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Digital Seminar

EMDR & Trauma-Informed Yoga for Kids: Integrative Practices for the Mind, Body, and Heart


Speakers:
Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW |  Zabie Yamasaki, MEd, RYT
Duration:
1 Hour 31 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Aug 02, 2023
Product Code:
POS059476
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

What if you could combine the healing powers of trauma-informed yoga & EMDR therapy to help children of all ages?   

In this workshop you’ll learn how trauma-informed yoga and EMDR can be complimentary offerings for children to process and heal from trauma in their minds, bodies & hearts.  

Join Zabie Yamasaki, M.Ed., RYT and author of children’s book “Your Joy is Beautiful” (PESI Publishing & Media 2023) and Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW and author of “EMDR Workbook for Kids” (PESI Publishing & Media 2023) to learn how to maximize children’s capacity for healing.  

You’ll discover approaches to help children: 

  • Gain insight and strengthen their mind 
  • Increase emotional regulation and align with expressing what is in their hearts 
  • Utilize movement to enhance physical strength and attunement to their bodies 

Zabie and Christine will share a variety of child-friendly approaches and practices for kids to feel empowered in their healing process while strengthening their emotional, physical, mental, spiritual and interpersonal skills. 

Credit

Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your licensing board's rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. 
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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

 


Canada Credit - ---

Earn up to 1.5 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession. 


Canada Credit - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 1.5 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Canada Credit - Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 1.5 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.


US National Boards - Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

 

PESI, Inc.  is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Approved provider # 3322. This Distance-Learning Independent activity is offered at 0.15  CEUs Intermediate, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

 

Full attendance at this live activity qualifies for 1.5 contact hours.

 



Handouts

Speaker

Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW's Profile

Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW Related seminars and products

Spark All Wellness


Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, is a certified EMDR therapist and EMDRIA-approved consultant. She is the owner of Spark All Wellness, a private practice specializing in EMDR therapy with children, EMDR consultation for clinicians, and trauma-informed trainings for professional organizations. Christine started her social work career in child protective serves and later transitioned to school-based mental health, where she was a clinical supervisor and trainer. Christine lectures at California State University, Monterey Bay, where she teaches undergraduate courses in abnormal child psychology. Christine lives in San Francisco with her husband, two children, and dog. The things that make her happiest include her family and friends, a good cup of coffee, baked goods, yoga, traveling, cycling, music and dancing.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christine Mark-Griffin is the owner of Spark All Wellness. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Christine Mark-Griffin is a member of National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).


Zabie Yamasaki, MEd, RYT's Profile

Zabie Yamasaki, MEd, RYT Related seminars and products


Zabie Yamasaki, MEd, RYT, (she/her) is the founder of Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga, which is an organization that offers trauma-informed yoga to survivors, consultation for universities and trauma agencies, and training for healing professionals. Zabie has trained thousands of yoga instructors and mental health professionals and her trauma-informed yoga program and curriculum is now being implemented at over 40 college campuses and trauma agencies including the University of California (UC) system, Stanford, Yale, USC, University of Notre Dame, and Johns Hopkins University.

Zabie received her undergraduate in psychology and social behavior and education at UC Irvine and completed her graduate degree in higher education administration and student affairs at The George Washington University. Her work has been highlighted on CNN, NBC, KTLA 5, and The Huffington Post.

Zabie is widely recognized for her intentionality, soulful activism, and passionate dedication to her field. She is a sought-after consultant and keynote speaker. She has worked with thousands of survivors to support them in their healing journey, ground them in their own worthiness and remind them they are inherently whole. Zabie centers survivors in her work and provides them with tools to help uncover trauma imprints, support the healing process, create balance of the nervous system, and lessen the grip that past experiences of trauma may have on the heart.

Zabie has received countless awards in victim services and leadership, including the Visionary in Victim Services award from one of the largest rape crisis centers in California and the Voice of Courage Award from Exhale to Inhale. She is the author of the book and affirmation deck: Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault: Practices for Healing and Teaching with Compassion and children’s book: Your Joy is Beautiful: The Magic of Remembering that You Are Enough, Just as You Are.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Zahabiyah Yamasaki has employment relationships with UCLA, Cal Poly Pomona, and John Hopkins University. She is the founder of Trancending Sexual Trauma though Yoga. Zahabiyah Yamasaki receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Zahabiyah Yamasaki has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

 

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Objectives

  1. Apply the lens of EMDR and Trauma-Informed Yoga to their clinical work with children.
  2. Design a program or curriculum that integrates the phases of EMDR and the frameworks of Trauma-Informed Yoga.
  3. Utilize somatic-based modalities and practices into the scope of their clinical work.

Outline

Brief Overview of the Frameworks 

  • Kid Friendly Explanation of the 8 Frameworks of Trauma-Informed Yoga
  • Kid Friendly Explanation of the 8 phases of EMDR  

Integrative Child Friendly Practices for Healing the Mind, Body and Heart with EMDR & Yoga 

  • Getting prepared 
  • Breathwork and mindfulness 
  • Supporting kids who are triggered 
  • Cultural considerations and accessibility  
    • Help children gain insight and strengthen their minds 
      • Safe Calm Place,  
      • Identifying Unhelpful & Helpful Thoughts 
      • Psychoeducation about Window of Tolerance 
      • Surrender Bowl 
      • Tuning into Exteroceptive Sensations 
    • Increase emotional regulation and align with expressing what is in their hearts 
      • Resource Development Intervention - Happy Place 
      • Chakra for Kids & Inner light meditation 
      • Take what you need board & intention stones 
    • Utilize movement to enhance physical strength and attunement to their bodies 
      • Child friendly body scans  
      • Games and activities for bilateral stimulation and discharging stress 
      • Increasing body awareness + helping with ouches  
      • Vinyasa – flow yoga 
      • EMDR Back & Forth movement to move the trauma out & move the healing in 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • School Administrators
  • Teachers/School-Based Personnel
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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