2023 Art + Mentors = Resilience Conference

4340 East Cotton Center Boulevard,Phoenix AZ 85040

29 April, 2023

Description

Presented by BHHS Legacy Foundation On April 29, 2023 Free Arts for Abused Children will welcome staff working in child social service agencies, Free Arts volunteer mentors, Free Arts professional teaching artists, and Free Arts staff, for plenary learning sessions, breakout sessions, and expressive art experiences. Session topics will include understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences, trauma informed care principles, special considerations in working with specific ages, summaries of recent Free Arts program evaluations, support for self-care, and creative arts-based interventions for children and teens. Agenda (Subject to change) 8:30-9:05 Breakfast 9:05 Opening Plenary Activity Buckets of Fun presented by Mario Barela, Free Arts Professional Artist 10:00 Plenary Special Speakers 10:50 Break – 10 minutes 11:00 Breakout 1 – Participants may choose the topic Topic 1 Connecting Families Through the Arts - Erina Sanchez, Free Arts Sr. Program Coordinator and Jenna Christie-Tabron, Free Arts Clinical Director Topic 2 Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care: an Occupational Hazard, Denise Begley, M. Sc., Beagley Consulting Topic 3 Keeping Cultural Connections with Native American Beading, Elisia Manuel, Founder Three Precious Miracles / A Place To Call Home 12:00 Lunch – 45 minutes 12:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session Speakers and Experiential Activity I Like to Move it, Move it – Connecting through Movement - Danica Koestner, Free Arts Professional Artist 1:50 Break - 10 minutes 2:00 Breakout 2 – Participants may choose the topic Topic 1 The Art of Connection: Family Preservation Through Mandated Supporting, Jenna Christie-Tabron, MFT, MSW, Free Arts Clinical Director Topic 2 Mindful Grounding Tools presented by Lizzy House, Free Arts Professional Artist Topic 3 Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth presented by Wallace Hudson, one•n•ten Training Program Manager and Hira Ismail, one•n•ten Training Program Specialist 3:00 Break - 10 minutes 3:10 Final Experiential Art Session Ancestral Affirmations: Healing through Creative Writing, presented by Sean Medlin (they/he), Free Arts Professional Artist– 50 minutes. 4:00 Closing Activity 4:30 End of day