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Early Childhood Education

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A Crucial Set of Skills for the Most Crucial Time

As early-childhood educators, you play one of the most crucial roles for our children: seeing them through the first years of life. Wellpoint wants to help you recognize the signs of trauma and its impact on the developing mind and body. And most importantly – to provide children in your care the support that helps them learn and grow. 

Significant development occurs in children from ages zero to three. Sometimes their brains, bodies and behaviors change so quickly, you can notice a difference from one day to the next. That’s why it’s so crucial for early-childhood educators to be well versed in the science of adversity.

Trauma Informed Care Learning Opportunities for Early Childhood Educators

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Trauma Informed Care professional development and learning opportunities are tailored to the early-childhood care sector so you can:

  • Recognize toxic stress and its impact on the developing mind and body
  • Learn developmentally appropriate regulation strategies specifically for infants and young children
  • Suggest co-regulation activities for children and their parents or caregivers at home
  • Develop ongoing strategies for nurturing children who have had adversity in their young lives
  • Create trauma informed best practices in your school environment

A Variety of Ways to Learn

You could start with an introduction to Trauma Sensitive Schools or join one of our FREE networking communities, like the Compassion Curve for Early Care Educators or a Trauma Sensitive Schools Networking Meeting. If you would like to bring a customized Trauma Informed Early Care presentation to your site, please ask.

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Meet Sara Daniel, MSW, LCSW

I have been working with Wellpoint for more than 20 years, transforming K-12 and Early Childhood…

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Meet Tim Grove

Tim has 25 years of professional experience in a variety of direct care and administrative positions,…

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Corey Norlander

Corey Norlander

Lieutenant of Criminal Investigations

Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office

Corey Norlander is the Lieutenant of Criminal Investigations at the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office. He is currently in his 30th year in law enforcement, having served as a patrol officer, School Resource Officer, and then detective before becoming a supervisor in the detective group.

His work in sensitive crimes investigations and multi-disciplinary team development has brought him to an unintended recognition and understanding of trauma on victims and responders. In addition to serving in law enforcement, he serves as Co-Chair on the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Response Team and trains for the Wisconsin Department of Justice and Wellpoint Care Network.

Tim Grove

Tim Grove

Senior Trainer

Tim has 25 years of professional experience in a variety of direct care and administrative positions, including In-Home Services, Foster Care, Treatment Foster Care, Residential Treatment, Child Welfare, Community-Based Services, Quality Improvement and Staff Development.

As the senior leader of Trauma Informed Care (TIC) initiatives across all organizational programs, he was responsible for implementing Wellpoint Care Network’s TIC philosophy and practices, including Dr. Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT).

He also created a TIC training curriculum centered around the 7 Essential Ingredients (7ei) of understanding and practicing TIC. He is a Mentor with the ChildTrauma Academy and a Master Trainer in Dr. Rob Anda and Laura Porter’s ACE Interface curriculum. Grove and Wellpoint Care Network  team’s work has been highlighted in various media, including a 2018 “60 Minutes” segment with special correspondent Oprah Winfrey and a three-year research study on the effectiveness of 7ei in child welfare published by the Journal of Child Custody in 2019.

Tim was recently featured in the premiere episode of Overloaded: Understanding Neglect, a podcast from the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being that aims to reimagine how we support families overloaded by stress in order to prevent child neglect. 

Sara Daniel

Sara Daniel

Consultant / MSW, LCSW

My Story

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou

When you give a teacher or administrator and understanding along with tools that they need to be successful, you not only influence the students they have right now, but all of the students who they will encounter in the future. At Wellpoint, we are always taking on new challenges and looking for ways to innovate to make a greater impact.

Education & Experience

Sara Daniel has been helping school districts and early care settings work with students affected by trauma, mental health issues and behavioral challenges for over 20 years. She is currently a senior coach and consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Trauma Sensitive School Initiative and the co-author of the Trauma Sensitive Schools Learning Module Series. She has worked with countess school districts nationwide and has trained thousands of school staff on the 7ei of Trauma Sensitive Schools. Sara is also certified in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) and is the leader of the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Interface Master Trainer Project for the State of Wisconsin.

I earned my master’s degree in Social Work from UW Milwaukee and am certified in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and the Neurosequential Model of Education.

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