Youth-focused mindfulness-based practices and interventions for managing anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and stress.
This introductory workshop presents youth-focused mindfulness-based practices and interventions for managing anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and stress.
In this virtual training learn how to support children, adolescents, young adults, and caregivers in navigating the stressful and difficult emotions and issues of the current times.
Primary issues to be covered include understanding and defining mindfulness and stress and understanding the fight or flight response and stress cycle, and how to intentionally stimulate the related relaxation response to better manage and cope with anxiety, difficult emotions, and ongoing stressors.
2 CEs are available for NYS LMHCs, LMSWs, LCSWs, LMFTs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts upon completion of training.
Objectives:
Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
-define mindfulness and how it can be used to manage anxiety and improve emotional regulation.
-explore and understand the role of anxiety as a protective survival response and defense mechanism.
-implement trauma-informed mindfulness to elicit the relaxation response, to ease overall anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and stress.
-identify symptoms of chronic stress and anxiety in children, adolescents, and young adults.
-integrate practical mindfulness-based tools and techniques to aid in relaxation, focus, and concentration.
In accordance with the NY State Department of Education guidelines, in order to receive continuing education contact hours, a participant needs to be present for the duration of the workshop/training. Therefore, participants who arrive late or leave the event early will not be granted a certificate of completion.
Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be provided for cancellations made in writing up to three business days prior to the start of the event.
Accommodations and Accessibility: HVPD welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact us at info@hudsonvalleyprofessionaldevelopment to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
