Professional Resources

Teacher/Educator Well Being Support Line

303-272-2500

Call or Text

Talk with a trained volunteer 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

Free and immediate access to mental health services is available.

The support line is available to any member of the education workforce across the state.

Training Opportunities

  • Postpartum Support International (PSI)

    What it is: A two-day Certificate of Completion Course with a thorough, evidence-based curriculum for the assessment and treatment of perinatal mood disorders.

    Who it’s for: The training is designed for nurses, physicians, social workers, mental health providers, childbirth professionals, social support providers, and others who work with families in the perinatal period.

    Why we offer it: Pregnancy-related depression and anxiety is the most common complication of pregnancy. Effective treatment is available, and it is essential that front line providers are trained and equipped to assess and treat perinatal mood disorders.

  • Circle of Security

    What it is: The Circle of Security® Parenting™ program, based on decades of research, focuses on supporting and strengthening secure parent-child relationships. Training in the use of the COSP™ model enables professionals to build families’ capacity to:

    • Understand children’s emotional world by learning to read emotional needs

    • Support their children’s ability to successfully manage emotions

    • Enhance the development of children’s self esteem

    Who it’s for: Providers and professionals who work with families with young children.

    Why we offer it: Supporting children’s social-emotional development and early mental health is essential to ensuring children enter kindergarten ready to learn. CCECC sends local professionals to COSP™ trainings so they can facilitate parent groups and share this important program in our community.

  • Trauma Responsive Practices in Education

    What it is: An eight-hour course that provides foundational and intermediate-level training on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), brain and body adaptations to trauma, and the window of tolerance and state-dependent functioning. Participants will learn strategies to:

    • Promote regulation skills

    • Build resiliency

    • Respond during emotional and behavioral crises

    Who it’s for: General and special education teachers, school health/mental health professionals, school administrators, paraprofessionals, and others who work in the education setting.

    NOTE: CCECC can also facilitate access to this training for behavioral health and medical providers, first responders, as well as professionals in child welfare, social work, juvenile and criminal justice, and community-based organizations. Contact us to learn more.

    Why we offer it: Families in our communities are suffering the adverse impacts of early childhood trauma, which impacts children and parents alike. Without intervention and support, early childhood trauma can lead to lifelong deficits in learning, health, and social-emotional wellness.

  • Conscious Discipline

    What it is: A 10-session online course that guides participants through the core methodology of Conscious Discipline, a program that is proven to build resiliency in children, families, educators and schools. The self-paced course delivers 10+ hours of experiential learning with additional digital study and learning opportunities.

    Who it’s for: Educators, mental health professionals

    Why we offer it: Supporting social-emotional development and building resiliency skills provides children with a strong foundation of mental health that will support them throughout their lives.

  • Diagnostic Classifications of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC: 0-5)

    What it is: The DC: 0-5 approach to diagnosis is developmentally informed, relationship-based, contextual, and culturally competent. This training enables clinicians to build in-depth knowledge of the approach and content of the DC: 0-5 and to practice application with the support of peers and expert faculty.

    Who it’s for: Designed for advanced practitioners such as mental health clinicians, physicians, nurse practitioners, and early intervention specialists whose work with infants, children and families involves expert assessment, diagnosis, and case formulation.

    Why we offer it: When children with developmental delays are identified early and referred to treatment, they can get back on track to healthy development and achieve positive outcomes. Developmental delays left untreated in the early years can lead to challenges that can negatively impact children for a lifetime.