Mindful Mondays
This Mindful Monday series, geared towards mental health providers (MHPs), will offer experiential mindfulness-based sessions designed to support the well-being of school-based MHPs as they continue to provide essential services to our community each day.
9/14: Session 1 [PDF]
Early Childhood Educators Series
Educator Self-Care & Social-Emotional Learning
Join us for this 5-session series of live, interactive webinars that will focus on your self-care through the lens of CASEL’s five SEL competencies.
9/14: Educator Self-Care & Self-Awareness [Video] [PDF]
9/15: Educator Self-Care & Self-Management [Video] [PDF]
9/16: Educator Self-Care & Social Awareness [Video] [PDF]
9/17: Educator Self-Care & Relationship Skills [Video] [PDF]
9/18: Educator Self-Care & Responsible Decision Making [Video] [PDF]
9/15: Educator Self-Care & Self-Management [Video] [PDF]
9/16: Educator Self-Care & Social Awareness [Video] [PDF]
9/17: Educator Self-Care & Relationship Skills [Video] [PDF]
9/18: Educator Self-Care & Responsible Decision Making [Video] [PDF]
Train the Trainer to Implement a Culture of Care
Join us for this four-day Train the Trainer mini-series that focuses on self-care and a culture of care that helps build resilience.
M 9/14 Session 1: Building Belonging: Start with Heart [Video] [PDF]
T 9/15 Session 2: SEL & Self-Care [Video] [PDF]
W 9/16 Session 3: Introduction to Brain Breaks [Video] [PDF]
Th 9/17 Session 4: Implementing a Culture of Care [Video] [PDF]
Educator Self-Care & Social Emotional Learning
These interactive sessions are designed to support the integration of caring for yourself, the educator, while supporting the social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives for your students. Participants will apply focused awareness of each of the 5 SEL competencies during each session. We will explore safe and supportive relationships, strengthening co-regulation with others, and building interaction skills that support social competence and academic success in practical context with SEL.
M 8/31: Educator Self-Care & Self-Awareness [Video] [PDF]
T 9/1: Educator Self-Care & Self-Management [Video] [PDF]
W 9/2: Educator Self-Care & Social Awareness [Video] [PDF]
Th 9/3: Educator Self-Care & Relationship Skills [Video] [PDF]
F 9/4: Educator Self-Care & Responsible Decision Making [Video] [PDF]
T 9/1: Educator Self-Care & Self-Management [Video] [PDF]
W 9/2: Educator Self-Care & Social Awareness [Video] [PDF]
Th 9/3: Educator Self-Care & Relationship Skills [Video] [PDF]
F 9/4: Educator Self-Care & Responsible Decision Making [Video] [PDF]
Culture of Care Summer Institute II
Please join us Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a 12-session series. We know that balancing the needs of online instruction and planning for a return in the fall is challenging. This series will help you build knowledge to integrate self-care and social-emotional learning skills into your online and in-person classes. Every session is free and live.
Culture of Care Series:
M 7/27 Session 1: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) & Self-Care [Video] [PDF]
W 7/29 Session 2: Respond vs. React: Superpowers [Video] [PDF]
F 7/31 Session 3: Stress & Allostatic Load [Video] [PDF]
M 8/3 Session 4: The Neuroscience of Stress, Part 1 [Video] [PDF]
W 8/5 Session 5: The Neuroscience of Stress, Part 2 [Video] [PDF]
F 8/7 Session 6: Neuroplasticity [Video] [PDF]
M 8/10 Session 7: Creating Healthy Habits [Video] [PDF]
W 8/12 Session 8: Taking in the Good [Video] [PDF]
F 8/14 Session 9: Six Critical Healing Factors [Video] [PDF]
M 8/17 Session 10: Building Belonging – Emotion & Cognition [Video] [PDF]
W 8/19 Session 11: Brain Breaks Implementation [Video] [PDF]
F 8/21 Session 12: Culture of Care Implementation [Video] [PDF]
Culture of Care Mini-Series
Join us for this four-day mini-series that focuses on self-care and a culture of care that helps build resilience.
M 8/17 Building Belonging: Start with Heart [Video] [PDF]
T 8/18 SEL & Self-Care [Video] [PDF]
W 8/19 Introduction to Brain Breaks [Video] [PDF]
Th 8/20 Implementing a Culture of Care [Video] [PDF]
Stress Management for High School Students
In this 45-minute interactive session, high school students will learn about the neuroscience of stress and engage in strategies to help address its impact on the mind and body.
Neuroscience of Stress for Parents
In this 45-minute interactive session, parents/caregivers will learn about the neuroscience of stress and the critical healing factors. They will engage in strategies to support the reciprocity of well being, having an awareness of stressors, and practicing simple strategies to be more responsive.
Family Brain Breaks
In this 45-minute interactive family session, families will engage in calming as well as energizing activities. Dress comfortably and join us with our kids. Together, we will learn to breathe, move, and rest. Appropriate for PreK – 8th grade children & their parents.
New Jersey Series for Educator Well-Being
Part 1: The Neuroscience of Stress & Educator Self-Care [Video] [PDF]
This one-hour, interactive session will explore the neuroscience of stress and its impact on the body. We will share how to develop resilience through the practice of simple strategies. Live English sessions:
Part 2: Self-Care & SEL [Video] [PDF]
This one-hour, interactive session integrates self-care and the social-emotional learning competencies of self-awareness and self-management for adults. We will continue to focus on developing resilience through the practice of simple strategies.
New Jersey Series para el educador
Educator Self-Care & Social Emotional Learning
These interactive sessions are designed to support the integration of caring for yourself, the educator, while supporting the social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives for your students. Participants will apply focused awareness of each of the 5 SEL competencies during each session. We will explore safe and supportive relationships, strengthening co-regulation with others, and building interaction skills that support social competence and academic success in practical context with SEL. (5 Sessions)
M 8/3: Educator Self-Care & Self-Awareness [Video] [PDF]
T 8/4: Educator Self-Care & Self-Management [Video] [PDF]
W 8/5: Educator Self-Care & Social Awareness [Video] [PDF]
Th 8/6: Educator Self-Care & Relationship Skills [Video] [PDF]
F 8/7: Educator Self-Care & Responsible Decision Making [Video] [PDF]
T 8/4: Educator Self-Care & Self-Management [Video] [PDF]
W 8/5: Educator Self-Care & Social Awareness [Video] [PDF]
Th 8/6: Educator Self-Care & Relationship Skills [Video] [PDF]
F 8/7: Educator Self-Care & Responsible Decision Making [Video] [PDF]
Building Resilience Through Purpose Learning
Join us for a conversation with Patrick Cook-Deegan, Founder/CEO of Project Wayfinder and author of the article, “Can the Lockdown Push Schools in a Positive Direction?” Belonging and resilience are especially critical as we plan for the return to school.
15-Day Self-Care Challenge
Join Gill McClean as we launch our Pure Community 15-Day Self-Care Challenge! The first 50 participants who complete all 15 days of self-care will receive a copy of the book Permission to Feel by Dr. Marc Brackett. We don’t want you to forget about you! We will engage in 5 simple strategies every day to help us build habits in community: Breathe, Move, Rest, Journaling & Attitude of Gratitude.
Videos:
Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10
Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15
PDFs:
Activate Your Superpowers: Pure Power Curriculum 3-5
MindUP: Building Bridges and Healthy Minds
This webinar will address the critical importance of our mental health, especially with the recent challenges of the global pandemic and racial injustices that have caused trauma amongst us all. Through a lens of equity, we will explore various ways to build bridges across differences, while also building and fostering healthy minds.
Train the Trainer to Integrate a Culture of Care
We know that dozens of guidance documents call for focusing on educator and student well-being. So we are hosting a free series, Train the Trainer, for any and all educators. In this 4-part interactive series, participants will learn how to use our turn-key decks to support educators in their schools or districts.
Activate Your Superpowers: Pure Power Curriculum K-2
90-Minute Session – Educator Self-Care
This 90-minute, interactive session will explore the neuroscience of stress and its impact on the body. We will share how to develop resilience through the practice of simple strategies.
Neuroscience of Stress & Educator Self-Care
This session will look at the neuroscience of stress and its impact on the body. Developing resilience through the practice of simple strategies will be shared in this one-hour interactive session.
Early Childhood Educators – Applied Mindfulness in the PreK Classroom Series
Mindfulness for ALL [Video-English Captions] [Video-Spanish Captions] [Video-Spanish Voiceover] [PDF]
Start with the Heart: Strategies to Build Resilience [Video-English Captions] [Video-Spanish Captions] [PDF]
Success Through Focus: Brain Breaks & Energizers [Video-English Captions] [Video-Spanish Captions] [PDF]
Educator Self-Care & Social Emotional Learning
Join Michelle for this 5-day series that will focus on your self-care through the lens of CASEL’s five SEL competencies.
Educator Self-Care & Self-Awareness [Video] [PDF]
Educator Self-Care & Self-Management [Video] PDF]
Educator Self-Care & Social Awareness [Video] [PDF]
Educator Self-Care & Relationship Skills [Video] [PDF]
Educator Self-Care & Responsible Decision Making [Video] [PDF]
A Peek Inside the Amazing Brain: 3-5
Learn to implement the Pure Power mini-unit, A Peek Inside the Amazing Brain, for grades 3-5 in this interactive session.
A Peek Inside the Amazing Brain: K-2
Learn to implement the Pure Power mini-unit, A Peek Inside the Amazing Brain, for grades K-2 in this interactive session.
Self-Care & Stress Management for First Responders During COVID-19
The mental health experts at Stanford University share this two-part series to support mental and physical health.
Watch Module 1 — Before watching, please take this anonymous questionnaire to help with stress reduction research. We are grateful for your participation and hopeful that this research will benefit trauma prevention.
Watch Module 2 — After watching, please fill out one more questionnaire for our research.
Culture of Care Summer Institute I
Please join us Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays for a 12-session series. We know that balancing the needs of online instruction and planning for a return in the fall is challenging. This series will help you build knowledge to integrate self-care and social-emotional learning skills into your online & in-person classes. Every session is free and live.
University of San Diego will provide EDU credits for Culture of Care course completion. University of San Diego will validate/issue transcripts in graduate level extension credits. As a reminder, it is always up to the student/participant to ensure that their institution will accept this type of continuing education credit. If you are seeking one EDU unit/credit, you must register for this 12-session source at the University of San Diego. This is ONLY if you are seeking one unit of credit for $75 from the University. Attendees can register for Institute 1 through midnight on June 12th. Here is the link to register for either of the sessions. The cost is $75 paid directly to USD.
**MARYLAND RESIDENTS: The course, Culture of Care Self-Care for Educators and Learners, has been approved for one (1) CPD credit until Dec 31, 2025 with the assigned CPD number of 20-68-13. Participants must complete all sessions to earn this credit.
Culture of Care Series:
Session 1: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) & Self-Care [Video] [PDF]
Session 2: Respond vs. React: Super Powers [Video] [PDF]
Session 3: Stress & Allostatic Load [Video] [PDF]
Session 4: The Neuroscience of Stress, Part 1 [Video] [PDF]
Session 5: The Neuroscience of Stress, Part 2 [Video] [PDF]
Session 6: Neuroplasticity [Video] [PDF]
Session 7: Creating Healthy Habits [Video] [PDF]
Session 8: Taking in the Good [Video] [PDF]
Session 9: Six Critical Healing Factors [Video] [PDF]
Session 10: Building Belonging – Emotion & Cognition [Video] [PDF]
Educator Self-Care & Social Emotional Learning
These interactive sessions are designed to support the integration of caring for yourself, the educator, while supporting the social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives for your students. Participants will apply focused awareness of each of the 5 SEL competencies during each session. We will explore safe and supportive relationships, strengthening co-regulation with others, and building interaction skills that support social competence and academic success in practical context with SEL. (5 Sessions)
Rebuilding Community: Navigating the New Normal
Dr. Mark Greenberg, Dorothy Morelli, Denine Parks-Goolsby, and Dr. Joseph Gerics
As educators, our lives have been forever changed. We have all experienced trauma in some form. As schools begin to make plans for reopening, it is imperative that we address the effect of this pandemic experience not only for our students, but also for the adults who work with them. This webinar will discuss ideas about how schools can begin to rebuild a sense of community including exploring adult social and emotional needs, collaborating on strategies to build caring connections with our students and colleagues.
