I offer talks and trainings to groups of all sizes on topics including the Parent-Child Relationship Competencies, family diversity and self-determination, transition to parenthood, infant mental health, organizational change towards social justice, and reflective supervision. One-time events and on-going training formats are available.
Select Recent Talks and Trainings:
- Reflective Supervision: A Diversity-Informed Tenets Approach (with Ayannakai Nalo). UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Alameda, CA, 7/26/19
- Reflective Supervision (with Lea Brown and Andrea Scott). San Francisco Department of Public Health, Behavioral Health Services. San Francisco, CA, 3/6/19
- Deepening our Community’s Commitment to Diversity-Informed Practice: Introdcution to the Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, and Families (with Ana Arbel and Carmen Rosa Noroña). Taos, NM 11/14/18
- Bringing it Home: Uniting Personal and Practice Experience via the Diversity-Informed Tenets (with Ayannakai Nalo), First Five Alameda. Alameda, CA 11/9/18
- Using the Parent-Child Relationship Competencies in Treatment Planning and Documentation. Early Childhood Mental Health Program. Richmond, CA 10/19 & 10/26/18
- Reflect on This! Reflective Supervision via the Diversity-Informed Tenets (with Ayannakai Nalo and Carmen Rosa Noroña). Zero to Three National Conference, Denver, CO 10/4/18
- Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, & Families (with Carmen Rosa Noroña and Tonia Spence). Boston, MA 9/21/18
- Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, & Families (with Carmen Rosa Noroña and Tonia Spence). Springfield, MA 9/20/18
- Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, & Families (with Carmen Rosa Noroña and Tonia Spence). Worcester, MA 9/19/18
- Reflective Supervision: Healing Relationships. Edgewood Center for Children and Families. San Francisco, CA 3/19/18
- Reflective Supervision (with Lea Brown and Kadija Johnston). San Francisco Department of Public Health, Behavioral Health Services. San Francisco, CA, 11/15/17
- Reflective Supervision: Supervisory Matrix as Facilitating Environment. San Mateo County Family Health Services. San Mateo, CA, 4/26/17
- Social-Emotional Development and the Meanings of Behavior. Early Childhood Mental Health Program, Richmond, CA, 3/6/17
- Bringing it Home: Uniting Personal and Practice Experience via the Diversity-Informed Infant Mental Health Tenets (with Ayannakai Nalo), First Five Alameda, San Leandro, 1/20/17 & 1/27/17
- The Parent-Child Relationship Competencies © St. John. Santa Clara County IFECMH Training Academy. San Jose, CA 1/18/17
- Diversity-Informed Infant Mental Health Tenets: Deepening Self-Awareness to Create Organizational Change (with Kandace Thomas, Karen Frankel, & Carmen Rosa Noroña) Zero to Three National Conference, New Orleans, LA 12/8/16
- Multicultural Issues in Clinical Supervision. ZSFG Department of Psychiatry, Division of Infants, Children, & Adolescents. San Francisco, 8/3/16
- Trauma-Informed Developmental Psychopathology and Intervention: Infancy. ZSFG Department of Psychiatry, Division of Infants, Children, & Adolescents, San Francisco, 11/23/16 & 12/21/16
- Written on the Walls: Intergenerational Transmissions of Trauma, Hope, and Healing as Represented in the Murals of the San Francisco Mission District. ZSFG Department of Psychiatry, Division of Infants, Children, & Adolescents, San Francisco 9/9/16
- Infant Mental Health: A Lens for Psychologists Working with any Population. Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. San Francisco 6/6/16
- Unconscious Bias: Using Racial Literacy to Address the Elephant in the Room (with Howard Stevenson and Tonia M. Spence). Harris Early Childhood Speaker Series. Chicago, IL 3/17/16
- Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Parents & their Children: Experiences and Outcomes in New Family Structures (with Gary Gates, Charlotte Patterson, & Andrew Burwick), Zero to Three National Conference. Seattle, WA 12/4/15
- Walking the Walk: Implementing Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity Principles into Early Childhood Programs (with Kandace Thomas, Karen Frankel, & Carmen Rosa Noroña) Zero to Three National Conference. Seattle, WA 12/3/15
- Supervisory Matrix as Facilitating Environment, San Mateo County Department of Mental Health, 6/5/15
- Diversity-Informed Tenets. Webinar series on Expulsion & Prevention – Session on Program Quality and Professional Development. S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, 2/25/15