2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference

March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH

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6/18/2019  |   12:10 PM - 1:10 PM   |  Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope   |  Cascade E

Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope

Over 20 years ago two medical doctors joined by Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente, conducted a controversial study with over 17,000 residents of San Diego. Their research has become well-known as the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study. In this session we will watch the one-hour documentary Resilience, and learn how ACEs contribute to toxic stress, negatively affecting children’s brain development and impact behavior and long-term health outcomes. Fortunately, experts continue to prove, what’s predictable is preventable. Discussion will focus on what it means to be trauma informed, how resilience is built, and how this information will transform how we meet the social and emotional needs of our students today.

  • Understand what it means to be trauma informed.
  • Understand how resilience is built.
  • Understand how being trauma informed will transform our approach to meeting the social and emotional needs of our students.

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Presenters/Authors

Tami Curtis (), Washington County School District, tami.curtis@washk12.org;
Tami Curtis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and currently the Social and Emotional Learning Coordinator for Washington County School District (WCSD). Tami earned her master’s degree in Social Work from USU and previously worked in outpatient, inpatient, and residential treatment settings. Concurrently, she did crisis work in the emergency department and provided direct behavior services for children and adults with disabilities. Since coming to WCSD, she has fulfilled roles in the Special Education Department as a Behavior/Mental Health Specialist, Emergency Safety Interventions Committee Chairperson, ASPEN trainer, and Wellness Team Leader. Tami is passionate about prevention and early intervention, believing education to be the best way to empower a person. She takes a strength-based approach to practice, including the philosophy that all people are doing the best they can with the skills they have. When teaching occurs in an environment where students feel safe and connected, they learn and thrive. Tami enjoys being a student in the classroom of life with her husband (who teaches 5th grade) and asserts their three children have been their best teachers. She loves quality time outside under the sun and stars with her family.


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