Professional Development by our Partners

These professional development opportunities are NOT sponsored or provided by the NWESD.  The NWESD is not responsible for organizing these events or registering participants, and does not endorse the instructor or guarantee the content.  If you have questions about any of these listings or wish to register, please contact the organizing entity directly. 

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Forum
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 21st, 7pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Imagine Children's Museum, 1502 Wall St, Everett, WA 98201

The Snohomish County Children’s Commission and Snohomish County ECEAP are presenting a Forum about ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences. Come attend this free session and learn how you can support your children to have productive and hopeful lives.

For more information or to reserve your seat, visit their website at www.wevaluekids.org.  Please share this information with school and district parent groups such as PTA/PTO, Special Education Parent Advisory Councils, etc.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences: Impact on Wellbeing and Education
Date & Time: Monday, June 3, 2013 from 4:30pm to 7:30pm.
Location: Whatcom Educational Credit Union, 5659 Barrett Rd. Ferndale

Incredible advancements in brain research and health studies have opened the door to understanding how adverse childhood experiences shape the individual, drive high cost social problems, interferes with learning, and becomes an extremely powerful determination of health across the lifespan. You will learn:

• What the newest brain research and epidemiology tell us about adverse childhood experience and the developing child;
• Typical patterns of physical, mental, academic, and behavioral health outcomes across the lifespan;
• How the individual effects of adverse childhood experience in one generation can lead to escalation of child abuse, substance abuse, and other major social problems over the course of several generations; and
• How you can make a difference.

Open to educators and interested community members, 3 Clock Hours Available.  Register Online Now!

Contact Mary Jo Durborow with questions at 360-389-8377 or mj.durborow@fsd.k12.wa.us.