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The Will County AOK Network is hosting their annual Early Childhood Mental Health Conference. This year the keynote speaker is Laura Porter who is the co-founder of ACE Interface, an organization focused on preventing ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and promoting well being. Laura's presentation on NEAR Flourishing – Understanding What Helps People Most Affected by Adversity, will help participants gain an understanding of ACEs and the effects of adversity and toxic stress on development. Topics of Neuroscience, Epigenetics, Adverse Childhood Experience, and Resilience (NEAR), will be discussed. She will also discuss preventive opportunities for interrupting the progression of adversity through three protective systems that, when strengthened, can improve well being across the life course and across generations to prevent the accumulation of ACEs in the next generation.
Keynote:
Understanding What Helps People Most Affected by Adversity-3 WWF
There will also be three afternoon breakout sessions:
1. When Culture Heals-2 WWF
2. Understanding Infant Mental Health and Incorporating Mental Health Strategies Into Your Practice-2 INT
3. Keeping Children Safe: Preventing, recognizing, responding to, and reporting child sexual abuse.-2 WWF
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