Training Dates


Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshops available in English


This workshop will provide an overview of OC Safe from the Start, a program to reduce children's exposure to violence. It will describe the Safe from the Start public health campaign and the Safe from the Start public health campaign based on current research from Dr. Bruce Perry of the Child Trauma Academy.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss two goals of the Safe from the Start public health campaign.
2. Identify two guidelines for working with young children 
       and adolescents exposed to violence.
3. Name the four parts of the young child's developing brain.
4. State one function of each of the four parts of a young child's developing 
       brain.
5. Discuss two ways normal development in a young child's brain may be
      altered following early exposure to violence.
6. State two of the stages of the arousal continuum.

All attendees will receive an OC Safe from the Start toolkit and binder that include resources and learning materials that can be integrated into their current practice. There is a $15 fee for the English TOT. This fee covers the cost of materials and lunch. 

English TOT workshop dates are scheduled as follows:

DATE           TIME                              LOCATION                             FEE

9/10/10    8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.      Orange County                              $15
                                                    Department of Education 
                                                    200 Kalmus Drive
                                                    Building D, Room 1006 
                                                    Costa Mesa                                        

11/5/10     8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.     Orange County                              $15
                                                    Department of Education 
                                                    200 Kalmus Drive
                                                    Building A, Board Room
                                                    Costa Mesa, CA 92626


Spanish presentations are also available . If you need a Spanish parent presentation, please contact Rose Hedegard at Rhedegard@ocde.us 
                            

Vietnamese parent presentations will be available in fall 2010.  

To register for an English TOT, please contact Linda Behnami at
714/327-1058 or
Lbehnami@ocde.us. If you are unable to attend, please share this information with an interested colleague.