It is estimated that each year in the United States, there are approximately 5 million children that experience some form of traumatic event 1 . Traumatic experiences and toxic stress can have a lifelong impact and there can be physical, psychological and emotional effects on children. Many of these effects can manifest as challenging behaviors in children. We, as educators, can provide children with compassion, support and safety by incorporating trauma-informed care and practices into our programs and help children to develop resiliency as they continue to grow and develop into adults. 

Training Address: Child Care Circuit 
190 Hampshire Street 
Lawrence, MA 01840 

Trainer: Dotti McDevitt 

Dotti McDevitt began training with The Institute for Education and Professional Development, Inc. in August, 2017.  Dotti holds a Masters Degree in Education and is the Educator Training and Support Manager at Child Care Network on Cape Cod. She is also the founder of Totally Teaching, a consulting, coaching, and training company for early educators and programs.  Dotti has been an Early Childhood Educator specialist for over 30 years. She has been a family child care educator, preschool director and teacher and has taught grades Kindergarten through grade 4 in the public schools. She has been the Cape Cod Chapter’s representative on the MAAEYC board for about 10 years and the Conference Committee Co-chair for the past several years. Dotti has five children and 12 grandchildren that keep her busy. She enjoys paper crafting, reading, and camping along the Canal.  

PDC Region: Northeast 

Training Sessions: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 8:30am-2pm (30 Minute-Lunch Break) 

CEU Bearing, English 

0.5 CEUs / 5 hours 

Registration Link: https://connectedbeginnings.tfaforms.net/325 
Registration closes on: January 15th

We cannot accommodate walk-ins or late registrations for this training.