October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable invites you to attend

What Should a Violence Prevention Program Look Like in our Communities? The conversation continues .....

“Helping Children Cope with Common Childhood Challenges.”

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

Community Room, Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury.

These challenges typically include experiences of sudden change, loss, failure, shame and rejection which can have traumatic impact on young people. Helping kids learn to cope with these “normal” traumatic experiences can build deep self-confidence and resilience and prevent future extreme pain and harm.

Stephanie Howard, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and director of “Project We Can
Talk About It,” the domestic violence team at Children’s Charter, a division of The Key Program,
Inc. She has provided training and consultation to DV and DA advocates, daycare
and school teachers, DCF social workers, police officers and court personnel.
Joel M. Ristuccia, Ed.M., is a certified School Psychologist with over twenty five
years’ experience in the public schools. He has consulted on the impact of trauma on student learning to the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative and is co-author of “Helping Traumatized Children Learn.” Additionally he has consulted to the MGH Department of School Psychiatry, and nationally on the impact of trauma on learning and on the role of trauma in student behaviors than can lead to punitive discipline and school failure.
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www.domesticviolenceroundtable.org