Traumatic Stress in Kids & Teens: Mindfulness & Movement Based Strategies

Live Online Workshop

Open to the public

6 CE hours are available for select professions. Please continue reading below for more information on the event.

• CSSW Alumni: Please email [email protected] for promotional code. Your email should contain your full name at the time you graduated and the year you graduated.
• Groups of 5+: select the appropriate group ticket when registering and enter the number of tickets you would like to purchase.
• CSSW Practicum Instructors supervising a CSSW student during the current or upcoming academic year: Please email [email protected] for promotional code. Include the name and year of the CSSW student you are supervising for the academic year.
• Current CSSW employees: Please email [email protected] for your OPE benefit. Your email should contain your full name and position.
• Other Columbia University faculty, staff, alumni: Please email [email protected] for the promotional code. Your email should contain your full name, position, and/or year and school of graduation. Email must be from your Columbia University email domain.

Join Dr. Victoria Grinman for an interative workshop about the utility of yoga and mindfulness in working with children and teens with traumatic stress.

Participants will devle into traumatic stress and its relationship to the behaviors we encounter in kids and teens. Discussion will include the ways in which traumatic stress interacts with the mind-body-brain integration that is crucial for focus, overall health, successful relationships and living with joy.

You will leave with effective and accessible tools and strategies grounded in movement, yoga and mindfulness that can be shared with kids and teens in a variety of environments and situations- off the mat! Kids with differences in abilities who are supported in a seated position can have access to yogic activity through modified strategies. Many of the environments that kids spend their time in are not set up for yoga on a mat or floor– school classrooms, buses, cars, airports, you name it! In order for kids to be equipped with strategies that they can take with them anywhere they go, practitioners need to be prepared to offer simple and sustainable movement strategies that respond to the fast-paced and packed days our kids are navigating daily. No prior experience with yoga is necessary.

As a result of this workshop, participants will be better able to:

1. understand the brain, mind and body connection.
2. understand how traumatic stress impacts children & teen’s learning and other daily functions.
3. identify the benefits of using mindfulness, movement and chair yoga practices in clinical settings, agencies, schools and group and individualized therapy with children.
4. implement a variety of practices to use with their children and/or teen clients.

Details Coming!

9:30am - 4:30pm with a 10 min morning break, 50 min lunch, and 10 min afternoon break.

Dr. Victoria Grinman, PhD, LCSW-R (Bio) is a NY based psychotherapist, coach and trainer with more than 17+ years of experience working and collaborating with people of all life stages and circumstances and organizations all over the world. She is affiliated with a wide variety of academic organizations and her research focuses on posttraumatic growth, parenthood and Autism.

You will be sent an email containing the Zoom link at 6 p.m. ET the evening before and again 1 hour prior to the webinar start time. If you do not receive an email containing the webinar link by the times indicated here then check your SPAM folder and email us at [email protected] if you need further assistance.

Please also note the following:

• You will be required to sign-in with your full name and answer a few registration questions.

• See Continuing Education information and requirements below if receiving CE hours.

6 live, online CE contact hours will be awarded to NY, NJ, and CT licensed social workers*, NY psychologists* , and NY mental health counselors *who have met the attendance requirements below.

Social Workers: CSSW is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. Provider #SW‐0021

*Social workers from other states, please confirm with your state licensing board. Please note that we do not specify type of credits (general, cultural competence, clinical, etc.) Many states have recognized Columbia University School of Social Work continuing education hours as we are a CSWE accredited institution and approved by the NYS Education Department to provide continuing education.

Psychologists: CSSW- OPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists. Provider #PSY-0194.

*Psychologists from other states, please confirm with your state licensing board.

Mental Health Counselors: NYSED State Board for Mental Health Practitioners recognizes the Center for Prolonged Grief as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0104)

*Mental health counselors from other states, please confirm with your state licensing board.

Please note that in order to receive your continuing education certificate, you must attend the entire workshop and complete the evaluation in accordance to NYSED regulations. There is a 10 minute grace period. Any participant who arrives/logs in past 9:40 AM OR leaves/logs out earlier than 4:20 PM will not receive CE credits. Refunds are not provided for late arrivals or early departures. Please plan accordingly.

CE Distribution: Evaluation and Certificate forms will be distributed via email within 1 week following the event to those meeting the attendance requirements above.

Special Accommodations: If you require disability accommodations to attend/participate in an event at Columbia University School of Social Work, please contact the Office of Professional Excellence at [email protected] at least 10 days in advance of the event.*

For events posted less than 10 days in advance, contact [email protected] as soon as possible.

Grievance Policy: For information on our grievance policy, click here.

Fees will be refunded less a $5 processing fee, if email notification is received by the Office of Professional Excellence up to 14 days prior to the workshop date.

Refunds will not be provided to those not meeting the attendance requirements.

Event Venue

Online