Now Offering the Adult SEL Series via Zoom

The Adult SEL Series is an eight-part live online professional learning offering designed to deepen intra– and inter-personal adult SEL guide professionals through a process of self-discovery and personal growth while instilling the importance of habitual daily self-care and mindfulness practice.

Attendees will be paid $25 per hour, up to 12 hours per confirmation that the session has been completed. The maximum number of participants is 25 per training. Only practitioners who receive an RSVP confirmation will be admitted into the trainings.

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Scientific studies show that the only way to build long-term brain fitness, emotional balance and resilience in the face of crisis and chaos is through daily practice of mindful awareness and other positive psychology tools. In each session, participants share their experiences from applying the different tools, and incrementally build a daily self-care practice plan that is customized to their needs based on their own reflective practice. Ultimately, the goal of empowering resilient and compassionate adults is to create a climate and culture whereby youth thrive socially and emotionally, are able to apply SEL tools to be resilient in daily life and in crisis, succeed in academic and extracurricular endeavors, and can build positive and empathetic relationships.

Session 1 – Introduction to Self-Care – Thursday April 30, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Description:

This training provides an understanding of how social and emotional learning competencies, as defined by the CASEL and Weikart frameworks, relate to self-care practices for adults working with youth.  Participants will also explore basic mindfulness practices to increase self-awareness and enhance their experiential understanding of SEL in their own lives.

Prerequisites:  Afterschool professionals from a PSELI pilot school, Prime Time Registry ID

Live Session Time:  1.5 hours           Session Materials:  None

Session II – Deepening Self-Awareness – Tuesday, May 5, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Description:
Participants will continue their exploration and self-inquiry process into self-awareness and self-regulation as fundamental skills for resilience using mind-body awareness and positive psychology tools. They will also explore the neuroscience of awareness and well-being.

Prerequisites:  Afterschool professionals from a PSELI pilot school, Prime Time Registry ID

Live Session Time:  1.5 hours           Session Materials:  None

Session III – Perception and Connection – Thursday, May 7, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Description:

This training builds upon the self-awareness skills explored in previous sessions and introduces the importance of perception in managing ourselves and relating to others. Participants will reflect on their own implicit biases and ways of perceiving and regarding others to build deeper connection and more equitable relationships.

Prerequisites:  Afterschool professionals from a PSELI pilot school, Prime Time Registry ID

Live Session Time:  1.5 hours           Session Materials:  None

Session IV – Facing Stress, Trauma and Uncertainty – Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Description:
Effectively dealing with traumatic events, uncertainly and the stressors of everyday life are essential social and emotional skills. In this training, participants will explore stressors and reactive patterns to both big and mundane life events that may get in the way of our well-being and relationships. Participants are encouraged to increase awareness of burnout and compassion fatigue as the first step to intentionally practice self-care.

Prerequisites:  Afterschool professionals from a PSELI pilot school, Prime Time Registry ID

Live Session Time:  1.5 hours           Session Materials:  None

Session V – Building Resilience and Balance – Thursday, May 14, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Description:

Building upon the previous session, participants are invited to continue the journey into self-care by practicing key mindfulness and self-regulation techniques that bring greater well-being and balance. In the long term, daily regular practice leads to what is referred to in neuroscience as resilience – the ability to adapt, respond and bounce back from trauma and constantly changing life situations.

Prerequisites:  Afterschool professionals from a PSELI pilot school, Prime Time Registry IDLive Session Time:  1.5 hours           Session Materials:  None

Session VI – Communicating with Empathy – Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Description:

Empathy is a social and emotional competency that is often challenging to embody in a context of competing demands, misunderstanding and crisis. In this training, participants will learn basic mindful deep listening tools and nonviolent communication to deepen empathy and build more positive relationships.  

Prerequisites:  Afterschool professionals from a PSELI pilot school, Prime Time Registry ID

Live Session Time:  1.5 hours           Session Materials:  None

Session VII – Leading with Compassion – Thursday, May 21, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Description:

Having built a foundation of self-compassion and empathy in previous sessions, participants are guided to explore compassion and equity with intentionality. Participants learn evidence-based compassion and common humanity practices that serve to minimize conflict over differences and cultivate mutual respect and belonging.

Prerequisites:  Afterschool professionals from a PSELI pilot school, Prime Time Registry ID

Live Session Time:  1.5 hours           Session Materials:  None

Session VIII – My Self-Care Plan – Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Description:

Participants will have an opportunity in this final session of the series to share their experiences and insights from intentionally practicing SEL skills from the inside out on a daily basis. The culmination of their reflective practice in the form of a daily self-care plan will shape their path forward as models of self-care and balance in their interactions with adults and youth.

Prerequisites:  Afterschool professionals from a PSELI pilot school, Prime Time Registry ID

Live Session Time:  1.5 hours           Session Materials:  None