Training Summit

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Call for Presentations

You are invited to submit a proposal to share your experience and expertise with over 800 attendees across Missouri. Attendees include staff from Community Mental Health Centers, Schools, Child Advocacy Centers, Private Practices, Child Welfare Agencies, and many more. The conference focuses on the impact, response, and prevention of trauma in children and youth.
We are seeking presentations that focus on evidence-based treatments of trauma in children and youth, preventative interventions, as well as general trauma topics such as the impact of trauma, trauma-informed practices, supervision of evidence-based treatments, and related topics. Presentations about emerging practice and science are encouraged, as well as the prevention of child abuse and neglect, creating protective environments, somatic approaches to healing, and specific systems/sectors for service delivery.

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Exhibitor Registration:

The Missouri Children’s Trauma Network invites you to join us as a sponsor at the 2026 training summit on April 7-8 at the Holiday Inn & Expo Center in Columbia, MO.

This is an important opportunity to showcase your organization to Missouri personnel from community mental health centers, child advocacy centers, child welfare agencies, schools, etc. The conference hosts over 400 attendees, and we are confident that you will find this conference a good investment of your time and resources. To learn more about the Missouri Children’s Trauma Network, visit us online at www.moctn.com.

Registration to come.

2025 SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

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Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is an award-winning physician, researcher and public health leader who has spent her career on the front lines of some of our world’s most pressing public health challenges. As California’s first-ever Surgeon General, she helped guide the state’s COVID response, co-chairing the committee to recommend vaccine allocation and helping California achieve the lowest cumulative mortality of any large state. Amid the throes of the COVID pandemic, Dr. Burke Harris successfully launched a first-in-the-nation statewide effort to train over 20,000 primary care providers on how to screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and respond with trauma-informed care.

Diana Chao

I'm a 25-year-old first-generation Buyi Chinese-American immigrant from Southern California, a huge matcha fan, and a chaotic good on the alignment chart. I grew up with bipolar disorder and c-PTSD and didn't believe I deserved the air I breathed. After surviving both suicide loss and attempt, I found healing from an unexpected source: writing. In writing letters to strangers, I realized that I wasn't alone - I never was alone. And you aren't, either. So as a sophomore in high school, I founded Letters to Strangers, which has since grown into the largest global youth organization that seeks to destigmatize mental illness and increase access to affordable, quality treatment.

Natoyia "Toy" Nicole

NaToyia "Toy" Nicole is a Licensed Vibrational Sound Therapy Practitioner, specializing in sound bathing survivors of childhood sexual abuse and is the accomplished author behind "In Zhavey’s Eyes: Don’t Tell Anyone." She passionately advocates for survivors of childhood trauma and was an active proponent for the Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2, Missouri Evidence in Sexual Crimes Against Minors, a law that paved the way in protecting children across the state of Missouri. NaToyia Nicole's exploration into sound therapy began during her formative years, alongside the influential men and women in her life.