February 5, 4:15-5:15- Willow Creek Middle School Auditorium

The Brain, ACEs, Toxic Stress, & Resilience

• The basic concepts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Toxic Stress
• The effects of ACEs/Toxic Stress on the developing brain
• The long-term effects of ACEs/ Toxic Stress on the brain
• What Resilience means and how Resilience is the antidote or buffer against ACEs.

Presented by: Sadie Swenson, BSN, RN, PHN, Marilyn Deling, MAN, RN, PHN

March 12, 4:15-5:30-Willow Creek Middle School Auditorium

Resiliency strategies and their impact on the brain. Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART)

• Plate overflowing? Stress and anxiety continuing to grow? Family and personal life taking a back seat? Twenty years of research by Dr. Amit Sood of Rochester, MN has shown that a few simple and quick practices can positively decrease your stress and increase your resiliency.
• Resilience, which is the core strength you use to lift the load of life, depends on how well you are using your brain. SMART explains how the brain creates excessive stress and provides practices to change our brain.
• SMART is scientifically proven to decrease symptoms of stress and anxiety, and increase well-being, resilience, mindfulness, happiness, and positive health behaviors. Practices take a 10 minutes– sprinkled in 2-minute chunks throughout the day.

Presented by: Ann Clark, Licensed SMART Trainer