Foster Care Training

Effective response to trauma involves regulation – a return to balanced and harmonious functioning of interconnected systems. Getting outdoors, moving our bodies, and engaging in creative expression are all excellent ways to get regulated and nourish our sense of well-being.

This day in Oakland’s beautiful Redwood Park offers experiential creative activities to support increased awareness of and connection to self, others and our environment. We’ll collaboratively consider how to effectively integrate these practices in relationships with system-involved children, youth and families, and case examples will be shared. We’ll discuss ways to increase access to the benefits of making art and being outside.

Information is grounded in years of clinical and personal practice and integrates neurobiology and trauma-informed research.