1N5’s Christine Browner Receives Trauma-Responsive Care Certification

This week, 1N5 staff member Christine Browner received her Trauma-Responsive Care Certification. The certification consisted of a six-session Theory to Practice (T2P) Series conducted by the Tristate Trauma Network and Finding Hope Consulting. The Trauma Responsive Care Certification turns the uninformed question “What’s wrong with you?” into the trauma-informed question: “What happened to you?” Then it goes further to the …

1N5 Provides RECHARGE + RECONNECT Training to CPS Schools

This week, 1N5 provided RECHARGE + RECONNECT training for teachers and staff at Ethel M. Taylor Academy and Cincinnati Public School Resource Coordinators. On Monday, April 12th, approximately 50 teachers and staff from Ethel M. Taylor Academy participated in the training. On Wednesday, April 14th, 40 Resource Coordinators for CPS participated. Participants from both sessions discussed the benefits of music …

1N5 Provides Lap Around the Wellness Wheel Training

On Wednesday, March 24th, 1N5 was invited to present a “Lap Around the Wellness Wheel” training at Cincinnati City Council candidate Meeka Owens’ Wellness Wednesday series. 1N5’s Sources of Strength certified trainers Erin Horn and Christine Browner provided the presentation. The Sources of Strength Wellness Wheel is designed to guide individuals through all aspects of building not only resilience, but …

1N5 Provides RECHARGE + RECONNECT Training to DePaul Cristo Rey Staff

On Friday, March 5th, 1N5 provided RECHARGE + RECONNECT training to the teachers and staff at DePaul Cristo Rey. Over 50 educators attended the session, which focused on compassion fatigue and prioritizing self-care. Self-care is more important than ever, especially for educators who give so much of themselves to their students. Participants had the opportunity to practice self-care activities like …

1N5 Provides Mental Health 101 to Mercy Montessori

On Friday, January 22nd, 1N5 provided an interactive Mental Health 101 education course to the 7th-grade students at Mercy Montessori. During the course, students learned about different mental health disorders and important skills for maintaining mental wellness. This course was part of an ongoing partnership between 1N5 and Mercy Montessori. Through the spring, 1N5 will be presenting on various topics …

1N5 Provides RECHARGE + RECONNECT Training to SCPA

On Monday, January 11th, 1N5 provided a RECHARGE + RECONNECT training session for the teachers at the School of Creative and Performing Arts. Over 80 educators and staff attended the session, which focused on compassion fatigue and prioritizing self-care. Self-care is more important than ever, especially for educators who give so much of themselves to their students. Participants had the …

1N5 Attends Train the Trainer Series

This week, 1N5 took part in a four-day Ohio Sources of Strength Train the Trainer series. Sources of Strength is a universal suicide prevention program designed to build socioecological protective influences around youth and reduce the likelihood that vulnerable youth and young adults will become suicidal. 1N5 works with schools in Ohio and Northern Kentucky to implement this program in a …

1N5 Conducts School Trainings and Education

This was another busy week of training and mental health education for 1N5. On Monday, August 31st, 1N5 worked with Sycamore Community Schools to create an education plan covering trauma for the entire staff. Several members of the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children at CCHMC provided training on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their effect on the brain, …

1N5 Conducts Sources of Strength + Educator Self-Care Training at Sycamore

On Monday, August 31st, Erin Horn, certified Sources of Strength trainer, led an hour-long Educator Self-Care training based on the evidence-based Sources of Strength wellness model for Sycamore Community School District Staff Professional Development. Erin started out by explaining the upstream prevention philosophy, which details how building resiliency and coping strategies help people handle the stresses of life, including mental …