The Schoharie County ACEs Team, in partnership with the College’s Tech’s Early Childhood Studies program, will host the 10th Annual ACEs Conference on Friday, Oct. 9, drawing professionals from across the region for a morning focused on childhood trauma and family support.
This year’s program, “Your Role in Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-being and Strengthening Families,” runs from 9 a.m. to noon in the Bouck Hall Ballroom on the SUNY Cobleskill campus, 107 Schenectady Ave., with registration opening at 8:30 a.m. The conference is free and open to the public.
The interactive training is geared toward professionals who work with individuals affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs. These are potentially traumatic events such as abuse, neglect and household instability that research has tied to long-term physical and mental health effects.
Rather than a straight lecture format, the conference pairs theoretical concepts with hands-on exercises and group discussion. Attendees will learn how ACEs shape health outcomes over a lifetime and practical approaches for creating trauma-informed, supportive environments.
Two speakers will lead the morning’s sessions. Tamaé Memole, MS Ed, co-executive director of Prevent Child Abuse NY, will present “ACEs, Resilience and Your Role in Strengthening Families.” She’ll be followed by Sumbleen Ali, PhD, assistant professor of Human Development and Social Work at SUNY Oneonta, presenting “All You Have to Do Is Care: Influence of Parental and Teacher Acceptance-Rejection on Children’s Developmental Outcomes.”
Now marking its 10th year, the conference has grown into a regular resource for teachers, social workers, health care providers and others across Schoharie County who work directly with children and families touched by trauma.
Registration is required and split by profession: teachers can sign up at tinyurl.com/TeacherACE2026, and non-teachers at tinyurl.com/SchoharieACE2026.
