Building Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation Skills through Embodied Mindfulness Practices for System Involved Youth

Ursula Elsa

Training Description

This mindfulness-based training will offer those who support system involved youth engaging tools, practices, and strategies that can support system involved youth in building self-regulation and co-regulation skills. We will explore trauma informed mindfulness and mindful movement strategies, exercises, and activities. Participants will directly engage in and learn somatic mindfulness practices, art and nature-based activities they can use when supporting system involved youth to cope when triggered and build self-regulation skills and support youth to co-regulate and cultivate self-awareness and resilience.

Learning Objective

· Identify at least 2 mindfulness and trauma informed, somatic based practices which can be supportive and culturally relevant for system involved youth;

· Explain how mindfulness-based strategies can support both healthy co-regulation for system involved youth with behavioral challenges and also help system involved youth cultivate body awareness and create connections between sensations and emotions.