March 13th • Cooperstown, NY • Workshop for School Counselors, Mental Health, Wellness, SEL and Systems of Support Facilitators

Inspire, Engage, Connect, and Reflect Workshop for School Counselors, Mental Health, Wellness, SEL and Systems of Support Facilitators

Hosted by ONC BOCES and The Clark Sports Center 8:30 am-3:00 pm  124 County Highway 52 Cooperstown NY, 13326

Join this interactive workshop and fill your toolbox with practical methods to build community, promote social and emotional learning and create lasting meaningful lessons. Enliven groupwork, classroom counseling sessions, circles, and meetings with experiential  facilitation, active reflection, and social and emotional skills building techniques. Use the power of play to build a joyful, connected community. Cultivate belonging, voice, choice, and ownership. Increase involvement, emotional connection, relevancy, and depth of understanding. Bring learning to life with multiple pathways and active reflection. Leave with creative inspiration, practical tools, and new connections.

Attendees will take away:

·  Counseling lessons group work, advisory, morning meeting, and circles facilitation ideas, activities, and strategies 

·  Practical facilitation strategies to integrate social and emotional learning and counseling content that you can facilitate with simple materials and adapt to various age groups

·  Collaborative, learner-centered ways to create and maintain joyful and inclusive learning, groupwork, or therapeutic communities

·  Engaging ways to deepen learning through emotional connection and ongoing active reflection

·  Intentional approaches for promoting involvement, voice, choice, and ownership of learning

·  Practical strategies to integrate social-emotional and life skills with academics or youthwork program content that you can facilitate with simple materials and adapt to various audiences

·  Games and activities that teach empathy, self and social awareness, communication, and other essential social and emotional skills

·  Classroom and group structures and facilitation strategies to make experiential learning and expressive therapies successful

·  Practices for becoming an intentional, responsive, and reflective educator/facilitator

·  Engaging reflection tools and techniques to help learners find meaning and create lasting lessons

·  Creative inspiration and networking opportunities with other counselors

 Join us for an inspiring day of networking and meaningful conversation and connection with other school wellness and mental health professionals.

Tuition includes lunch and a copy of one of Jen Stanchfield's books: Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner: Experiential, Brain-Based Activities and Strategies to Engage, Build Community and Create Lasting Lessons. or, Tips & Tools for the Art of Experiential Group Facilitation.

REGISTER at ONC BOCES or email jen@experientialtools.com.

What participants are saying: 
"Jen Stanchfield's warm, authentic, gentle, and engaging style makes everyone feel welcome and supported - even online. Jen creates an atmosphere where participants feel like they are partners in the learning experience. I have attended multiple sessions with Jen over the last decade and always take away something new that I can use right away in my teaching and counseling."


" I appreciate that along with sharing your useful tools and techniques, you have helped us engage with and learn from each other. Your style gives everyone ownership in the learning process."