Simple Mindfulness Practices for System Involved Youth to Support Academic Engagement

Robert Dousa

Training Description

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth is to effectively engage system involved youth and help them build constructive, transformational behaviors that are sustainable and lead to healthy community engagement and improved outcomes. In this training, we will explore how to enhance our capacity to support system involved youth by examining Simple Mindfulness Practices (which are especially designed for supporting disengaged transition age youth) can prepare us to foster alliance and promote young people’s emotional development and wellbeing as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal and lead a meaningful life. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve the practice of how we empower system-involved youth.

Learning Objective

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 Approaches to Mindfulness (Mindset, Body Mechanics) that fosters the alliance between system-involved youth and…