Date: October 6
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST
ONLINE
# of CECs: 1
Webinar Description:
As educators and helping professionals prepare for the 2020 school year, we are in uncharted waters. Many mental health professionals acknowledge that teachers must give emotional support to returning students, and that they should be prepared to provide 'trauma-informed practices'. (Canadian Teachers' Federation).
Mindfulness can provide a range of regulation tools and strategies to draw upon when you feel stressed or overwhelmed.
Part of the response to COVID-19 should involve a plan for all provinces to strengthen the social-emotional learning components of their curricula, says the executive director of the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Trauma-sensitive, or trauma-informed, practice means that we have a basic understanding of trauma in the context of our work. With trauma-sensitive mindfulness, we apply this concept to mindfulness instruction. As teachers, we commit to recognizing trauma, responding to it skillfully, and taking pre-emptive steps to ensure that students aren’t re-traumatizing themselves under our watch.
Topics that will be covered:
• What is Mindfulness in an educational context?
• What are the benefits?
• How can it be practiced?
• How Stress and Trauma Affect the Brain
• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Modifications
Presenters: HEIDI BORNSTEIN, R.P and ANGELA VENTRICE, B.A., B.Ed
HEIDI BORNSTEIN, R.P., Mindfulness Facilitator, co-founder and acting executive director of Mindfulness Everyday, a register Canadian charity, has an extensive background in mindfulness, yoga and meditation. Heidi is trained as a Hatha yoga and meditation teacher, and received intensive training at the International Meditation Institute while living in India. She is a certified MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) Level 1 teacher, Hatha Yoga Teacher, Meditation and Level 2 SMARTeducation – Stress Managements and Resiliency Techniques for Educators (SMART) Facilitator and an Instructor for University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies.
ANGELA VENTRICE, B.A., B.Ed., Mindfulness Facilitator, has been an Ontario certified educator with the York Region District School Board for over 28 years, with the last 19 years being in Guidance and Career Education. She is also an instructor with the Ontario School Counsellor’s Association where she teaches continuing education courses for certified teachers. Angela has seen the positive results of mindfulness in the school community and is dedicated to bringing mindfulness to educators, children, youth and their families
Registration will close on October 5 at 11:59 PM EST.
Mindfulness in Education - a Trauma-Sensitive Approach
- Tuesday Oct 06 2020, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Online
