For this webinar series, participants will automatically be enrolled in all 5 sessions.

Speaker

Jessica Teperow, Jessica Teperow Consulting, LLC

Description

This 10-hour webinar will allow participants to deepen their understanding of trauma and domestic violence and the impact on child development. Sessions will alternate between workshops that focus on building content knowledge and workshops that are strategy focused and foster skill building. It will conclude with a session focused on the impact of trauma-exposure on teachers, counselors, and administrators and strategies for caring for ourselves and creating school environments and structures that are conducive for healing for every adult, child, and family.

To receive PDPs and CEUs, participants must attend all 5 sessions and successfully pass a quiz following Session 5. Following the live webinar, registrants will be emailed a link to view the recorded webinar. The recording will be made available for 7 days after each session.

Many of our students have been exposed to trauma before ever entering our classroom. When children experience or are exposed to domestic violence and other forms of trauma, it can have a dramatic impact on their brain development. Every child has the incredible capacity to heal, and every child deserves a learning environment that fosters healing and resilience. This workshop will focus on the impact of child exposure to domestic violence and other forms of trauma, to help us better understand the behaviors a traumatized child may exhibit in the classroom and develop strategies to offer support.

Children’s experience with trauma can interfere significantly with learning and behavior at school. For many students, school may be the only place a child feels safe, and therefore serves as a critical system of support for children. Administrators, teachers, and staff can help reduce the effects of trauma on children by recognizing trauma responses, accommodating and responding to traumatized students within the classroom, and referring children to outside professionals when necessary. Participants will develop skills to build positive, trusting relationships with students and tools to create a trauma-informed environment that fosters resiliency.

Teen Dating Violence, while incredibly pervasive, is often shrouded in secrecy and shame. Teens who are experiencing dating violence are often hesitant to seek support from an adult, and instead turn to their peers and social media for information and guidance. In this session, participants will receive information and skills to recognize, respond, and support youth experiencing relationship abuse. Learn about common behavioral indicators of dating violence, health effects, and tools to assist youth after disclosures of dating abuse. 

In this session, participants will explore adult and teen perceptions of teen dating violence, discuss messages and barriers that uniquely impact youth relationships. Participants will explore barriers to engaging youth in a dialogue about relationships and learn strategies for opening up the conversation and engaging teens in thinking critically about healthy and unhealthy relationships. Participants will leave with tools for responding to difficult questions, as well as several interactive activities they can facilitate with their students. 

Every day, educators bear witness to the impacts of trauma in their classroom. Young people share their stories with us through behaviors (acting out, withdrawing, overachieving), attitudes (angry, distracted, anxious), and their own words. We care deeply about our students and creating a safe and supportive learning environment. As teachers, we also have our own stories and our own pain – both past and present. This session’s goal is to create a space to acknowledge the cumulative toll bearing witness to trauma can have on us and develop strategies to care for ourselves and support one another in doing this important and impactful work.

About the Speaker

Jessica Teperow (she/her) is a facilitator and a connector, a mom, an entrepreneur, and a firm believer in the power of movement(s). With more than two decades of experience working with organizations that address sexual and domestic violence, Jessica has extensive experience in the development and execution of trauma-informed practices within nonprofit, healthcare, corporate, and academic settings. She has provided guidance and consultation to all levels of professionals seeking information, resources, and options for care and reporting related to experiences of violence. She has worked with k-12 and colleges and universities to develop policies and procedures to foster trauma-informed classrooms and enable faculty and staff to recognize, respond to, and prevent gender-based violence. Over the last ten years, she has developed trainings and workshops to help organizations and individuals identify and mitigate burnout and vicarious trauma, and has partnered with a number of institutions to adopt an approach of collective care and to create trauma-informed workplaces where employees can thrive. 

Membership Information

Most MPY webinars are available ONLY to current staff from member districts and organizations. Public school memberships include police and fire personnel. Former and retired employees and members of committees, including but not limited to, PTO/PTA, PAC, School Improvement Councils, Health Councils, Drug/Alcohol Councils, and school volunteers, are not considered MPY members.

PDPs and CEUs

MPY is an approved Professional Development Provider through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (Provider No. F20180079). Professional Development Points (PDPs) are offered for most MPY professional development webinars. PDPs are issued in 10 hour increments, per DESE requirements.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available for clinical staff through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association, Inc. (MaMHCA). The NASW and the MaMHCA approve each event individually. CEUs may be given in hourly increments.

To receive PDPs and CEUs, participants must pass the quiz.

Event Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend a MPY webinar you must cancel, through Bonnie Mullen at bonnie@mpyinc.org, one business day before the webinar.

For MPY hybrid conferences, the date in-person registration closes will be posted on MPY’s website. Virtual conference registration will close one business day before the hybrid conference. You cannot cancel or switch your registration from in-person to virtual after in-person registration closes. Please email Bonnie Mullen at bonnie@mpyinc.org with any questions regarding registration.

 

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If you are seeking to receive CEUs and/or PDPs, please click Register Now. Once you complete the webinar series, you will be able to take quizzes for CEUs and/or PDPs. Upon completion of each quiz, you will receive a certificate.

All sessions are 9:30 am – 11:30 am.

  • Session 1: January 6, 2025, Introduction to Trauma and Child Exposure to Domestic Violence
  • Session 2: January 13, 2025, Strategies for Creating Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms
  • Session 3: January 27, 2025, Introduction to Teen Dating Violence and How to Respond to Disclosures
  • Session 4: February 3, 2025, Bringing Healthy Relationship Education into the Classroom
  • Session 5: February 10, 2025, Caring for Ourselves is Caring for Our Students