Creating Therapeutic Environments for Children

Presenter: Leah Gudbjartson-Beaupre,

BRS, MSW, RSW—completed NMT Phase II

Register Early. Seats are limited.

Workshop provided by Lifa Vel Consulting

139 Saskatchewan Ave. E.

Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 0L7

Phone: 204-870-2775 Fax: 204-480-4341

E-mail: Leah@lifavel.ca www.lifavel.ca

Caregivers provide the primary care environ-

ments for children. This workshop aims to

help participants learn information and strate-

gies on how to provide therapeutic environ-

ments for children who have been affected by

trauma. Participants will learn about trauma

and its impacts using the principles of the

Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and

the Green, Yellow, Red Approach. The work-

shop is designed for parents, foster parents,

social workers, teachers, and others in a care-

giving position. This workshop will help them

to build on their skills to provide children with

environments that provide multiple therapeutic

opportunities to promote recovery, growth,

resilience, and repair.

Winnipeg: June 1 & 2

Victoria Inn Winnipeg

1808 Wellington Ave.

(204) 786-4801

Please call hotel direct for accommodation

conference rate of $129 and state name of

workshop.

Portage La Prairie: Fall/Winter

Dates TBA

Canad Inns Portage La Prairie

2401 Saskatchewan Ave W,

Portage la Prairie, MB R0H 1N1

(204) 857-9745

Please complete and fax to: 204-480-4341,

or scan and email to Leah@lifavel.ca

Location:

□ Winnipeg Sept. 29 & 30

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Schedule: 8:30—4:30 each day

Registration and coffee/snack will be on

Day 1 from 8:30am to 9:00am.

Refreshments will be offered at breaks,

and LUNCH IS INCLUDED.

Fees:

□ Early (14 days prior to date): $275 + GST 13.75 = $288.75 □ Regular (0-14 days prior): $300 + GST 15. 00 = $315.00 □ Group rate (3—10): $260 + GST 13.00 = $273.00 □ Group rate (10 or more): $ 250 + GST 12.50 = $262.50 □ Student rate: $200 + GST 10.00 = $210.00 *Fees must be paid in full prior to workshop. Gst of 5% added to cost of workshop. Lunch is included. Please list any special food needs: Payment options:

□ Cheque (please fax form and then mail)

□ Credit Card invoice will be emailed to you

□ Paypal—lifavelcandc@gmail.com

Registration Form

who have been affected by trauma

About the Presenter

Leah Gudbjartson-Beaupre is a clinician/social

worker in private practice, a consultant, and trainer at

Lifa Vel Counselling and Consulting. Leah has a

Bachelor of Recreation Studies (Therapeutic

Recreation), and a Master’s in Social Work from the

University of Manitoba. She has completed Phase 2

level training in NMT from the Child Trauma

Academy, and Advanced Training in the Natural

Lifemanship Model TF-EAP. She specializes in

working with children and adults impacted by

trauma, using a recovery and resiliency based

approach, and incorporates NMT principles into

practice. Leah provides therapy in an office setting,

and also conducts animal-assisted therapy sessions

with both horses and dogs. She works on a casual

basis in adult mental health crisis response services.

Leah also teaches in the area of social work practice

in mental health and works as a Field Liaison for the

University of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work

Distance program, helping social work students in

Agenda—Day 2

Creating the Therapeutic Environments

Changing brain state to change behavior

Understanding red brain versus green brain

behavior

Using the Green, Yellow, Red Approach

Reteach, regrow and rewire the brain through

experience

Evocative cues—recognizing and

responding

Getting kids unstuck from old behaviors

and maladaptive coping strategies

Somatosensory Systems and Regulation

What they are

Use of “green strategies” to promote

regulation

The “feel good” bucket

Problem Solving with kids

Using the 3 R’s – regulate, relate and

reason

Collaborative strategies

Relational strategies

Promoting resilience

Therapeutic Schedules

Things Adults can do

Identifying helpful and unhelpful strategies

Importance of Care for the Caregiver

Agenda—Day 1

Understanding the child affected by trauma and the

science behind a providing a Therapeutic

Environment

Traumatic events and impacts

Neurodevelopmental Impact of Trauma

The Brain’s Alarm systems

NMT Model Introduction

Brain State Awareness

Issues of Regulation

Relational Health

Intimacy Barrier

Neurobiology of Reward

Resiliency Framework & The Amazing Principle

Kids are amazing and have and amazing

capacity to heal. We need to provide the

environments that will help them heal.

The Green, Yellow, Red, Approach

A way to communicate the science of safety

and regulation

Changing the question we ask in our thinking

Not “what’s wrong with you” but “what

happened to you?”

Creating a therapeutic environment is about

creating opportunities for growth and healing.

Leah Gudbjartson-Beaupre,

BRS, MSW, RSW—NMT, Phase II

The Child Trauma Academy

acknowledges that Leah Beaupre has

completed NMT Training Certification

through the Phase II level

Leah is passionate about training and sharing infor-

mation in the field. As part of her Master’s work, she

created a Teaching Our Children Sexual Safety

program. She has also created the Green, Yellow,

Red Approach as a way to make teaching regulation

and safety easier, and as a way for children and their

caregivers to communicate about how regulated and

safe they are feeling. Leah has presented at the Inter-

national NMT Symposium in 2016 on both Animal-

Assisted Therapy and the Green, Yellow, Red Ap-

proach using NMT principles.