Becoming a More Resilient Adult Working with Children Seminar
Thursday, April 4 | 11 AM-1:30 PM
Macon Campus | Math Auditorium
The Assessment and Care Team and the Office of Campus Culture and Community would like to invite students, staff, faculty, and community members to attend the Becoming a More Resilient Adult Working With Children Seminar on Thursday, April 4 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Math Auditorium on the Macon Campus. The seminar will look at resiliency in the context of caregiving and/or parenting.
Caregivers' actions and the behaviors they model for children can have a large impact on children and the community in which they live. In this seminar, we will look at ways we can model resiliency for children through our responses to stress, the impacts stress can have, and ways we can promote positive childhood experiences and create resilience through connection. Guest speakers Amanda Juarez, Resilient Middle Georgia Project Coordinator, and Andrea Meyer Stinson, Co-Founder of Resilient Middle Georgia and Director of Workforce Strategy & Initiatives for Resilient Middle Georgia, will be speaking on resiliency in the role of caregiving.
Lunch will be provided. Register for the event.
Amanda Juarez is the project coordinator of Resilient Middle Georgia on contract with Macon-Bibb Area Community Partnership. A graduate of Middle Georgia State University, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She is a member of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), a member of the alliance for the Macon Mental Health Matters initiative, and is part of the Community Engagement, Education, and Outreach workgroup for One Safe Place Macon, home of the region's first Family Justice Center.
Dr. Andrea Meyer Stinson is the co-founder of Resilient Middle Georgia. She received her Ph.D. from Florida State University, M.S. from Purdue University, and B.A./B.S. from the University of Georgia. She is currently the Director of Workforce Strategy & Initiatives for Resilient Georgia. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. She has worked therapeutically with children, couples, families, and communities since 2001. She is trained in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). Dr. Meyer is the Past President for the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (GAMFT) and former board member for Resilient Georgia.