Kids & Family
Learning to Cope with Childhood Trauma
Child Care Council of Suffolk Training Helps to Promote Resilience in the Face of Childhood Trauma
The Child Care Council of Suffolk (CCCS) has partnered with the Association for Mental Health & Wellness to offer a series of Suffolk Action for Empowering Resiliency (SAFER) workshops developed to promote resiliency in children and to aid early care professionals in maintaining a healthy environment for those affected by Superstorm Sandy and/or other early childhood trauma. These trainings promote social-emotional health for infants, toddlers and preschoolers through outreach to early care and learning professionals, curriculum implementation and ongoing support services.
More than 70 early care professionals and others recently participated in a SAFER conference titled “Promoting Resilience in Young Children,” presented by Tammy Goddard from the Devereux Center for Resilient Children. “After taking this training, I now realize how important it is to reflect and understand where the children in my program are coming from and how it may affect their time with me,” described one early care professional. “Thanks to this valuable training offered by CCCS, I learned how to start conversations with the children about their stressors, and I can effectively help them to ‘bounce back’.”
The SAFER program is offered under the leadership of the Child Care Council of Suffolk and funded through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) Superstorm Sandy Block Grant. For more information about the SAFER program and other early care professional training opportunities, visit Child Care Council of Suffolk’s website at www.childcaresuffolk.org.
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About the Child Care Council of Suffolk
Child Care Council of Suffolk, Inc., is the not-for-profit planning and coordinating agency dedicated to making child care work for all of Suffolk County’s diverse communities. Through advocacy, education and resource and referral, the Council takes a leadership role in supporting children, families, providers, employers and the public to ensure that quality child care takes its place as an integral part of society.