Lane County News: Regional Conference Focuses on Key Impacts and Interventions

Conference Focuses on Key Impacts and Interventions for Child Brain Development

Contact: Sandy Moses, Lane County Health and Human Services program services coordinator, 682-3650

TheHealthy Brain Development: Key Impacts and Interventions conference will provide participants with the latest cutting-edge research, prevention methods and best intervention practices regarding the key impacts on child brain development.

This regional conference will be held October 22-24 at the Valley River Inn in Eugene.

The conference is an opportunity for educators, healthcare, mental health and social service providers, childcare providers, and substance abuse professionals to come together and learn skills that can assist in preventing and reducing harm on a child’s developing brain.

More than 30 workshops will be offered, covering the latest research and strategies related to the brain development of infants, children and adolescents, including:

Attachment and its Impact on Early Brain Development.

The Impact of Preconception and Prenatal Care on Early Brain Development

Behavior Management Strategies for High Risk Children

The Developing Brain: How Poverty Shapes Cognition & School Function

The Adolescent Brain and Impulsive Behaviors

Brain-Friendly Teaching Strategies to Build Memory, Focus and Motivation

A New Therapy for Children with Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol & Illicit Drug

The goals for this conference are: (1) to present current research and prevention science on brain development of children ages zero through early adolescence, and (2) to provide evidence-based strategies and tools to promote healthy brain development aimed at children ages zero through early adolescence and their families who are challenged by risk factors such as substance use, trauma, environment, violence and poverty.

"We know that a child’s brain can be affected in many ways and at various times during development, so we’re going to highlight the connections rather than focusing on only one influence or one intervention," said Sandy Moses, program services coordinator at Lane County Health & Human Services.

The conference program will include more than 30 experts from throughout the country, including: Dr. Robert Anda, MD, MS, co-principal investigator of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study; Ira Chasnoff, MD, president of Children’s Research Triangle; and Nancy K. Young, MSW, PhD, director of the National Center on Substance Abuse & Child Welfare.

Amber Fossen
Public Information Officer
Lane County Government
125 E. Eighth Ave.
Eugene, Oregon 97401
(541) 682.3718
(541) 359.9143 (cell)

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