2022 Conference

SPARK THE CHANGE

            A Conference of It's About Childhood & Family, Inc. 

 M345 MAWHINNEY HALL - Onondaga Community College

 A 2 Day Symposium for Educators, Clinicians, Parents, and Child Care Providers

OCTOBER 6 

6:30 PM - FILM 

7:30PM - PANEL DISCUSSION

OCTOBER 7

8:30 - REGISTRATION/COFFEE

9:00-12:00 - MORNING SESSION

12:00 PM - LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN)

1:00-4:00  - AFTERNOON SESSION

TOPICS - Trauma, Mindfulness, Yoga, SEL, Social Justice, Emotional CPR, Street Addiction, Attachment and Nurtured Heart Approach

up to 8 CEUs available (Psych, SW, LMHC, NBCC/Counselor, MFT, CASAC)

Timothy Jennings-Bey has dedicated his life to working in the field of violence prevention for over 25 years, including as the director for the Syracuse Trauma Response Team.  Mr. Jennings-Bey founded Street Addiction Institute in 2015 after studying the concept of behavioral addiction to street violence, culminating in the national publication of his 2014 paper, Street Addiction: A Proposed Theoretical Model for Understanding the Draw of Street Life and Gang Activity in the Journal of Addiction Research and Theory.

Kimberly D. Ewing joined the National Empowerment Center as the new Coordinator/Consultant of Emotional CPR in October 2021.  As a person with lived experience and one who crosses many paths of intersectionality, Kim is passionate about mental wellness, racial healing, social justice, racial equality, human rights, bullying prevention, empowering allies and educating humans of all ages. Kim is an international eCPR Trainer, Implicit Bias Trainer, Anti-Racist Trainer, Diversity Trainer, a Certified Olweus Bullying Prevention Trainer, and a Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE) Facilitator. Her favorite hashtag is #ImStillHealing and she believes that we all are doing some version of it.  She believes in speaking truth coupled with compassion and that eCPR is the very foundation of being human.  One of her only regrets is that she wished she knew eCPR as a young person because it would have a made a huge difference with those she encountered along the way. Kim holds a BS in Communications from the University of Indianapolis and a MS in Higher Education from Indiana State University.

Dorothy Derapelian, M.Ed., LCMHC, is an experienced mental health counselor, educator, and the creator of CoreAttachment Therapy©.  She has been in private practice for over 30 years and specializes in play therapy. Dorothy teaches for Granite State College and conducts home studies for Waypoint Services for families interested in domestic and international adoptions.  Dororthy is  a member of the New Hampshire Attorney General's Mental Health Providers for those impacted by homicide crimes. In addition, she is a Certified Advanced Trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach® and received the International Peace Prize from the United Cultural Center in 2005.

Anderson “Poetically Undefined” Allen is a spoken wordsmith, slam poet, actor, mentor, yogi, and teaching artist based in Rochester, NY.  He is the co-author of several productions, including the critically acclaimed Anatomy of a Black Man and 12 Dollars.  As a teaching artist, Anderson uses his craft as a tool to build community and enrich the lives of young people, so they are encouraged to use their art as a form of resistance and radical self-love.  Anderson is currently an artist mentor for The Avenue Children's Theatre Project's ACT UP! program that offers writing and performance workshops to youth.  Anderson is a certified RYT-200 HR yoga instructor and graduate of Yoga 4 A Good Hood's Teacher Training Program.  Anderson’s honors include the 2019 TANYS Award for Excellence in Acting, a 2018 Big Pencil Award for inspiring the creation and appreciation of literature as a teacher of youth, a 2018 ESTA Festival Outstanding Actor Award, and 2017 TANYS Award for outstanding acting.

Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author who has won numerous awards as a journalist covering medicine and science, including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National Association for Science Writers’ Award for best magazine article. In 1998, he co-wrote a series on psychiatric research for the Boston Globe that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. His first book, Mad in America, was named by Discover magazine as one of the best science books of 2002.  Anatomy of an Epidemic won the 2010 Investigative Reporters and Editors book award for best investigative journalism. His recent book, Psychiatry Under the Influence, investigates how the influence of pharmaceutical money and guild interests has corrupted the behavior of the American Psychiatric Association and academic psychiatry during the past 35 years.  He is the publisher of madinamerica.com

Ross Robinson is the Manager of Training, Program Implementation, and Quality at Holistic Life Foundation. He conducts ongoing staff training, workshops, and evaluates Holistic Life Foundation programming.  Ross is certified in trauma-informed yoga and is a certified Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.  Ross started off his mindfulness journey with the Holistic Life Foundation 13 years ago as a volunteer while in High School.  After graduation he attended the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as an English major and Marketing minor. 

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