Joseph McQueen, M.Ed

Joseph McQueen is the director of alternative education for the Regional Office of Education #33. He has over twenty years of experience in the field of mental health. Joseph was an LBS1 teacher, special education coordinator, and residential treatment specialist. He is an author and has been working as a dynamic trainer and speaker for the past five years, presenting at national conferences and working with various schools in west central Illinois.
Joseph is the author of the book Calming Young Minds Mental Health, De-Escalation, Trauma, and Restorative Practices in Teens

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From Understanding to Action: What Educators Need to Know About Trauma

This practical, educator-oriented session will provide definitions and understandings regarding stress and trauma (the “what”). It will examine the physiological and psychological impacts of trauma – connecting what we see on the surface with its underlying causation (the “why”). Following a Universal Design approach, this session will provide participants with an overview of the types of strategies that not only support students with trauma histories but also are likely to be effective with a broader group of students (the “how”).

12:30-3pm (on Zoom)

Trauma-Informed Classroom Strategies: Safety, Regulation, and Relationship

This session will expand upon the foundation laid in the morning session – focusing on the HOW – the strategies used in trauma-informed schools – particularly behavioral approaches.  It will examine why many traditional behavior strategies may not be effective with the students educators have in front of them today and will offer practical, proven alternatives. The session will examine a wide range of strategies – including ones that are proactive, reactive, whole class, and individual. Emphasis will be on strategies that can be “done tomorrow” but ones that may require more extensive planning will also be shared for participants’ consideration.

with Dyane Carrere, M.Ed.

Dyane is an educator whose 40+ year career as a public school teacher, administrator, consultant and staff developer has concentrated on supporting students who traditionally have been on the fringes of school success due to social, emotional and behavioral struggles. She has worked in preschool through secondary settings as well as through private practice with families and service agencies in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Vermont, and Massachusetts. Dyane is the developer of the neuroscience-based strategy, The Re-Set Process™,  and is author of the book by the same name.  Her work with Re-Set now impacts many states across the U.S. and has been implemented internationally as well. Dyane holds enormous respect for educators and the critical and challenging work that they do every day and strives to provide them with practical strategies that make a positive difference in their lives and the lives of their students.

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CEUs available for social work: $15 for 1.5 credit hours

Workshop description:

Recognize how the trauma and stress children experience, increases the risk of secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma for school staff, and how this impacts staff health and well-being.

Explore how safety, and attention to emotional and physical regulation, decrease the negative impact of a stress response.

Identify when a stress response has not turned off, how to move through it and return to a relaxed, regulated state.

DeLainna Percifield, MS, LPC, LADC/MH is a therapist that holds the position of Regional Hope and Resiliency Trainer, employed with CREOKS health services. She received her Master of Counseling Psychology degree from Northeastern State University (NSU) in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 2006 and has since worked primarily in the field of recovery, in residential, outpatient and correctional settings. DeLainna currently provides training, coaching and support to the Department of Human Services, child welfare staff, in developing resiliency and reducing the effects of traumatic stress, since 2014. She was selected, with thirty other presenters, by the Potts Family foundation to train with Dr. Rob Anda and Laura Porter, and provides Neurobiology, Epigenetics, ACEs and Resiliency, (NEAR) training throughout the state.

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Free with registration in advance

CEUs for social work available – $15 for 1.5 credit hours

Dr. Julie Miller Cribbs

Oklahoma Medicaid Endowed Professor in Mental Health
Director of OU School of Social Work

Julie’s current research amplifies factors pertaining to vulnerability, strengths, and functioning in the arenas of diversity, health, and community life. She is particularly interested in health disparities and access to health care and improving social work education in the state of Oklahoma. Her publications have appeared in various journals, she has authored educational material utilized in textbooks and course outlines related to cultural diversity, and she is the author of three books.

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