A day-long workshop for teachers, youth workers, and other facilitators focused on leading engaging group activities with a trauma-informed lens
trauma-informed Experiential
group facilitation
Saturday, APRIL 15, 2023
9:00am - 3:30pm
Dance with Joy Studios
8051 SE 16th Ave in Sellwood
Portland, OR
This workshop is for group facilitators who want to create potent and meaningful experiences for the people who they work with, while making an often vulnerable space more accessible to a wider range of participants.
THIS TRAINING WILL INCLUDE:
Building a container for a learning community through relationship-building and group agreements
Defining “trauma-informed facilitation” and the four elements of trauma-informed practice
Engaging in experiential activities to foster nervous system regulation, connection, and learning + reflection
Discussing about the impact of trauma on the nervous system and the implications for experiential facilitation
Exploring the three levels of regulation: self-regulation, regulating the group, and responding to challenging behaviors
more Info
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It is helpful, though not required, to have some foundational knowledge of trauma prior to attending this workshop. If you would like to learn more, there are a few resources below that you can explore. Similarly, this workshop is intended for those with some prior experience with facilitating or working with groups, although newer facilitators are welcome!
If you are a therapist or other mental health professional interested in integrating experiential group work into your clinical practice, you will definitely benefit from this workshop! Just know that you may be exposed to some information that you may already know. If you are curious about whether this training is a good fit, feel free to reach out to us directly.
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This will be an engaging, interactive, and conversational workshop. Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move around in, and be prepared to play and participate! Chairs will be available, and a variety of options for ways to participate will be offered. All bodies and ability levels are welcome!
Please arrive a few minutes before 9:00 to settle in and land before we begin our day! We will take frequent breaks throughout the day and will have 45 minutes for lunch around noon.
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Trauma-Informed Care Implementation Resource Center:
Trauma Informed Oregon:
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PDU credits are available for licensed teachers and CEUs from NASW are available to those in relevant professions (therapists, counselers, social workers).
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We are asking that all participants attending this workshop are vaccinated for COVID. We will not be checking vaccination cards and trust folks to act in good faith. Masks will not be required, but are definitely welcome!
A discounted rate of $150 per person is available to those who register 3+ participants from one organization.
Refund and cancellation information is here.
Workshop cost: $175
Sliding scale options are available to those needing financial support! Please contact josephine@lindenconnects.com to inquire.
what past participants are saying…
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"The idea of working from a trauma-informed frame of mind helped make this workshop accessible. The ways DeAnna and jo facilitated made this training feel comfortable and kept me in a mindset of learning and absorbing instead of panic and survival."
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"Jo and Deanna both created a structure and atmosphere that encouraged the active practice of trauma-informed facilitation while giving us immediate access to the same resources they were actively using to do so. Getting to experience this type of facilitation firsthand, followed by a debriefing and explanation of why it worked, made me feel as though I could easily turn around and make this happen in my own spaces."
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"As someone who is new to the language of trauma-informed facilitation, this workshop not only gave me skills and resources but also gave me a grounded reality that there are others doing this kind of good work and holding this kind of care for students, even in spaces that I don’t know of already. "
Facilitators
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Jo is an educator and facilitator who has been working with diverse groups for over a decade. She has been a youth corps crew leader, challenge-course facilitator, positive youth development program director, and high school social-emotional learning classroom teacher. She is trained as a mindfulness teacher and a trauma-informed education trainer. Jo brings empathy, vulnerability, and authenticity to spaces of play and connection.
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DeAnna has been a child and family therapist for 15+ years and has been facilitating experiential activities and adventure learning for over 25 years. She held the Association for Challenge Course Technology Trainer’s Certification for 5 years before returning to a clinical practice. She uses EMDR, neurofeedback, sandtray, DBT, brain spotting and ‘tapping’ (EFT) in her current practice.