Best Starts for Kids offers no-cost, equity-centered workshops for prenatal-to-five early childhood providers in King County. Our Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health strategy has a few remaining workshops in 2025.
Power Play: A Play-Based Approach to Nurture Equity & Belonging in Home Visitor-Family Partnership (In Person)
Facilitated by Nat Nadha Vikitsreth
Friday, October 24, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
In this full-day workshop, you’ll be trying out different games and theater exercises to discover your unique style of collaboration with and attunement to families. Then, you’ll apply this self-awareness to your home visiting work. So that you can effectively shift from hoarding and misusing power to sharing power with the families you serve. Learn more!
The Ripple Effect (Virtual)
Facilitated by Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD
Tuesday, October 28, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm or Wednesday, October 29, 9:30 am –3:00 pm
This workshop presents an integrative framework for understanding and communication across systems about how trauma can affect a child, a family, and a system. The framework was developed by Chandra Ghosh Ippen, Christopher Layne, and Bob Pynoos of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and is adapted from core trauma concepts identified and ratified by the NCTSN Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma Task Force. Learn more!
Attuning to the Fire’s Wisdom: Learning About Our Power (Virtual)
Facilitated by Adriana Cuestas, PsyD
Friday, December 19, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Through the metaphor of fire, participants will engage in reflection about the recognition of their own power and the dynamics that can contribute to its use in ways that can heal or hurt. Learn more!
