Presenters: Aaron Muttillo and Mary Bonamer
Biographies:
Aaron Muttillo is the Clinical Services Director at Positive Education Program, a local mental health agency whose mission is to help troubled and troubling children learn and grow. He has worked as a school psychologist for the past 15 years, primarily within a clinical setting. Currently, Aaron serves as a Trauma-Informed Approach trainer as part of the statewide Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Initiative, which is intended to promote a greater sense of safety, security and equality among Ohio consumers. Aaron is currently pursuing his doctorate in Urban Education at Cleveland State University with a special interest in creating educational environments that are trauma sensitive and able to meet the needs of diverse learners.
Mary Bonamer earned her PhD. In School and Clinical Psychology from Hofstra University in New York. She worked for eight years as a public-school psychologist and then moved to Cleveland where she started her career at Positive Education Program. Dr. Bonamer worked many years at PEP’s Early Childhood Centers where she assisted in the implementation of Conscious Discipline and trauma informed practices. She currently works as Clinical Coordinator at PEP.
Mary and Aaron recently completed an 18-month training with a cohort under Dr. Bruce Perry and Child Trauma Academy. Both earned certification in the NeuroSequential Model of Therapeutics - a trauma informed approach to assessment and clinical problem solving.
TIC presentation objections:
Understand why traditional education approaches are a poor fit for traumatized students from a neurological standpoint
Define trauma as an event or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as harmful that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning
Identify the cultural and societal reasons that lead schools to exclude traumatized students
Apply brain research to accurately diagnose problematic student behavior
Identify interventions and programs that create trauma-informed learning environments
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8:00 Registration & Light Refreshments
8:30 - 11:00 Presentation
11:30 ELASPA Business meeting
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