Utilizing Sports to Help Traumatized System-Involved Youth

Nicole Klasey, Nancy Acosta

Training Description

There has been a growing acknowledgement that those who’ve experienced trauma need more than talk therapy given that trauma and adversity is stored in our bodies. Sports are one of the ways individuals can work out some of the tension stored in their bodies. Sports can have many positive benefits for system-involved youth such as learning teamwork, coping with adversity, communication skills, etc. This training will teach those who support system involved youth about the positive benefits of sports and physical exercise as well as strategies to use sports to improve outcomes for system involved youth.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 benefit of sports for system-involved youth.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 way to utilize sports to improve outcomes with traumatized system involved youth