Social Emotional Learning
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to: develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions. It is an integral part of human development and education.
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Introductory Level Training
Life Is Good Playmakers
Thursday June 8th 9:30am - 12:30pm
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Decades of research have shown that positive relationships help protect children from the negative impacts of early trauma, and for children, play is the most effective way to build those relationships... but not just any kind of play.
As a Playmaker, you'll learn our carefully crafted 4-step framework for creating corrective play experiences that augment healing.
The best part? What we offer is not a curriculum or program to “add” to your already full plates. This framework can be applied no matter what your current social, emotional, academic, or treatment goals are. We will also teach practices to support your own personal and professional wellness, lower stress, and keep joy and optimism at the center of your work. After all, we can’t spread to others what we don’t have for ourselves.
Thursday June 8th 9:30am - 12:30pm
Register here.
Decades of research have shown that positive relationships help protect children from the negative impacts of early trauma, and for children, play is the most effective way to build those relationships... but not just any kind of play.
As a Playmaker, you'll learn our carefully crafted 4-step framework for creating corrective play experiences that augment healing.
The best part? What we offer is not a curriculum or program to “add” to your already full plates. This framework can be applied no matter what your current social, emotional, academic, or treatment goals are. We will also teach practices to support your own personal and professional wellness, lower stress, and keep joy and optimism at the center of your work. After all, we can’t spread to others what we don’t have for ourselves.
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Positive Behavior Support
In this recorded workshop, facilitated by Dee Spinkston, participants will understand positive behavior support (PBS) as a continuum of support for all students. We will identify and explore successful interventions for individuals and groups of young people. participants will explore and develop understanding of the continuum of interventions to promote youth self-regulation and social competency. |
Register here to request a link to the Positive Behavior Support Training video. After watching the video you will be required to complete the Positive Behavior Support quiz to receive credit for this training.
Intermediate Level Training
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. Youth Mental Health First Aid Certification with Walker Solutions May 2023 Registration is Open Seats are limited, confirmation emails will be sent out YMHFA is primarily designed for program directors and frontline youth workers who regularly interact with young people ages 6-18. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. We are, We Connect, We Create: Exploring Social Emotional Learning in OST Practice
Winter, Spring 2022 facilitated by Melina O’Grady, you will explore building culturally responsive relationships, supporting youth agency, connection and decision-making. Curious about Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in your classroom and OST program? Want to know more about updates in the field and how SEL is changing in response to COVID and calls for racial equity? This Series aims to deepen your understanding and sharpen your skills, while you learn together with your peers. Participants should register for all three sessions. Themes over the three sessions will include:
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Participants must complete a 2 hour self-paced module the week of May 15th
and attend both in-person sessions Tuesday May 23rd 10:00am - 12:15pm Wednesday May 24th 10:00am - 12:15pm to meet certification requirements. |
Advanced Level Training
Healing-Centered Engagement Series
Winter 2022
This series includes both live and recorded sessions, and responds to the well-documented trauma that young people and families---especially those who are marginalized in our society---have experienced as a result of race, identity, and socio-economic status. The recent pandemic has only exacerbated this trauma and laid bare the inequity within our society. This Program is a shift from trauma-informed practices to healing centered engagement. Dr. Shawn Ginwright, founder of the Flourish Agenda believes "a healing-entered approach views trauma not simply as an individual, isolated experience, but rather it highlights the ways in which trauma and healing are experienced collectively."
Targeted to OST managers and program directors and frontline staff with a minimum of 3 years experience in direct programming with a Cambridge OST site, the program will create a learning space in which you will gain both
(i) a deeper understanding of this collective trauma, and
(ii) acquire knowledge, skill and tools in helping you to support young people, their families, as well you as the practitioner, in healing from and addressing this systemic trauma.
Please click here Flourish Agenda for more information on they work they do!
Winter 2022
This series includes both live and recorded sessions, and responds to the well-documented trauma that young people and families---especially those who are marginalized in our society---have experienced as a result of race, identity, and socio-economic status. The recent pandemic has only exacerbated this trauma and laid bare the inequity within our society. This Program is a shift from trauma-informed practices to healing centered engagement. Dr. Shawn Ginwright, founder of the Flourish Agenda believes "a healing-entered approach views trauma not simply as an individual, isolated experience, but rather it highlights the ways in which trauma and healing are experienced collectively."
Targeted to OST managers and program directors and frontline staff with a minimum of 3 years experience in direct programming with a Cambridge OST site, the program will create a learning space in which you will gain both
(i) a deeper understanding of this collective trauma, and
(ii) acquire knowledge, skill and tools in helping you to support young people, their families, as well you as the practitioner, in healing from and addressing this systemic trauma.
Please click here Flourish Agenda for more information on they work they do!
