Lynn Lyons on Managing Anxiety - Now an Online Event!
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The in-person event planned for June 25th in Gorham, NH has been modified to be a live, online opportunity. For those who were already registered, we will transfer your registration (or provide a refund if the change does not work for you).
Parenting Through a Pandemic:
The Do’s and Don’ts of Being Stuck in the House
For: Parents/caregivers whose child/children reside in a school district that has membership with NCES. If space allows, we will allow for parent/caregiver participation from non-member school districts within the NCES catchment area. School personnel may also participate in this session if attending parts 1 & 2 (see below).
Description: Families are on a roller coaster of emotions as we continue to isolate. Join Lynn Lyons, a therapist and expert on anxiety in families, for information and answers to your questions. Lynn will focus on how parents can help themselves and their children navigate the uncertainty, irritation, worry, and loss that we’re all experiencing. And, she’ll talk about the opportunities in front of us, too, including the importance of play and connection that will help sustain us.
Date/Time: June 25, 2020 from 9:00 - 10:00 AM via Zoom
Cost for parents/caregivers: Free
Registration for parents/caregivers session: Register online or call 603-466-5437, M-F, 8-3
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Managing Anxiety in a Time of Uncertainty:
The Need for Strategies and Skills
For: Educators, school counselors, school psychologists, and other school staff
(Sorry, this part is not open to parents/caregivers.)
Dates*/times:
Part 1: Thursday, June 25, 2020 from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM via Zoom
Part 2: Friday, June 26, 2020 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM via Zoom
*Note: If you cannot make both parts, paid registrants will have access to the recording for one month following the event.
Description: Those who work in schools are being asked to do more and more to support the emotional well-being and mental health needs of their students and clients. During this period of remote learning and daily uncertainty, the challenges are even more multi-faceted, and the need for skill-based supports more important than ever.
As we create accommodation plans for anxiety (and its pal depression), we must question how such plans help teachers better respond to anxiety in their students. Are they effective in reducing anxiety, or do the plans instead support patterns that make anxiety worse? And as we help students and families navigate what’s likely to be more uncertainty, how to we best equip them moving forward?
This intensive training will focus on HOW to interrupt anxiety’s cognitive patterns in schools and classrooms with simple, process-based approaches. Participants will be given strategies and language for identifying and managing normal levels of worry and anxiety as students learn, as well as concrete information about what to do with children who are in the throes of anxiety. In addition, participants will learn how anxiety’s quest for certainty and comfort impacts plans and goals for students, and thus how to create plans that are skill-based instead of avoidance-based.
Cost for school personnel for Parts 1 & 2 (no fee to add-on the parent session):
$35 per person for staff from full member school districts
$45 per person for staff from associate member school districts
$75 non-member school-based participants
Registration for school personnel: Register online or call 603-466-5437, M-F, 8-3
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Not sure about your district's membership status? Refer here.
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Lynn Lyons, LICSW is an internationally recognized psychotherapist, author, and speaker with a special interest in interrupting the generational patterns of anxiety in families. Her skill-based approach to anxiety focuses on the need to teach families about HOW anxiety works and how to manage anxiety.
Lynn is a popular keynote speaker and presenter at national conferences, and a sought-after expert on the subject of anxiety, appearing in the New York Times, NPR, Psychology Today, and Time, among others. You have likely seen her on WMUR news in recent weeks sharing tips for families.
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Signs of Suicide (SOS) Prevention Program Training
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Conscious Discipline Conference
August 6 & 7, 2020 (still on as of now)
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Conscious Discipline is a transformational social-emotional learning and classroom management approach.
Developed by a teacher for teachers, the philosophy of Conscious Discipline emerged after years of working with children and experiencing the challenges of a broken system full of hurting children and frustrated adults. The methodology and best-practices of Conscious Discipline offer a different – and proven – pathway to transformation.
A two-day Conscious Discipline training will be offered in the North Country. The focus will be on prek-6 classrooms, but middle and high school educators are invited to attend. Although the exampl e activities will be more elementary focused, the strategies and practices are applicable for all grades.
Trainer: Amy Speidel, Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor
Dates: August 6 & 7, 2020
Time: 8:00 to 3:00
Location: Town and Country Resort, Gorham, NH
For: pK-6 educators and administrators. Open to middle/high as well.
Cost (includes morning refreshments and lunch both days):
- $50 per person for staff from full member school districts*
- $60 per person for staff from associate member school districts*
- $150 for non-member participants
Purchase order number must be submitted with registration or a check can be mailed within 2 weeks of the registration deadline to hold your seat. Purchase orders can be for SY '21. No refunds for cancellations received after June 1st (unless the event is cancelled). Substitutions will be allowed.
Registration: ncedservices.org/cdreg or calling 603-466-5437 M-F, 8:00-4:00.
Registration deadline: May 31st
*Membership status for the 2020-2021 school year. As district membership will not be finalized during this early registration period, we will tentatively work from the 2019-2020 membership list.
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Online Learning Community for School Counselors
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Facilitator: Cassie Yackley, Psy.D.
These online sessions (via Zoom) are free through the 2019-2020 school year and open to staff working in SAUs 3, 7, 9, 20, 23, 35, 36, 58, 68, 77 & 84 and Campton, NH and Canaan, VT school districts.
K-6 group dates and times:
Monday, May 4th from 9:30-11:00 AM
Monday, May 18th from 9:30-11:00
Monday, June 1st from 9:30-11:00
Middle/high group dates and times:
Monday, May 11th form 9:30-11:00 AM
Tuesday*, May 26th from 10:00-11:30 (Monday is a holiday)
Monday, June 8th from 9:30-11:00
Note: Session one will be more of a presentation format and the same for both groups. K-6 folks, if you missed May 4th, you could participate May 11th to get caught up on the content. The second and third sessions will be more discussion and Q&A based.
Session one presentation topic:
Trauma-Informed Responses to Global Crisis: Brain-Based Approaches to Staying Socially Connected During Physical Distancing
Register: Online (for all 3 sessions)
Dr. Cassie Yackley is a master trainer and trauma-responsive practice content expert. Dr. Yackley has spent her professional career committed to understanding and effectively addressing the impact of traumatic exposure on children, families, and systems by bringing together recent discoveries from developmental neuroscience, attachment, & implementation science to help professionals learn how reflective practice leads to better working environments and outcomes for professionals and those they serve.
These sessions are made possible through NCES and the North Country Partnership for SEL Practices with the support of the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the NHCF.
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Child Parent Psychotherapy - North Country Cohort
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CPP is an intervention model for children aged 0-5 who have experienced traumatic events (including exposure to the opioid crisis) and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or behavioral problems. A central goal is to support and strengthen the caregiver-child relationship as a vehicle for restoring and protecting the child’s mental health. Treatment also focuses on contextual factors that may affect the caregiver-child relationship. For children exposed to trauma, caregiver and child are guided over the course of treatment to create a joint narrative of the traumatic event and to identify and address trauma triggers that lead to dysregulated affect and behavior.
Trainer: Cassie Yackley, Psy.D.
For: Master’s or doctoral-level licensed mental health clinicians and psychotherapists with a degree in a mental health discipline. Those working towards licensing may be able to participate if there is licensed team member that participates with them.
Tentative dates: September 28th, 29th, & 30th, 2020, March 30th & 31st, 2021, and September 29th & 30th, 2121
Location: NCES, Gorham, NH
Cost: Free* for those serving Coos County. Potentially for upper Grafton and Carroll counties as well.
CEUs: 42 from NASW
Please contact Lori Langlois for details at lori@ncedservices.org.
*Made possible by
in partnership with
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Home-Learning Resources from NHEEP
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 NHEEP educators have and are continuing to adapt our workshops to lessons for teachers to use with a variety of online classroom platforms as well as offline versions. All NHEEP programming is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards; the online resources do not compromise on any of the standards.
The home-learning lessons are geared toward each age group, and include activities students can do at home with items like fridge magnets, flashlights and found objects/old food containers. They include written work, research suggestions, and short youtube videos for regions with streaming capability. There is also the possibility of connecting virtually with one of our educators, whether to remotely present content to students, answer student questions by e-mail, or to provide support to teachers in use of their materials.
Current home-learning options
- Conservation Kids K-1 and 2-3 (mostly offline)
- Electricity and the Environment 6-12 (offline) and 6-8 (online)
- Green Energy Careers 9-12 (online)
- SunFUNdamentals K-3 activity
- Home Heat Transfer (offline)
All the online options are free thanks to the generous support of funders. You can download the lessons here.
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Parent & Caregiver Guide to COVID-19
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Resources for Remote Instruction & Learning
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North Country Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
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The next regional meeting for curriculum directors and other CIA leaders in the North Country region is scheduled for Wednesday, May 6th at 9:30 AM via Zoom. Contact Ginny Everett to register and obtain the meeting link.
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Social and Emotional Wellness
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CASEL CARES is a new initiative that connects you with CASEL's global community of experts to address how SEL can be most helpful in response to today’s circumstances.
Learn more
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Coos Adult Learner Services offers small group instruction in basic reading, writing, math, English for English Language Learners, and preparation for the HiSet exam.
Remote learning support is being offered.
Call 603-752-1927 to get started.
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Contact Information
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300 Gorham Hill Road
Gorham, NH 03581
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603-466-5437
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