Resilience Training & Mentoring for Families, Caregivers & Educators
heART Lab is an experiential learning program designed to teach resilience-building and self-regulation skills to young people, families, caregivers and educators.
Resilience Mentoring for Educators, Parents & Caregivers
Participants learn how to implement scientifically validated, tools and strategies for reducing anxiety and self-regulating stressful emotions.
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Resilience Informational Workshop
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The Importance of Resilience
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Introduce concepts that can help you develop an understanding of how stress affects your resilience.
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What is Coherence? What can it do for you?
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Learn a simple, (science-based) technique to calm the nervous system and to better regulate your energy.
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Weekly Group Coherence Training Sessions
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Experience 5 scientifically validated HeartMath techniques for activating your heart power and intelligence.
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Utilize the power of Creativity and Yoga along with Heart Coherence Techniques to find your flow.
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Learn to move from depletion to renewal – from stress to ease – to become who you truly are.
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Optional Individual Mentoring
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HRV (Heart Rate Variability) training
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Find your resonance frequency
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Measure progress using real-time biofeedback technology
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Why is Resilience important for our teachers?
According to several studies and reports, teaching is one of the most stressful jobs in the country.
The American Federation of Teachers’ 2017 Educator Quality of Work Life Survey found that 61 percent of teachers said their jobs were always or often stressful—more than double the rate of non-teaching working adults—and 58 percent said they had poor mental health due to stress levels. [1]
Findings from the 2022 State of the American Teacher Survey suggest that teacher well-being is a matter of immediate concern for teachers themselves and for the students they teach. Stress on the job can negatively affect educators' physical health, and poor teacher wellness and mental health are linked with lower-quality student learning environments and with poorer academic and nonacademic student outcomes. [2]
Research also suggests that teachers of color are more likely to experience poor well-being and are more likely to leave their jobs.
Teacher well-being is critical for pandemic recovery and for the long-term health of the teacher workforce.
SOURCES
1. American Federation of Teachers. (2017). 2017 Educator Quality of Work Life Survey. https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/2017_eqwl_survey_web.pdf
Steiner, Elizabeth D., Sy Doan, Ashley Woo, Allyson D. Gittens, Rebecca Ann Lawrence, Lisa Berdie, Rebecca L. Wolfe, Lucas Greer, and Heather L. Schwartz, Restoring Teacher and Principal Well-Being Is an Essential Step for Rebuilding Schools: Findings from the State of the American Teacher and State of the American Principal Surveys, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, RR-A1108-4, 2022. As of August 23, 2022: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1108-4.html
heART Lab for Youth
Students learn how tools and strategies for reducing anxiety and self-regulating stressful emotions and are empowered to make smarter decisions, gain greater self-control and overcome blocks to learning.
Heart
early intervention strategies using HeartMath® self-regulation techniques
Art
painting, printmaking, crafts, music
Mind
strategies to manage emotions and attitudes
Body
body movement, stretching, yoga, dance, heart-healthy nutrition, gardening
OPTION 1: heART Lab Facilitator (mobile classroom)
Communities: parks, community centers, summer camps
Blended learning programs include use of technology to teach students to shift from stress and frustration to balance and resilience with real-time feedback.
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Small group learning circles (tailored to age group)
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Led by heART Lab facilitator(s)
OPTION 2: Facilitated by Educator/Parent/Caregiver
Schools: curriculum/culture integration, after school programs, homeschool
Why is Resilience important for our youth?
Children experience more stress today than ever before. Young people are struggling most with their mental health. Anxiety is the leading mental health issue among today’s youth, and it is rising. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports:
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one in three 13-18 year-olds has already experienced a major anxiety disorder.
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The proportion of youth ages 11-17 was 9 percent higher than the average in 2019.
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic youth ages 11-17 have been more likely than any other age group to score for moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety and depression.
While rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation are increasing for people of all races and ethnicities, there are notable differences in Black communities, who have had the highest average percent change over time for anxiety and depression.
Without early intervention, the youth in our community are at risk for poor performance, diminished learning.
SOURCES
https://www.mhanational.org/issues/state-mental-health-america
https://www.heartmath.org/research/education/education-research-studies/
The heART Lab program may be customized to meet the needs of your community group,
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