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ATTENDANCE POLICY

Learners who complete this 1.5-hour course will receive a certificate of completion from the Academy.

DESCRIPTION

Join this session for an introduction to the Academy for Community Behavioral Health. The workshop begins with a shortened version of the Academy course, Seeding Change: Care in Complex Conditions. Seeding Change helps learners examine harmful conditions that they and their communities face, with a lens toward identifying wellness practices and strategies that have sustained them.

New and emerging research on trauma and healing will be shared as a starting point for understanding the rich and diverse tools our communities hold to support physical and emotional wellness.

Together, we will practice breath and movement to process our own strong emotions and center our nervous systems. Through centering, learners will tap into other ways of knowing that can help guide next steps in your own care practices, as well as practices to incorporate in your work of providing helpful care for others.

Seeding Change: Care in Complex Conditions is provided as a starting point for NYC non-profit care providers to explore the complex burdens of systemic inequality and related harms on our communities and ourselves. The course will close with a guided reflection and tools to identify ongoing care practices. By tapping into tools you can practice yourself and together with your community, we plant seeds of care to reduce the impacts of harm and center connection.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Instructor-led presentation of new and emerging research on trauma and healing
• Experiencing guided nervous system centering practices together
• Reflection and discussion on diverse practices to support well-being, including in one's own communities and lineages
• Tools to develop or strengthen an ongoing personal care practice

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will:

• Orient to diverse healing resources you may already hold or can access, including in your own lineage(s)
• Practice a grounding breathing exercise
• Begin to consider how these practices fit into contemporary research on trauma healing and a spectrum of activities that promote safety, connection, and well-being
• Create a care practice plan that you can apply
• Address questions you have about Seeding Change: Care in Complex Conditions
• Learn about upcoming courses at the Academy and how they may support your work

ELIGIBILITY

Academy courses are open to non-profit care providers who deliver social services or behavioral health care in New York City. This includes, but is not limited to, staff of: community-based organizations, government agencies, and public hospitals, along with members of mutual aid groups, community gardens, NYCHA resident committees, and more.

This course may be especially helpful if you are seeking tools to center your own well-being, and support clients and colleagues to center their well-being, during stressful times.