Trauma-Informed Yoga and Mindfulness Strategies for Children and Teens
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Join Dr. Victoria Grinman for an interactive workshop about the utility of yoga and mindfulness in working with children and teens with traumatic stress.
Participants will delve 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 inspired, empowered and resourced 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.
Learning Objectives
As a result of this workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Understand the brain, mind, and body connection.
- Understand how traumatic stress impacts children’s and teens’ learning and other daily functions.
- Identify the benefits of using mindfulness, movement, and chair yoga practices in clinical settings, agencies, schools, and group or individualized therapy with children.
- Implement a variety of practices to use with their child and/or teen clients.
Tuition
- $150 – Registration Fee
- $125 – Alumni, Field Instructor, FFL, Current Adelphi University School of Social Work Adjunct Rate
- $75 – Veterans Rate
- Free with Promo Code – Current Adelphi University Students
Faculty Bio
Victoria Grinman, LCSW-R, PhD
Dr. Victoria Grinman is a therapist, consultant, speaker and transformation agent who has been dubbed “the parent whisperer” and “the secret weapon relationship Spanx” by those who have been touched by her work. Victoria is a dual-licensed clinician with expertise in the experience of Posttraumatic Growth in parents of young adult children with Autism. She is the founder of Growing Kind Minds LLC, a private practice and global community platform where she is a speaker, trainer, contributing adjunct professor, and consultant to educational and corporate institutions.
Victoria believes that people want to be seen, heard and understood as the whole person, and is passionate about being an expert companion to people as they authentically connect to their inner strengths so that they can achieve the connections and relationships they desire with the people that matter most to them, at home and in the workplace.
Victoria is a trauma-informed and trained yoga and mindfulness instructor to children and teens, a certified aromatherapist, and a dedicated long-time clinical volunteer for Experience Camps, a free one-week grief camp experience for children who have lost a significant person in their life. She is dedicated to being a facilitator of joy and positive change by highlighting the possibility and power in our struggles.
On a personal note, Victoria is a fur-mama to Vanna Goh Goh, a sassy Yorkie named after Vincent van Gogh, and enjoys photography and inspiring travel.
Credentialing Information
Successful completion for the award of approved continuing education credits requires attendance at the entire training/workshop and submission of a completed evaluation form.
CEs: 6
To receive approved continuing education credits, participants must attend the entire training or workshop and submit a completed evaluation form.
See full credentialing information and CEUs.
Cancellation Policy
Unfortunately, we cannot provide refunds for cancellations made seven working days or fewer before the event for any reason—or for no-shows. We can provide credit towards a future workshop up to 24 hours before the event. After that, no credit will be issued.
Accessibility Statement
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Adelphi University require that all events be accessible. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the event host identified on the event webpage; please allow for a reasonable time frame. The event host, when necessary, will collaborate with the Student Access Office.