Self-Regulation & Mindfulness Practices for System-Involved Youth

Kelsey Pacha

Training Description

This training supports providers working with system-involved youth (including youth with mental health diagnoses, developmental delays, and/or substance use) in identifying ways to help clients self-regulate if they are dysregulated in their work together. Participants will explore multiple mindfulness practices and embody them, as well as experiment with coaching a client in using such practices. Participants will identify practices that will be most helpful and relevant to their efforts to improve outcomes fo system involved youth based on developmental age. Mindfulness practices include: the “brain hand” activity, feelings wheel, body sculpting/power poses, body scan, and more somatic exercises.

Learning Objectives

1. Define self-regulation, dysregulation, and window of tolerance.

2. Discuss developmental and mental health factors that may influence how dysregulation manifests in system involved youth.