Fall 2020 Bill and Linda Tubbs Teaching Connections
ACEs: Building Trauma-Sensitive Communities
Building awareness, skills and knowledge around the topic of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is the focus of a day-long virtual conference hosted November 13 by the University of Northern Iowa College of Education at its annual Bill and Linda Tubbs Teaching Connections professional development program.
Entitled “ACEs: Building Trauma-Sensitive Communities,” this fall’s program features a range of guest speakers from UNI and organizations locally and statewide, led by keynote speakers Sarah Welch, with Iowa ACEs 360, and Jennifer Ulie-Wells, Please Pass the Love. Scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., it includes keynote sessions for all and concurrent presentations, panels and activities (all remote). REGISTER HERE.
Now in its fifth year, the initiative was renamed to reflect a donation by Bill and Linda Tubbs to the UNI Foundation to support the College of Education. There is no charge to attend. 
Who should attend: Current teacher education students, faculty and practicing teachers and school administrators along with counselors, social workers and other health professionals are invited to attend.
Coordinating committee: Disa Cornish, Darcie Davis-Gage, David Schmid, Stephanie Schmitz, Tricia Schrage
Fall 2020 Schedule
Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 (Virtual Conference) Register here.
9 a.m.
Welcome
Dean Colleen Mulholland
Bill and Linda Tubbs
Associate Dean Stephanie Schmitz
9:10 a.m.
Keynote Speaker #1
Healing Iowa: Reshaping our systems and communities for Iowa’s children to thrive in response to ACEs
Sarah Welch, Iowa ACEs 360
10 a.m.
Keynote Speaker #2
Racial and Cultural Trauma in Schools
Jen Ulie-Wells, Please Pass the Love
11 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
Invisible and Ignored: Black Women and Girls Deserve Healing-Centered Approaches to their Trauma
LaTasha DeLoach, City of Iowa City Senior Center
Trauma in Our Schools: What to Do When Words Aren't Enough
Kathie Barry, Retired counselor/adjunct, University of Northern Iowa
Noon
Concurrent Sessions:
Caring for Students: What You Did Not Learn in Teaching 101
Kristin Meany-Walen, Waterloo Community School District
Cory Arensdorf, Waterloo Community School District
Diving Deeper into Racial and Cultural Trauma in Schools
Jennifer Ulie-Wells, Please Pass the Love
1 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
Iowa Safe Schools: ACEs and the LGBTQ Community: Supporting Today’s LGBTQ Youth
Kaylyn Fischer, Iowa Safe Schools
Wellness Panel
Using Mindfulness to Support Student and Teacher Well-Being
Sarah Montgomery, UNI College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Mind-Body Tools for Schools
Stephanie A. Kroeger, The Center for Foundational & Relational Wellness
Relationship Resilience with the Roses (looking through the Schitt's Creek lens)
Libby Fry, UNI College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Work
Food and Mood Mediators
Diane Depken, UNI College of Education, Public Health and Education
2 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
Play Therapy Panel
Sunny Teeling, private practice, University of North Texas
Stephanie Eslick, Covenant Family Solutions
Kate Haberman, The Center for Foundational and Relational Wellness, LLC
¡Agusa!
Al Exito Youth Mental Health Task Force
Dawn Martinez Oropeza, Al Exito
Al Exito Youth Task Force Leaders: Orlando Fuentes II, Porter S. Dimery, Adrian Olguin
3 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
Expressive Arts Panel
Kelly Donolon, Community College School District
Kelly Fisher, Pathways Behavioral Health
Darcie Davis-Gage, UNI College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, Counseling
Race, Ethnicity and Childhood Adversity: Disparities in Risk Factors and Mental Health Outcomes
Ashleigh Kysar-Moon, UNI College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology