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In April 2025, at NOCE’s 6th annual Building Trauma-Informed Communities Conference, Dr. Dawn Bounds and three graduates from the UC Irvine CYFER Lab discussed powerful ways to mitigate the effects of adversity on adolescent children.

Upcoming Event:

2026 Building Trauma-Informed Communities (BTIC) Conference

The 7th Annual Building Trauma-Informed Communities (BTIC) Conference will be held on Friday, February 6, 2026. Check below for more information and details.

Conference Attendees

Dads, moms, grandparents, adult family members, caregivers of children, and professionals from various fields attend the conference to learn from experts in the field of child development and social-emotional health.

Conference Registration and Call for Presenters

  • Check back soon for more information!
  • Conference Registration

    Registration for the 2026 BTIC Conference is free and will begin in mid-December.  

  • Call for Presenters

    If you are a professional in the field of child development, behavioral health, or a education professional with subject matter expertise closely related to our conference topic (Building Trauma-Informed Communities), consider being a panelist or providing us with a proposal to present at the NOCE 2026 BTIC Parenting Conference. Contact us by email to request the 2026 Conference Proposal Guidelines; proposals are currently being accepting now through December 5, 2025

  • Questions?

    Email the Parenting Program at parenting@noce.edu 

The Building Trauma-Informed Communities Conference is funded by the North Orange County Regional Consortium.