Events
Discover events, activities and training for children 0-5, families and service providers.Best Practice: Family Partnerships & Culture - CPIN Training
Category: ProvidersFriday, March 7, 2025 at 9:00am - 11:00am
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In this distance learning interactive training, participants will: Review the components and structure of Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture. Discuss how to utilize and apply information from Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture. Reflect upon and share about personal culture influences in the early childhood setting.
This is a California Preschool Instructional Network, Region 2, virtual training.
RegisterTrauma-Responsive & Resilience Building: Going Deeper
Category: Parents, ProvidersTuesday, March 11, 2025 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
Organizers: First 5 ShastaVenue: First 5 Shasta | 393 Park Marina Circle, Redding, CA 96001
Module 200: Trauma Responsive and Resilience-Building Practices for Educators: Going Deeper to Practice. This training builds on the Module 100 concepts (March 4 training) by creating an opportunity to practically apply the trauma-responsive and resilience building practices. In this module, we take a deeper dive into the trauma responsive strategies by providing an opportunity for educators to practice using the strategies through interactive activities, engaging in reflective conversations sharing implementation practices. The following are the key practices from Module 100 that will be reviewed and practiced:
- Strategies that help me feel safe and reduce stress
- Attuned responsive and nurturing relationships
- Safe and predictable environments
- Body awareness and strengthening sensory and emotional literacy
Presented by the Center for Optimal Brain Integration®
With over 30 years of collective experience, we care about providing services that help humans reach their highest potential. Every training or consultive support, maximizes an opportunity to develop integrated and optimal health. The Center for Optimal Brain Integration® trains, coaches and consults internationally on trauma-responsive practices and social-emotional strategies that build resilience.
Registration is required. Both in-person and Zoom registration available.
Register
Discovery Playgroup
Category: Children 0 - 5, ParentsWednesday, March 12, 2025 at 9:00am - 9:45am
Venue: Shasta Family YMCA | 1155 N. Court St., Discovery Room in Y South, Redding, CA 96001
A fun and engaging program for kids ages 3-5 to experience a classroom-like setting! Guided by Frog Street's innovation, grant-funded curriculum provided by First 5 Shasta, children will explore, play, and learn essential skills to prepare for school success. Join us for hands-on activities, social interaction, and early education fun.
For more information call the Y at 530-246-9622
The Little Ones Concert - The Story of Babar
Category: Children 0 - 5, ParentsWednesday, March 12, 2025 at 9:15am - 10:00am
Organizers: North State Symphony, First 5 ShastaVenue: Cascade Theatre | 1731 Market Street, Redding, CA 96001
The Story of Babar is a classic tale of a little elephant who find his place in the world, complete with lessons of understanding and hope and an epic rise from rags to riches. In Francis Poulenc's playful music, various instruments are used to illustrate Babar and the other characters in the story, much like Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
Free admission with child 5 years of age or young (registration is required)
RegisterBurney Library Story Time
Category: Children 0 - 5, ParentsThursday, March 13, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Organizers: Shasta Public LibrariesVenue: Burney Library | 37116 Main Street, Burney, CA 96013
Join us at the Burney Library every Wednesday for stories, a craft and healthy snack!
Support provided by First 5 Shasta
The Link Between Childhood Trauma, Intimate Partner Violence, and Perinatal Depression
Category: Parents, ProvidersThursday, March 13, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:00pm
Organizers: Sacramento County Public HealthVenue: | , ,
This virtual training addresses the concerns about the rising number of clients experiencing depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts stemming from trauma.
Speaker: Brenna Rizan, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C, Executive Director of Be Mom Aware Sacramento Maternal Mental Health Collaborative
Learning Objectives
1. Learn How Trauma and IPV affect Maternal Mental Health (MMH)
2. Understand how the Social Determinants of Health impacts MMH
3. Discuss how to screen for IPV and MMH disorders (Depression, anxiety, suicide and PTSD) What screening tools to use.
4. How to support BIPOC perinatal Clients through Be Mom Aware and Medi Cal Managed Care Plans in Sacramento County
RegisterAnderson Library Story Time!
Category: Children 0 - 5, ParentsThursday, March 13, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Organizers: FrienVenue: Anderson Library | 3200 W Center Street, Anderson, CA 96007
It's a spring story time event with flowers donated by Anderson Safeway! Come listen to springtime stories and make a mini bouquet to take home. Flower sticker project and coloring provided by First 5 Shasta.
Strengthening Self Awareness & Self Care
Category: Parents, ProvidersTuesday, March 18, 2025 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Organizers: First 5 ShastaVenue: First 5 Shasta | 393 Park Marina Circle, Redding, CA 96001
Module 300: Strengthening Self Awareness and Self-Care to Reduce Burnout in Times of Stress. Participants will be introduced to the neurobiology of stress and the science of cultivating self-awareness to reduce burnout. We will present the Zone of Self-Awareness to detect when their stress response systems have been activated.
Several strategies will be explored for strengthening or building self-regulation and grounding in times of stress. This training takes participants on a journey to the center of themselves (sometimes we call it getting a Ph.D in you!). Several self-care strategies and tools will be introduced:
Strategies Learned:
- The neurobiology of stress on the body, brain, and behavior
- Burnout and compassion fatigue
- Zones of self-awareness and cultivating grounders in times of stress
- Biomechanics of breathing to regulate
- STOP Tool
- Four pathways to regulation: Bottom of the brain, top of the brain, intentional disconnection, relational
Presented by the Center for Optimal Brain Integration®
With over 30 years of collective experience, we care about providing services that help humans reach their highest potential. Every training or consultive support, maximizes an opportunity to develop integrated and optimal health. The Center for Optimal Brain Integration® trains, coaches and consults internationally on trauma-responsive practices and social-emotional strategies that build resilience.
Registration is required. In person and Zoom registration available.
RegisterTriple P Practitioner Support Group
Category: ProvidersTuesday, March 18, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Organizers: Bridges to SuccessVenue: | , ,
Triple P Practitioners, join us on the 3rd Tuesday of each month for our Triple P Practitioner's Support Group hosted by Bridges to Success.
Don’t forget:
- This is a great opportunity to touch base with others providing Triple P.
- Open to all practitioners in Shasta County.
- Please feel free to share with practitioners who you think might benefit from this group!
Join on Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96050476477?pwd=U3BqQ1oxVUJrNVZoaGRYNkFtaThYQT09
Discovery Playgroup
Category: Children 0 - 5, ParentsWednesday, March 19, 2025 at 9:00am - 9:45am
Venue: Shasta Family YMCA | 1155 N. Court St., Discovery Room in Y South, Redding, CA 96001
A fun and engaging program for kids ages 3-5 to experience a classroom-like setting! Guided by Frog Street's innovation, grant-funded curriculum provided by First 5 Shasta, children will explore, play, and learn essential skills to prepare for school success. Join us for hands-on activities, social interaction, and early education fun.
For more information call the Y at 530-246-9622