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From Survival to Strength: Helping Kids Manage Stress and Develop Resilient Minds

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Children today face unprecedented stress and emotional challenges, making it essential to find effective, science-backed solutions. 

Join renowned neuroscientist, best-selling author, and trauma expert Kate Truitt, PhD, for a powerful training on neuroplasticity-based interventions tailored for early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. 

In this engaging workshop, you’ll discover: 

  • The amygdala’s role in stress regulation and emotional development 
  • Hands-on techniques and mindful touch interventions to help young clients build self-awareness, resilience, and strength 
  • Co-regulation strategies to engage parents and caregivers 

Through experiential exercises, you’ll leave with a ready-to-use clinical toolkit—equipped with practical skills to create safety, support emotional regulation, and empower children to thrive. 

Here's What You'll Learn

Part I: Foundations of Emotional Resilience and Neuroplasticity 

  • Understand the amygdala’s role in stress, survival, and emotional regulation. 
  • Discover how neuroplasticity and mindful touch create opportunities for lasting emotional growth. 
  • Experiential Exercise: Neuroplasticity plus mindful touch practice to regulate emotional responses and calm the amygdala. 

Part II: Tools for Every Developmental Stage 

  • Equip children and adolescents with tools to strengthen reduce stress, enhance emotional regulation, and build resilience. 
  • Tailor neuroplasticity-based and mindful touch interventions to specific age groups. 
    • Review of how to integrate the tools into different developmental stages: 
      • Early Childhood 
      • Middle Childhood 
      • Adolescence 
  • Experiential Exercise: Creating Positive Possibilities for Resilience Development 

Part III: Building Bridges with Parents and Caregivers 

  • Help parents understand the amygdala’s role in emotional regulation. 
  • Equip parents with tools to model and support mindful touch and self-regulation at home. 
  • Experiential Exercises: Push Pause Tool and Brain Game Practice 

Part IV: Conclusion and Actionable Takeaways 

  • Summarize key points and ensure participants leave with actionable tools. 
  • Review of risks and limitations of the research and techniques/tools taught 
  • Review the Brain Partnership Toolkit of neuroplasticity-based tools and interventions. 

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 2 hours of video content
  • Up to 2.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Kate Truitt, PhD, MBA

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Dr. Kate Truitt, a clinical psychologist, applied neuroscientist, and international bestselling author, is an expert in trauma, stress, and resilience. She is the founder of the educational platform Truitt Institute and leads her award-winning clinical team at Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates. As a member of the Goldie Hawn Foundation’s MindUP Scientific Advisory Committee and a co-developer of the Havening Techniques®, as well as an expert contributor to the Kevin Love Fund and Girl Scouts of America, Dr. Truitt passionately advocates for mental health literacy and personal empowerment globally. Her voice in the mental health arena extends to her role as a speaker and media consultant, including being featured in BBC and Today, and speaking at prestigious platforms like the United Nations and the United States Department of Defense. Dr. Truitt founded and is the chairman of the board for the Amy Research Foundation, a 501c3 organization focused on advancing research into the innovative treatment realm of neuroscience-based mental health and wellness interventions. As the author of her memoir, #1 top new release Keep Breathing: A Psychologist’s Intimate Journey Through Loss, Trauma, and Rediscovering Life and the international bestseller Healing in Your Hands: Self-Havening Exercises to Harness Neuroplasticity, Heal Traumatic Stress, and Build Resilience, she is dedicated to advancing the treatment of traumatic stress while making significant strides in destigmatizing mental health and fostering resilience worldwide.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Kate Truitt is the President and Founder of Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates; Chief Executive Officer of the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles; Executive Director and Founder of the Amy Research Foundation; and Executive Director of the Truitt Institute. Dr. Truitt receives royalties as a published author and compensation as a presenter. She serves as a scientific advisor and board member for Anti-AgingGames.com and the Goldie Hawn Foundation. She also receives speaking honoraria and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Kate Truitt is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the American Cognitive Training Association, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS150244
Duration:
2 hours, 1 minute
Copyright:
Aug 14, 2025
Format:
Audio and Video

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