Media, Arts & Creative Expression: Therapeutic Tools for Youth Development & Self Care
Mon, Jan 06
|Fred Finch -Training Center
In this engaging workshop, participants will learn tools that can be used for youth development outcomes and for self-care within a field that can be emotionally taxing.
Time & Location
Jan 06, 2020, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fred Finch -Training Center, 3800 Coolidge Ave, Oakland, CA 94602, USA
About the Event
Jon Gilgoff, LCSW
Training Description
In this engaging workshop, participants will learn tools that can be used for youth development outcomes and for self-care within a field that can be emotionally taxing. Utilizing digital media-based dialogue, therapeutic writing, drawing as a means of self-exploration, and drama techniques drawn from improv comedy and theater of the oppressed, we will learn to leverage activities for the benefit of youth clients and ourselves. Join us as we enjoy time together inside and outside the training center, gain valuable skills to 'heal the healer' within, and further our ability to empower youth we serve through creative expression.
Learning Objectives
Participants will explore the value of media, arts and creative expression in working with children and youth Participants will learn techniques based in various media and arts modalities to use towards therapeutic and youth development goals with clients Participants will practice self-care techniques through media and arts…