Facebook Live Series from The Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint

Understanding Beyond Behavior in Challenging Times

Location:  www.facebook.com/endseclusion/live

Date and Time: April 30, 3:30pm

Cost: Free

Special Training Event -- Learn how we can update our approaches to helping children with behavioral challenges and developmental differences. This is intended to support parents, teachers and others.  Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. will be talking about the hope that comes from understanding how we can manage stress from a Polyvagal (body-brain) perspective. 

Speaker:  Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.

Speaker Bio: Mona Delahooke, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience caring for children and their families. She is a senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting families of neurodiverse children, adolescents and adults.Dr. Delahooke holds the highest level of endorsement in the field of infant and toddler mental health in California, as a Reflective Practice Mentor (RPM). She is a frequent speaker, trainer, and consultant to parents, organizations, schools, and public agencies. Dr. Delahooke has dedicated her career to promoting compassionate, relationship-based neurodevelopmental interventions for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional, and learning differences. She is the author of Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges (PESI, 2019), and Social and Emotional Development in Early Intervention: A Skills Guide for Working with Children (PESI, 2017). Her popular blog, at http://www.monadelahooke.com covers a range of topics useful for caregivers and childhood providers.