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  • Feb 27 2012

    Council for Advancemet and Support of Education Training in CA

    Matt Taylor, Associate Director of IERS participated alongside Dr. Roberta Evans, Dean, UM College of Education and other UM-COEHS respresentatives at the 2012 Council for Advancemet and Support of Education Training in San Francisco.  The 3-day training is entitled Development for Deans and Academic Directors and is aimed at enhancing the sustainability and visibility of the College of Education, IERS and UM.  Information may be found at http://www.case.org/Conferences_and_Training/DALW12.html.

  • Feb 23 2012

    Early Childhood & Project REAL work with OPI

    Amy Foster Wolferman, provided 2 days of coordination and consultation work on early childhood / positive behavioral supports work in Helena in partnership with the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

  • Feb 22 2012

    Bullying Prevention training in Fortine Montana

    Amy Foster Wolferman, School Safety Coordinator of the MSSC and IERs and Jennifer Calder, School Behavioral Health Associate, provided trainings on effective strategies for reducing bulling behavior and increasing student resiliency in the community of Fortine, Montana. Foster Wolferman presents frequently on these topics across Montana and in coordination with OPI's Montana Behavioral Initiative.  The Steps to Respect bullying prevention curriculum is a central component of many of these trainings.

  • Feb 14 2012

    Child Protective Services workers to receive training

    NNCTC staff will attend initial planning meetings and deliver training to Child Protective Service workers in Crow, Northern Cheyenne, and Fort Peck Indian Reservations during the week of February 14. Trainings will cover topics of the Child Welfare Toolkit, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Child Traumatic Stress, and Design Teams.

  • Feb 07 2012

    National focus group on compassion fatigue in schools

    Matt Taylor, Associate Dir. of IERS and Director of the MSSC participated in a 3-day expert review group convened by the U.S. Department of Education in New Orleans, LA for the development of a national, standardized training curriculum to address compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress in educators.  The work was coordinated by the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and the Readiness and Emergency Management in Schools Technical Assistance Center.

  • Feb 07 2012

    Comprehensive School and Community Treatment meeting

    Erin Butts, Behavioral Health Associate for IERS/NNCTC, presented on best practices in school mental health to child mental health workers, superintendents, school psychologists, OPI staff, and others at a Comprehensive School and Community Treatment (CSCT) meeting in Helena February 7. The purpose of the group is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of CSCT administrative rules in order to make further improvements to the quality and effectiveness of CSCT services.

  • Feb 06 2012

    Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention task force meeting

    Dr. John Frederikson traveled to Helena, MT February 6 to attend a Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention Task Force meeting with victim services and law enforcement personnel. The primary topic of the meeting was data gathering and implementation.

  • Feb 06 2012

    MBI trainings in Frazer, MT

    NNCTC staff provided two days of training and consultation to Frazer Schools during the week of February 6. Trainings focused on topics within the Montana Behavioral Initiative framework, and included training in the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) model.

  • Feb 01 2012

    Emergency Management Training for American Fork area schools

    Matt Taylor, Director of the MSSC, provided Emergency Management Training for Schools (EM-101) for 120+ participants from across the American Fork Public Schools near Salt Lake City.  70 schools were represented at the trainings and Taylor co-presented with Susanna Graves from Lincoln County School District in Oregon.

  • Dec 13 2011

    Bullying Prevention training in Frazer School

    NNCTC staff will provide bullying prevention training to staff and students at Frazer School December 13-15, 2011. The 3-day visit will also include one-on-one visits with teachers, classroom observations, and meetings with School Improvement Grant (SIG) staff. This work is on behalf of the SIG contract with the MT Office of Public Instruction.

  • Dec 12 2011

    Emergency Management Training, College of Education

    Montana Safe Schools Center staff provided Emergency Management training to leadership and support staff at UM's College of Education and Human Sciences on December 12, 2011. The training was the second of a two-part training, and was designed to test internal and external communications in emergency situations. This training was part of a UM Emergency Management grant sponsored by the US Department of Education.

  • Dec 07 2011

    Emergency Managment training for UM College of Visual and Performing Arts

    Dr. John Frederikson, Coordinator of the Montana Safe Schools Center will work with Thomas Johnson, Community Laison of the UM Police, Dr. Brian Krylowicz, director of UM'S Counseling and Psychological Services and Bernadine Gantert of UM Disability Services for Students to provide emergency management training for the University of Montana's College of Visual and Performing Arts

  • Dec 05 2011

    Psychological First Aid training in Pryor, MT

    NNCTC staff and graduate research assistants will travel to Pryor, MT December 5, 2011 to provide Psychological First Aid (PFA) training to middle and high school students in the Plenty Coup School District. PFA is an evidence-based approach to assisting people in the immediate aftermath of disaster. Its aim is to reduce initial distress and to foster short and long-term coping and adaptive skills.

  • Dec 05 2011

    Frederikson presents at NIISA conference

    John Frederikson, Coordinator of MSSC, will deliver a presentation on child trauma at the annual conference of National Indian Impacted Schools Association (NIISA) December 5-6, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. The presentation is geared to address the concerns of schools that receive federal Impact funding.

  • Dec 05 2011

    IERS member to receive ASIST Suicide Prevention Trainer Certification

    Matt Taylor, Associate Director, will participate in a week long Trainer of Trainers Certification Program utilizing the ASIST Suicide Prevention Model. ASIST stands for the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.  The internationally utilized ASIST model is a central component of multiple IERS grants at work in schools and in Indian Country.  Other IERS staff currently possessing ASIST Trainer Certification are: Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, Nancy Berg, Debra Klemann, Erin Butts and Amy Foster Wolferman.  If you would like to have an ASIST training in your community, please contact Amy at: amy.fosterwolferman@mso.umt.edu or at 406-243-5417.

  • Dec 02 2011

    Emergency Exercise with College of Education

    A  traffic accident scenario will be the subject of a tabletop exercise facilitated by John Frederikson and Matt Taylor of the Montana Safe Schools Center.   The exercise is part of an Emergency Management in Higher Education grant awarded through the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools.

  • Dec 01 2011

    School Emergency Management Training in Detroit, MI

    Matt Taylor, Associate Director of IERS/NNCTC will provide a half-day training on Emergency Management for Schools in Detroit Michigan.  The training is hosted and organized by the U.S. Department of Education's Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS-TA).

  • Nov 29 2011

    Mental Health in Montana Schools presentation

    Erin Butts, Behavioral Health Associate for IERS, will travel to Helena, MT November 29, 2011 to present to the Comprehensive School and Community Treatment (CSCT) working group. The purpose of the group is to make further improvements to the quality and effectiveness of CSCT services. Ms. Butts’ presentation will focus on an overview of her research on advancing school mental health in Montana.

  • Nov 28 2011

    Psychological First Aid In-service Training at IERS

    A 1/2 day Psychological First Aid for Schools In-Service training will occur from 10-2 p.m. at IERS.  Material utilized will be from the forthcoming PFA-S manual to be published by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD.  Material from the U.S. Department of Education and FEMA will also be incorporated.  Matt Taylor of IERS/MSSC will lead the training.

  • Nov 17 2011

    IERS-OPI collaboration on Project REAL for early childhood

    Amy Foster-Wolferman will serve on OPI's Project REAL leadership team that meets in Helena to integrate research-based, multi-tiered systems of support for the development of both academic and social/emotional skills in seven early childhood demonstration sites across Montana.  Project REAL incorporates models from he Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL, Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS), the Center for Social Emotional Foundations in Early Learning (CSEFEL) and the Early Childhood Montana Behavioral Initiative (EC-MBI) on which IERS colleagues, including Foster-Wolferman serve as consultants, conference coordinators and trainers.

  • Nov 14 2011

    2-Day Suicide and Bullying Prevention work in Hardin and Forsyth MT

    Amy Foster Wolferman, Erin Butts, Deb Klemann, and Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman - IERS/NNCTC School Safety Coordinator, Behavioral Health Associate, Trauma Treatment Coordinator, and NNCTC Director respectively will provide a 2-day suicide prevention training in Hardin, Montana with the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) model.  Hardin serves many students of the Crow Tribe.  Additionally, bullying prevention work will be provided to schools from the community of Forsyth, MT.

  • Nov 10 2011

    Emergency Management training (Part 2) for UM Residence Life (Dorms & University Village)

    Dr. John Frederikson and Matt Taylor of the MSSC, along with colleagues from UM Police, Disability Services and Counseling & Psychological Services will be delivering part 2 of an emergency management training to UM's Residence Life facilities and maintenance staff as part of the US ED EMHE grant that continues through December 2012.

  • Nov 08 2011

    Emergency Management training (Part 1) for UM Residence Life (Dorms & University Village)

    Dr. John Frederikson and Matt Taylor of the MSSC, along with colleagues from UM Police, Disability Services and Counseling & Psychological Services will be delivering emergency management training to UM's Residence Life facilities and maintenance staff as part of the US ED EMHE grant that continues through December 2012.

  • Nov 07 2011

    MSSC staff to attend International Bullying Prevention Conference

    Amy Foster Wolferman, School Safety Coordinator for the MSSC and Erin Butts, Behavioral Health Specialist, will be attending the 2011 International Bullying Prevention Conference in New Orleans November 6-8.  Foster Wolferman is a certified trainer in the Steps to Respect Bullying Prevention model that is a component of one current IERS grant and the topic of bullying and cyberbullying prevention is a frequent request received by the Montana Safe Schools Center.  For more information about the conference visit: http://stopbullyingworld.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=78

  • Nov 04 2011

    Montana Behavioral Initative Team Coach Training -Bozeman

    Amy Foster Wolferman, IERS' School Safety Coordinator and consultant to the Montana Office of Public Instruction's Montana Behavioral Initiative (MBI) will participate in an MBI Team Coach training in Bozeman MT.  MBI is a state-wide initiative to infuse sustainable, positive behavioral support programs across participating school systems.

  • Nov 02 2011

    Secondary Trauma and Bullying Prevention work on Northern Cheyene Reservation

    Erin Butts, Amy Foster Wolferman and Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman - IERS/NNCTC's Behavioral Health AssociateSchool Safety Coordinator, and NNCTC Director will provide MT-OPI School Improvement Grant affiliated training in bullying prevention and secondary traumatic stress reduction to school staff in Lame Deer, MT on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.

  • Nov 02 2011

    Training on school-based Psych First Aid at international conference on traumatic stress

    Matt Taylor, Associate Director of IERS will co-lead a half day institute session November 2 on Psychological First Aid for Schools at the 2011 Conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies held in Baltimore, Maryland.  Co-trainers of the Institute will be Drs. Melissa Brymer (UCLA/NCTSS), Gil Reyes (Fielding Graduate Univ.) Patricia Watson (National Center for PTSD) and Douglas Walker (Mercy Family Center, New Orleans).

  • Oct 27 2011

    Presentation to Salish Kootenai College classroom

    Amy Foster Wolferman, School Safety Coordinator for NNCTC/IERS, presented on bullying prevention and Early Childhood Centers to an early childhood class at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, MT October 27, 2011.

  • Oct 26 2011

    Emergency Management training for UM College of Forestry & Conservation

    Dr. John Frederikson and Matt Taylor of the MSSC, along with colleagues from UM Police, Disability Services and Counseling & Psychological Services will be delivering emergency management training to UM's College of Forestry and Conservation as part of the US ED EMHE grant that continues through December 2012. 

  • Oct 20 2011

    Suicide Prevention 2-day training on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation

    Amy Foster Wolferman, IERS/NNCTC School Safety Coordinator will provided a 2-day training in Lame Deer, on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation on the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) model.  The training was in conjunction with Montana OPIs School Improvement Grant.

  • Oct 19 2011

    MSSC provides emergency management training at Colorado School Safety Conference

    The Colorado School Safety Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education's Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center have invited Matt Taylor, IERS' associate director, to provide a 1/2 day training on the topic of comprehensive emergency management for schools as well as provide a workshop session on mental health recovery interventions to include models such as Psychological First Aid. Both the Montana Safe Schools Center and the Colorado Center are state level Centers that frequently collaborate with the U.S. Department of Education. For more information about the Colorado Center visit: http://safeschools.state.co.us/


  • Oct 17 2011

    Studnets Resilency & Trauma + 2-day suicide prevention training on Fort Peck Reservation

    Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, NNCTC Director, Erin Butts, IERS’ Behavioral Health Associate, and Debra Klemann, IERS’ Trauma Treatment Coordinator traveled to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to attend grant planning meetings with Frazer Schools and Tribal Health Suicide Prevention Project.  During their weeklong trip they also provided a 2 day training in the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) model to  teachers, counselors, and school administrators at the Fort Peck Tribes Indian Education conference.   They also provided training in the Students, Trauma and Resiliency Model (STAR).

  • Oct 05 2011

    Bullying Prevention Training in Lame Deer Schools

    Amy Foster Wolferman, school safety coordinator and Don Earl, information technology specialist, of IERS' Montana Safe Schools Center will provide a two-day bullying prevention training in Lame Deer Schools on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.  This two day program will include an all day, professional in-service training for 7th-12th grade teachers on October 5 and rotating sessions for students on October 6.  Cyberbullying, bystander behavior, school supports, and classmate interventions will all be discussed.  The training is in conjunction with the Montana Office of Public Instruction's School Improvement Grant work.  Portions of this training will be based on material from the Committee for Children's Steps to Respect Bullying Prevention Model.

  • Oct 03 2011

    IERS member to receive ASIST Suicide Prevention Trainer Certification

    Erin Butts, Behavioral Health Associate for IERS' National Native Children's Trauma Center will participate in a week long Trainer of Trainers Certification Program utilizing the ASIST Suicide Prevention Model. ASIST stands for the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.  The internationally utilized ASIST model is a central component of multiple IERS grants at work in schools and in Indian Country.  Other IERS staff currently possessing ASIST Trainer Certification are: Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, Nancy Berg, Debra Klemann and Amy Foster Wolferman.  If you would like to have an ASIST training in your community, please contact Amy at: amy.fosterwolferman@mso.umt.edu or at 406-243-5417.

  • Sep 30 2011

    Emergency Managment training for UM School of Journalism

    Matt Taylor, Associate Director and Dr. John Frederikson, Coordinator of the Montana Safe Schools Center will work with Gary Taylor, captain of the UM Police and Dr. Brian Krylowicz, director of UM'S Counseling and Psychological Services to provide Part 1 of a 2-part emergency management training for the University of Montana School of Journalism. 

  • Sep 28 2011

    IERS provides suicide prevention briefings to Montana Legislature and Tribal Council

    The Montana Safe Schools Center (MSSC) and National Native Children's Trauma Center (NNCTC) have been invited by the Montana Legislature's State-Tribal Relations Committee to provide briefings to committee members and the Executive Council of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Tribes on the issue of youth suicide prevention in Indian Country and best practices.  The Centers are also asked to summarize past and current projects underway with U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration grants.  Presenting from the two Centers which are both housed in the Institute for Educational Research and Service at UM will be Dr. John Frederikson, Coordinator of the MSSC, and Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, Director of the NNCTC

  • Sep 26 2011

    Missoula City Police Dept training conducted by MSSC

    Dr. John Frederikson and Richard Manning of IERS' Montana Safe Schools Center and National Native Children's Trauma Center were invited by the Missoula City Police Department to provide training on the impacts of secondary traumatic stress in the workplace and family as well as to summarize results from the landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study. 

  • Sep 14 2011

    MSSC at OPI Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention Taskforce Meeting

    Dr. John Frederikson, Coordinator of the Montana Safe Schools Center, participated in the monthly Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention task-force meeting in Helena, MT sponsored by the Montana Office of Public Instruction.  The work taskforce is funded in part by a U.S. Department of Education grant through the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.

  • Sep 12 2011

    Webinar for 9/11 Anniversary Speaker Series

    Matt Taylor, IERS/NNCTC Associate Director was an invited speaker for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network's September 11 Anniversary Speakers Series that reflects on how the field of childhood trauma and school preparedness has changed in the ten years since the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01.  The webinar was entitled: "Preparing our Children for Emergencies: Educational Response Since 9/11" and included co-speakers Sharon Heno of Project Fleur de lis in New Orleans and Rose Pfefferbaum of the University of Oklahoma's Terrorism and Disaster Center. For additional information about the entire speaker series (which includes three other sessions) visit: http://learn.nctsn.org/

  • Sep 06 2011

    NNCTC with Fort Peck Suicide Prevention Coalition and Fort Belknap Tribal Council

    Dr. Richard van den Pol, IERS director, and Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, NNCTC director, participate in multiple onsite meetings on the Fort Peck Reservation with multiple agencies affiliated with the Tribe's Suicide Prevention Coalition.  IERS/NNCT is in partnership with the Tribal Health Department and area schools on suicide prevention and behavioral health initiatives including a recently awarded SAMHSA grant jointly shared by IERS and Tribal Health.  Additionally, the pair traveled to the Fort Belknap reservation for work with IERS' colleague and cultural consultant Roger White regarding the intersection of culture, resiliency, traditional practice and mental/behavioral health for youth at risk.  The group also presented to the Tribal Council and received formal permission for the initiation of research studies that respect tribal ownership of data, cultural sensitivity and best practices in child traumatic stress reduction.

  • Aug 30 2011

    Bullying prevention training to Lincoln School in Anaconda

    On August 30th, 2011, Amy Foster Wolferman, School Safety Coordinator and Consultant, and Marcy Otten, Coordinator of Research & Service & Co-Teach Preschool, will provide a bullying prevention training to Lincoln School in Anaconda.  The Bullying Prevention Training is modeled after the Steps to Respect Bullying Prevention Program.

  • Aug 23 2011

    State and Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Awarded

    The Institute for Educational Research and Service has been awarded a State and Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention grant by HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This three-year grant will support a partnership with Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Health Service to design and deploy a comprehensive system of youth suicide prevention on the Fort Peck Reservation in northeast Montana.

  • Aug 23 2011

    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Funding Received

    The National Native Children’s Trauma Center recently received a fifth year of funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The additional funding enables continuation of NNCTC’s current work in the identification, cultural adaptation, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based mental health practices and intervention for American Indian/Alaska native children with trauma.

  • Aug 12 2011

    ASIST Training to Riverfront Counseling and Support Center in Hamiliton, MT

    On August 12th and 13th, 2011, Amy Foster Wolferman, School Safety Coordinator and Consultant, and Marcy Otten, Coordinator of Research & Service & Co-Teach Preschool, will provide an ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) to Riverfront Counseling and Support Center in Hamilton, MT.  ASIST provides practical training for those who want to learn how to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.

  • Aug 09 2011

    IERS invited to testify at the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee

    The Institute for Educational Research and Service was among the five expert organizations invited to testify at the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee field hearings at the Fort Peck Indian Reservation on Aug. 9. Convened by U.S. Sen. John Tester of Montana, the hearing centered on actions taken in the community as a result of a cluster of at least six suicides among students on the reservation in one school year. Much of the testimony centered on a $1.4 million grant awarded in July to Fort Peck Tribal Health and IERS's National Native Children's Trauma Center. The federal grant will pay for a series of evidence-based interventions on the reservation designed to prevent future tragedy.

    Richard Manning, of IERS, delivered the testimony and reported data from a school-based mentoring program designed by IERS' staff. Preliminary data show the program (which can easily be replicated in schools facing similar challenges) significantly reduced violence in the school and improved academic performance of at-risk children.

  • Aug 08 2011

    MT Safe Schools presentations at Dept. of Education National Conference

    On August 8th, 2011, Marilyn Brugier Zimmerman, Director of the National Native Children's Trauma Center, and Matt Taylor, Associate Director of IERS and the Montana Safe Schools Center, will travel to Washington, D.C.  to deliver presentations on the topics of suicide prevention (2), school emergency exercises, Psychological First Aid, and resiliency in Native American Youth at the U.S. Department of Education’s 2011 Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “Making the Connection:  Creating and Maintaining Conditions for Learning”

  • Aug 04 2011

    Educators Technology Conference 2011 at University of Montana

    On August 4th, 2011, The Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Montana will host the 2011 Education Technology Conference where Don Earl, Information Technology Specialist for IERS, and Marcy Otten, Coordinator of Research & Service & Co-Teach Preschool, will provide an Internet Safety and Cyberbullying Prevention Training.

  • Aug 03 2011

    Students, Trauma, and Resiliency training at the University of Montana

    On August 3, 2011, Deb Klemann, Trauma Treatment Coordinator for the National Native Children's Trauma Center, will provide a STAR (Students, Trauma, and Resiliency) training at the University of Montana for staff at the Institute for Research and Service.  STAR is a classroom curriculum designed for increasing coping for traumatic stress.

  • Jul 27 2011

    Emergency Exercise conducted at UM

    The Office of Public Safety/Police conducted an emergency exercise  today involving UM Residence Life, Counseling and Psychological Services and other departments.  The exercise  was part of the College’s Emergency Management in Higher Education grant in partnership with UM’s Montana Safe Schools Center.  The grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.

  • Jun 30 2011

    Emergency Exercise conducted at UM

    The Office of Public Safety/Police conducted a multi-agency emergency exercise  today which simulated a hostile visitor, shooting and hostage situation on the UM Campus.  The exercise  was part of the College’s Emergency Management in Higher Education grant in partnership with UM’s Montana Safe Schools Center.  The grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.

  • Jun 28 2011

    Montana Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention Task Force

    On June 28, 2011 John Frederikson, Coordinator of Montana Safe Schools Center, will travel to Helena, MT to participate in a meeting of the Montana Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention Task Force. The task force is a consortium of Montana agencies including Office of the Attorney General, National Guard, Office of Public Instruction, and the MT School Board Association. The purpose of the meeting is to review and coordinate current services with goal of reducing violence and substance abuse across the state.

  • Jun 20 2011

    Montana Behavioral Initiative Conference

    On June 20th through June 24th, Several IERS staff including Marcy Otten, Coordinator of Research & Service & Co-Teach Preschool, and Don Earl, Information Technology Specialist for IERS, will be attending and presenting at the Montana Behavioral Initiative Conference. Ms. Otten is the lead coordinator for the annual conference.  Mr. Earl will be giving a presentation on Internet Safety and Cyberbullying.  The conference is going to be held in Bozeman, MT.

  • Jun 18 2011

    Trauma Informed Positive Behavior Intervention

    Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, Director NNCTC, and Amy Foster Wolferman, School Safety Coordinator, delivered Trauma Informed Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports training at the Western Montana Early Childhood Institute on June 18, 2011. The two-day institute was held at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, MT.

  • Jun 06 2011

    Adult Basic Education Childhood Trauma Training

    On June 6th, 2011, Dr. John Frederikson, Coordinator of the Montana Safe Schools Center, did a training with Adult Basic Ed, located in the Emma Dickenson School. There were 14 staff members whose role is to help teach adults basic academic skills and help them get a GED or HS diploma.  The training was on Childhood Trauma.

  • May 25 2011

    Pacific Northwest Regional Conference

    Ten IERS colleagues attended the Complex Trauma Treatment Network: Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Spokane Washington on May 25-26, 2011. The purpose of the conference was to bring together sites in Washington, Alaska and Montana that are establishing or sustaining trauma-informed school systems. The conference allowed for the learning communities to attend presentations on childhood trauma, present on their site work, collaborate with other existing sites and receive technical assistance from learning community mentors.

  • May 18 2011

    National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Face to Face Meeting

    On May 18th, 2011, Marilyn Brugier Zimmerman, Director of the National Native Children's Trauma Center, attended The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Face to Face meetings that also included the American Indian/Alaska Native Task Force  of which she is a member.  The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention envisions a nation free from the tragic experience of suicide.  The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) called for establishing a public-private partnership to help guide the implementation of the goals and objectives in the NSSP. The Action Alliance is that partnership.

  • May 17 2011

    MBI Consultation to provide early childhood services

    On May 17th, 2011, Marcy Otten, Coordinator of Research & Service & Co-Teach Preschool, will be traveling to Ronan to conduct an MBI consultation for early childhood services.

  • May 17 2011

    MBI Consultation meeting

    On May 17th, 2011, Amy Foster Wolferman, School Safety Coordinator and Consultant, and Marcy Otten, Coordinator of Research & Service & Co-Teach Preschool, will be providing MBI consultation while at Northern Cheyenne Head Start.

  • May 09 2011

    MBI Consultant Meeting

    On May 9th, 2011, IERS staff members Marcy Otten, Coordinator of Research & Service & Co-Teach Preschool and Amy Foster Wolferman, School Safety Coordinator and Consultant, will be attending an MBI Consultant Meeting in Libby, MT.


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