creating therapeutic environments for children
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Creating Therapeutic Environments for Children
Presenter: Leah Gudbjartson-Beaupre,
BRS, MSW, RSW—NMT Phase II Certified
Register Early. Seats are limited.
Workshop provided by Lifa Vel Consulting
139 Saskatchewan Ave. E.
Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 0L7
Phone: 204-870-2775 Fax: 204-480-4341
E-mail: [email protected] www.lifavel.ca
Caregivers provide the primary care environ-
ments for children. This workshop aims to
help participants learn information and strate-
gies on how to provide therapeutic environ-
ments for children who have been affected by
trauma. Participants will learn about trauma
and its impacts using the principles of the
Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and
the Green, Yellow, Red Approach. The work-
shop is designed for parents, foster parents,
social workers, teachers, and others in a care-
giving position. This workshop will help them
to build on their skills to provide children with
environments that provide multiple therapeutic
opportunities to promote recovery, growth,
resilience, and repair.
Winnipeg: Sept. 29 & 30, 2016
Victoria Inn Winnipeg
1808 Wellington Ave.
(204) 786-4801
Please call hotel direct for accommodation
conference rate of $129 under name of workshop.
Portage La Prairie: Nov. 3 & 4, 2016
Canad Inns Portage La Prairie
2401 Saskatchewan Ave W,
Portage la Prairie, MB R0H 1N1
(204) 857-9745
Please call hotel direct for conference rate for ac-
commodations of $109 under name of workshop.
Dauphin: October 17 & 18, 2016
Super 8 Hotel
1457 Main St S, Dauphin, MB R7N 3B3
(204) 638-0800
Please call hotel direct for conference rate for
accommodations under name of workshop.
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Location:
□ Winnipeg Sept. 29 & 30, 2016
□ Dauphin Oct. 17 & 18, 2016
□ Portage La Prairie Nov. 3 & 4, 2016
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Schedule: 8:30—4:30 each day
Registration and coffee/light snack will be
served on Day 1 from 8:30am to 9:00am.
Refreshments will be offered at breaks, and
LUNCH IS INCLUDED.
Fees:
□ Early (14 days prior to date): $270 + GST 13.50 = $283.50 □ Regular (0-14 days prior): $300 + GST 15. 00 = $315.00 □ Group rate (3—10): $260 + GST 13.00 = $273.00 □ Group rate (10 or more): $250 + GST 12.50 = $262.50 □ Student rate: $200 + GST 10.00 = $210.00 *Fees must be paid in full prior to workshop. GST of 5% added to cost of workshop. Lunch is included. Please list any special food needs: Payment options:
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who have been affected by trauma
About the Presenter
Leah Gudbjartson-Beaupre is a clinical social worker
in private practice, consultant, and trainer at Lifa Vel
Counselling and Consulting. Leah has a Bachelor of
Recreation Studies (Therapeutic Recreation), and a
Master’s in Social Work from the University of
Manitoba. She has completed Phase 2 level training in
NMT™ from the Child Trauma Academy, and
Advanced Training in the Natural Lifemanship Model
TF-EAP™. She specializes in working with children
and adults impacted by trauma, using a recovery and
resiliency based approach, and incorporates NMT™
principles into her practice. Leah provides therapy in
an office setting, and also conducts animal-assisted
therapy sessions with both horses and dogs. She
works on a casual basis in adult mental health crisis
response services, and also teaches and supports
students in practicum across Canada in the area of
social work practice in mental health for the University
of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work Distance
program.
Agenda—Day 2
Creating the Therapeutic Environment
Changing brain state to change behavior
Understanding red brain versus green brain
behavior
Using the Green, Yellow, Red Approach
Reteach, regrow and rewire the brain through
experience
Evocative cues (triggers) - recognizing and
responding to cues
Getting kids unstuck from old behaviors and
maladaptive coping strategies
Somatosensory Systems and Regulation
What they are - 7 sensory systems
Use of “green strategies” to promote
regulation - somatosensory activities
The “feel good” bucket
Problem Solving with kids
Using the 3 R’s – regulate, relate and reason
Collaborative strategies
Relational strategies
Promoting resilience
Therapeutic Schedules
Things Adults can do
Identifying helpful and unhelpful strategies
Avoiding the yelling trap
Importance of Care for the Caregiver
Agenda—Day 1
Understanding the child affected by trauma and the
science behind providing a Therapeutic Environment
Traumatic events and impacts
Neurodevelopmental Impact of Trauma
The Brain’s Alarm systems
NMT™ Approach Introduction
Brain State Awareness
Issues of Arousal and Regulation
Relational Health
Intimacy Barrier
Neurobiology of Reward
Resiliency Framework & The Amazing Principle
Kids are amazing and have and amazing capacity
to heal. We need to provide the environments that
will help them heal.
The Green, Yellow, Red, Approach
A simplification of the science
A way to communicate the science of safety and
regulation
Changing the question we ask in our thinking
Not “what’s wrong with you” but “what happened
to you?”
Creating a therapeutic environment is about creating
opportunities for regulation, growth and healing.
Leah Gudbjartson-Beaupre,
BRS, MSW, RSW—NMT, Phase II
The Child Trauma Academy
acknowledges that Leah Beaupre has
completed NMT Training Certification
through the Phase II level
Leah is passionate about training and sharing information
in the field. As part of her Master’s work, she created a
Teaching Our Children Sexual Safety program. She has
also created the Green, Yellow, Red Approach as a way
to make talking and teaching regulation and safety easier
for children and their caregivers to understand and com-
municate about how regulated and safe they are feeling.
Leah has presented at the International NMT Symposium
in 2016 on both Animal-Assisted Therapy and the Green,
Yellow, Red Approach using NMT principles.
2016 Workshops: Winnipeg: Sept. 29/30 Dauphin: Oct. 17/18 Portage La Prairie: Nov. 3/4