Suzanne O'Connor Email & Phone Number

North Wales, Pennsylvania, United States

Advancing trauma-informed policy and practice in the child care sector through training, coaching and support.

http://ctipp.org/

Philadelphia, PA

Provide strategic direction and leadership to the development and execution of education strategies, including the implementation of United Way's 5-Year Regional Trauma Initiative.

• At United Way, we view parenting as the process of promoting and supporting the healthy development of children. The goal of United Way’s Healthy Parenting Initiative is to build protective factors for children and.
• Trauma-informed care and parenting education training for early childhood teachers, school district staff, and health and human service providers (i.e. child welfare, homeless shelters, domestic violence, juvenile.
• Parenting education for parents whose children are enrolled in a Success By 6® center or through one of United Way’s Impact partners
• Trauma Studies certification and coursework at local universities for early childhood educators
• Certification for mental health clinicians, pediatricians, psychologists and child psychiatrists in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics©

Board Chair

Lead staff and operations at childcare program, with afterschool/summer programming, serving 60 children (ages 0 - 8) and 20 staff.Wrote, administered, and co-facilitated Philadelphia Dept. of Human Services Parenting Collaborative Grant.

Supervised staff and operations at two bilingual Head Start locations, 180 pre-k children and 35 staff. Designed and facilitated teacher, parenting and child development trainings.

Statge College, PA

Taught pre-kindergarten using the The Project Approach.Was part of team to help the program become NAEYC accredited.Mentored and supervised undergraduates, work-study students and interns.

B.S., Early Childhood & Elementary Education

Childhood Trauma Studies

Education Graduate Coursework, Early Childhood

Urban Education And Leadership