This in-person training—free for BSAS’s Office of Youth & Young Adult Services providers—will offer education and experiential learning to support trauma-informed self-care strategies for staff, youth and young adults, and families. Join us for a day of training, engagement, collaboration, fun, and food! CEUs provided, in addition to breakfast and lunch.
Location
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
11 French Drive, Boylston, MA
Agenda
9:30 am – 10:00 am
- Arrival & Breakfast
10:00 am – 10:30 am
- Welcome & Introductions
- Intentions and Schedule for the day
- Honoring Our Continuum of Care
- Getting to Know Each Other (icebreaker)
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Morning Session with Meghann Perry and Elizabeth Addison: Embodied Self-Care Practices for Recovery, Growth, Change, and Healing
- Hands-on, engaging workshop using somatic and verbal games and exercises to practice self-care skills, for ourselves and others!
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
- Lunch break and networking
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Self-care Breakout Sessions (choose two):
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Nature
- Self-Care Journey through Journaling
- Expressive Visual Arts for Self-Care and Resiliency
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
- Reflections on the day
- Closing activity
- Evaluation and Self-Care Gift
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