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ATTENDANCE POLICY

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

DESCRIPTION

In Seeding Change: Care in Complex Conditions, participants will learn how harmful conditions impact our ability to offer care to ourselves and others. Facilitators will share new and emerging research on healing intergenerational trauma, in order to identify practices to center care at work and at home.

Together, participants will deepen their understanding of how trauma and harm persist in communities and learn helpful tools for reducing stress and centering care long term. We will explore strategies that parents and caregivers can use to deal with stress in families, including by identifying and normalizing young peoples' emotions. Throughout the session, we will practice grounding breath and movement for intense emotions and identify rich and diverse tools we all hold to support physical and emotional wellness.

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:

• Increase awareness of the link between self-care and caring support for others
• Identify many strategies available to support physical and emotional wellbeing
• Practice grounding and breathing exercise to move through intense emotions
• Reduce stigma around accessing care for oneself and others
• Explore strategies that parents and caregivers can use to reduce stress in families, including by identifying and normalizing young peoples' emotions

ELIGIBILITY

This special session of Seeding Change is open to any NYCHA resident.