigating the Impacts of Trauma and Chronic Stress on Student Learning and Behavior

Presented by Pender Makin, BA, MS

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will consider the impact of trauma on behavior, learning, and school success.
• Participants will learn about models that are currently being implemented in Maine schools, including an assets-based approach to risk mitigation.
• Participants will gain insight into the continuum of prevention, early intervention, mitigation, and response in schools.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how early exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) impacts brain development, behavior regulation, and school readiness in preschool-aged children.
• Identify the key componenets of a trauma-informed approach in early childhood settings, including practices that create safety, predictability, and emotional connection.
• Describe how Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) and Positive Education practices - such as consistent relationships with caring adults and emotion regulation-buffer the effects of trauma and promote school engagement.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what it means in practice to be a trauma-informed lawyer or judge.
• Gain a sense of the mutual benefit of the trauma-informed approach-for the practitioner as well as the parties.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify key cultural and linguistic considerations in delivering prenatal-to-age-3 health education to New American families, with a focus on prenatal care, safe sleep, and child development and diagnosis.
• Describe principles of cultural humility and trauma-informed care and explain how they can be applied in community-based health initiatives to foster trust and relevance.
• Explore strategies for co-creating health education and resource navigation with community members, bilingual educators, and local providers to improve access and outcomes for immigrant and refugee families.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the importance of trauma-informed care in pediatrics, and understand the connection between TIC and early relational health.
• Understand social thinning and the importance of re-calibrating children's early social interactions to reduce stress generation.
• Review practical strategies for promoting relational health in early childhood during well visits.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn about MaineHealth's experience implementing a trauma-informed screening and response model for pediatric primary care.
• Participants will learn how to introduce the core tenants of a two-generation trauma-informed model to their care teams.
• Participants will gain confidence in how to use trauma-informed communication strategies with patients/clients and staff during challenging situations.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify key factors making universal trauma-informed interactions important for the state of Maine.
• Explore potential barriers to implementing universal trauma-informed practices in different settings.
• Create one SMART Goal to bring trauma-informed practice(s) back to the setting where you live, work or volunteer.