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2025 Partner Powered Conference
When: 3/14/2025
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Conference Details
Smart Start of Mecklenburg County is a partner-powered organization.
When we are connected, we build a stronger web of resilience for those we serve: families with young children.
We invite you to join us for a full day of relationship-building and development that will allow our community to thrive for years.
This full day of in-person training will feature multiple tracks (see below).
Location
Project 658
3646 Central Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28205
Tracks
| Mary Kathryn Elkins, MSW, LSW Director of Healing Services at Pat's Place Child Advocacy Center |
REGISTRATION FULL - Track 1: Leadership for Trauma-Informed Organizations (Limited to 40 registrants) |
This training introduces participants to the principles and practices of trauma-informed organizations, with a focus on creating environments that foster psychological safety, collaborative decision-making, and a culture of feedback. Through interactive discussions and practical exercises., participants will explore strategies to enhance team dynamics, improve communication, and support growth-oriented teamwork. This training is designed to equip supervisors and leaders with tools to promote effective, trauma-informed supervision, ensuring that teams thrive in a supportive and innovative organizational culture.Objectives:
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| Sarah Sexton, Ed.D Director at the Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP) |
Track 2: Practices to Enhance Coaching Skills and Other Capacity-Building Family Support Techniques |
This training addresses common barriers to providing effective family support. Participants will learn to use capacity-building coaching strategies to help families make deliberate decisions to improve their family's well-being. The session will actively engage participants in discussion and role playing. Participants will leave with resources and a plan to implement key concepts.Objectives:
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| Haley Hegwood Program Specialist and Training Coordinator at Potts Family Foundation |
Track 3: The Science Behind Respective and Effective Home Visiting |
Parents/caregivers deserve to know the largest public health discovery of our time. They should have the opportunity to talk about their own life experiences and consider how they might like to use new scientific discoveries to give their children greater health, safety, prosperity and happiness than they had. Home visiting professionals are uniquely positioned to talk with parents/caregivers about NEAR - especially about how their ACE histories may be impacting their lives and may influence their parenting. Because home visiting is relationship-based and occurs within each family's comfort zone, home visitors have the opportunity to ask, listen and affirm. Then, over time, home visitors can recognize the unique history and gifts of each parent/caregiver while committing to work with the parent/caregiver as they navigate the journey of building resilience and giving the biggest gift to a child: low ACEs and low risk for a lifetime.Objectives:
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*Must select preferred speaker during the registration process
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