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Use the Power of Play to Build Resilience and Support Healing is a 60 minute session that focuses on learning how play can be an effective tool to foster resilience and facilitate healing in youth. Through various games, activities, and discussions participants will understand the importance of offering choices in play, how to use emotion coaching to help youth identify Read more...

The Impact of Covid and Community Violence on Youth is a 60 minute session that focuses on examining the impact of traumas like community violence and the Covid-19 pandemic on both youth and adults. Through various activities and discussions participants will develop a deeper understanding of stress, its causes, and its effects on the brain and behavior. They will also Read more...

Participant Choice and Creativity is a 60 minute session that focuses on the importance of defining and intentionally integrating participant choice into everyday activities to promote youth independence. Through various games, activities, and discussions participants will plan strategies for offering choices daily into routines and play to empower youth to explore their own ideas and solutions and make independent choices. Read more...

Scaffolding Learning is a 60 minute session that focuses on how to build skills by scaffolding game play to accommodate accessibility or to add challenge. Through various games, activities, and discussions participants will practice adapting to various levels of difficulty, gaining an experience and understanding of how scaffolding helps support skill development and boosts self confidence in their youth at Read more...

Emotion Coaching is a 60 minute session that focuses on empowering parents and caregivers to integrate emotion coaching strategies into everyday activities with their youth. Through various games, activities, and discussions participants will deepen their understanding of the emotional needs of their youth and practice various techniques to help them identify and manage their emotions. This session is the second Read more...