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AUGUST 26, 2020
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Cultivating Fearless, Mindful Youth
and Resilient Communities Conference
presented by: SEFLIN's Digital Youth Discussion Group

The Digital Youth Discussion Group will explore ways that technology can positively impact underserved youth, especially homeless and at-risk teens in South Florida. We will also explore how we can engage community organizations to build equity and support for these teens, so they don't fall through the cracks, but instead become future leaders. Conversations will include topics on trauma-informed services, community asset mapping, creating policy change, equity and racial justice, to help young people find success.
Keynote Speaker Amara Lynn Alexander


Amara Lynn Alexander, Assistant Principal~Woodmore Elementary, Chattanooga, TN
Presentation: Building Leaders, Bridging Communities

Technology Educator Panel

Shaina Glass, Program Director of Technology Applications & STEM
Presentation: Technology & Trauma Informed Care





Rob Schwartz, Adobe Certified Instructor, Adobe Education Leader~BrainBuffet
Presentation: Curating Creativity in a Digital Age


David Freund, President Evoke Learning
Presentation: Cultivating Creativity in a Digital Age



Arbie Nickerson, Director of Socialization, Education and Employment Foundation (S.E.E.)~Miami, FL
Presentation: Countering Systematic Racism with Technology Education



Denise Mendez, Systems Architect~ Microsoft
Presentation: STEM + Growth Mindset = Future Proof

Technology & Trauma Informed Care/Social Emotional Learning
Marlon Moore, Library Media Project Coordinator, YOUmake Miami & Technobus

Presentation: Trauma-Informed, Technology and Wholistic Programming for At-Risk Teens
Marlon will discuss during our Group Problem Solving Event how technology and innovative activities can be used to create programs that elicit critical thinking, self-awareness, empathy and positive thinking in teens, both internally and in team environments.

BIO
Marlon Moore began his career at the Miami-Dade Public Library System as the Project Coordinator, managing the Library’s first teen technology program, called YOUmedia Miami, from 2011 to 2015. He has helped hundreds of teens learn technology, graduate from high school and secure college scholarships. Since then, Marlon has been tasked with increased responsibilities, including managing the Library’s YOUmake Miami maker space at the Miami Beach Regional Library as well as the maker space and the Co-working Center at the West Kendall Regional Library.  Marlon also manages the Technobus; the Library’s innovative mobile technology education lab, which won the 2019 Florida Library Association's Innovation Award. 

Mr. Moore holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Florida State University and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Information Degree at Florida State University. He has helped develop system-wide library initiatives such as adult computer classes, robotics programs, Hackathons at the Library, drone education classes, immersive spatial computing technology throughout Miami-Dade County Libraries, and college and career opportunities for students. His work has helped the Miami-Dade Public Library System receive five National Association of Counties (NACo) Awards in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019 for YOUmedia Miami, YOUmake Miami, the Technobus and the Co-working Center and the Climate of Art art exhibit, as well as the 2019 FLA Library Innovation Award for the MDPLS Technobus. 

Marlon is a proponent of educating at-risk teens through the use of music, fine arts, dance, multimedia production and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics (STEAM). He regularly presents informative and interactive speaking presentations at national and international conferences and workshops.
Akira Gutierrez Renzulli, Doctoral Student Clinical Science in Child & Adolescent Psychology~FIU
Presentation: Strong Connections and Empowered Youth: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Engaging Learners
This presentation will provide an introduction to a trauma-informed framework for social-emotional learning. Attendees will learn strategies that they can implement to build meaningful relationships with youth and support their sense of agency in learning and skill-building.


BIO
Akira has expertise in the areas of social-emotional learning and trauma-informed work, drawing from her experiences in the classroom and her scholarship in education and child developmental research. She has also developed research-based resources and curricula for other educators, children, and families.

Currently, Akira is also a doctoral student in the Clinical Science in Child & Adolescent Psychology program at Florida International University, where she is expanding on her clinical training and investigating the role of adverse childhood experiences as it relates to social-emotional learning, behavior, and school readiness.
Jonathan S. Cormer, PhD., Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry~FIU
Presentation: Leveraging the Internet to Extend the Scope and Reach of Youth Mental Health Care

BIO
Dr. Comer is a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Florida International University, where he directs the Mental Health Interventions and Technology (MINT) Program, an interdisciplinary clinical research program devoted to expanding the quality, scope and accessibility of mental health care. He is Immediate Past President of the Society of Clinical Psychology, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Comer received his B.A. from the University of Rochester, and went on to receive his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a Concentration in Developmental Psychopathology from Temple University. He completed his clinical psychology internship training in the Child and Adolescent Track of the NYU-Bellevue Clinical Psychology Internship Program and the NYU Child Study Center, after which he completed an NIH-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Columbia University, where he also served as Chief Research Fellow in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. Comer’s program of research focuses on pediatric anxiety disorders, traumatic stress disorders, and disruptive behavior disorders, and examines several key areas of overlapping inquiry. His primary research evaluates mental health treatments and services, with particular emphasis on the development of innovative methods to reduce systematic barriers to effective care. To this end he conducts research examining the role of new technologies—such as videoconferencing, mobile platforms, and passive sensors—for meaningfully expanding the reach and relevance of mental health care. Dr. Comer has also conducted extensive research studying the wellbeing of families and psychological adjustment of youth in the context of disasters, terrorism, and other community traumas. He has led large-scale community surveys and clinical efforts in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and manhunt, Hurricane Irma, and most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent years his work has expanded to consider biological markers of child psychopathology and neurocircuitry patterns associated with the intergenerational transmission of internalizing problems. 

Dr. Comer has published over 180 scholarly articles, chapters, books, including the textbook Abnormal Psychology (Macmillan Publishers). His research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), as well as by several private foundations and non-profit organizations. His work has been recognized through the receipt of several early- and mid-career awards, including from the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, PCIT International, and the Association for Psychological Science. He currently serves as Associate Editor, as well as Editor-Elect, for the journal Behavior Therapy
David Lockett, STEM Teacher Bok Academy~Lake Wales Charter School District
Presentation: Fostering Social & Emotional Learning Through Technology
Social emotional learning technology helps teachers integrate SEL into classrooms in ways that are meaningful and measurable. So where do technology and social-emotional learning overlap? This session will address how tech can strengthen social and emotional learning, and lead to greater academic achievement, as well as career and life success.

BIO
David Lockett is a STEM Teacher for Bok Academy in the Lake Wales Charter School District in Lake Wales, Florida. He is an Apple Teacher, Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator, NASA Solar System Ambassador, and a Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator. David holds the honor of receiving a Congressional STEM Accommodation from US. Rep. Dr. Scott Des Jarlais, and was recently named a 2020-21 Albert Einstein Fellow sponsored by the NASA Office of STEM Engagement.
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