TAPG is proud to support some upcoming workshops that we do hope are in your area.  Below is the needed information for you to take advantage of these great opportunities.  Please don't miss out on a chance to support your own journey and that of AEE and TAPG!

 

A big thank you to Mike Gass and Maurie Lung for sharing their wisdom and facilitating such an amzing workshop at Montreat College in North Carolina on March 12th.  They had over 40 participants from programs around the SE and everyone left really excited.

All proceeds went to benefit AEE. Thanks so much!!

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Facilitation Workshop with Tony Alvarez!

Join internationally renowned educator, trainer and therapist, Tony
Alvarez, for a day of learning new therapeutic tools and applications of
an adventure-based model of facilitation. In this workshop you will
explore the use of adventure and experiential interventions in actively
engaging children, youth and their families around a variety of
therapeutic issues. This workshop will be valuable for professionals who
work with youth who are looking for hands-on experience and modeling
of how to incorporate adventure activities into their practice.  Click here to see the flyer for this workshop.     

 

Times: 9am-4:30 pm, March 31, 2012 in Durham, New Hampshire
* Lunch: 12:30 - 1:30, bring your own lunch; Coffee/tea included in fee
* Location: The Browne Center for Innovative Learning, 340 Dame Road, Durham NH 03824
* CEUs: Pending Approval: 6.5 Category 1 NASW-NH CEUs (not included for students), Please contact us for information on authorization status.
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*Additional Benefit: Professionals attending this workshop will get a 6-month trial membership to AEE included in the cost of their
workshop fees

REGISTER ONLINE
$119 Professionals*
$99 AEE Members and UNH Staff/Faculty,
$49 Students (IDNumber Required)

All Proceeds from this workshop will be donated to the The Association for
Experiential Education (AEE). For more information please visit the website or contact Amy Smith.    

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 WORKSHOP:
Christine Norton at OMNI Youth Services, Chicago, IL, April 26, 2012
Experiential Therapy: Brain-Based Approaches to Working with Clients

Target audiences:

• Counselors/Therapists/Social Workers operating in traditional settings
• Therapists working in non-traditional settings
• Teachers of therapeutic techniques to potential therapists

Description:
Active therapeutic modalities engage the client experientially on a holistic level, integrating mind, body, affect and spirit. This integrative approach is grounded in interpersonal neurobiology, which combines neuroscience, psychotherapy research, experiential learning and attachment theory. Much has been written on the potential for rewiring the brain through the use of corrective emotional experiences in the therapeutic setting, and this workshop will provide mental health professionals knowledge and skills in this area.

The purpose of this workshop is to examine brain-based approaches to working effectively with clients. This workshop will explore basic neurobiology related to attachment and the therapeutic relationship, as well as the the impact of experiential, integrative activities on the brain. This workshop will also review neurobiological dysregulations that negatively impact clients and provide a theoretical rationale and basic skills for utilizing experiential, brain-based activities with clients to promote healing in these areas. The use of lecture, video, and experiential activities, including mindfulness based practice will be used in this workshop.

Presenter:
Dr. Christine Norton, LCSW, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Texas State University-San Marcos, received her PhD in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago. She has a Master of Arts in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago and a Master of Science in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University-Mankato. Christine has over 15 years experience working with adolescents in a variety of practice settings including therapeutic wilderness programs, juvenile justice, youth and family counseling, schools, and youth mentoring and educational empowerment programs. She has worked for Outward Bound Wilderness (OBW) as an instructor and a course director for Intercept, OBW's youth-at-risk program. She also worked as a clinical social worker with the Journey program, OMNI Youth Services' outdoor experiential therapy program. Her latest book, Innovative Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, is published by Routledge Press
    

• Times: 9 am – 4:30 pm, Thursday, April 26, 2012
• Lunch: 12:30  - 1:30 pm on your own (bring back lunch) Coffee/tea included in fee
• Cost: $119 Professionals*, $99 AEE Members, $49 Students (ID Number Required)
• Location: OMNI Youth Services, 1111 W. Lake Cook Rd., Buffalo Grove, IL  60089       847-353-1500
• CEUs: 6.5 NASW Cat. 1 CEUs (Pending Approval - please contact us for info on authorization status)

 

For further information contact Matt Hayes but click here to Register!