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Nature Informed Therapy Presentation to 100 DCPS Teachers
On August 23, 2022, I was privileged to offer a 90 minute Professional Development presentation at Ballou High School in Washington, DC to 100 teachers joining the District of Columbia Public School’s Career and Technical Education Programs for the 2022-2023 School Year.
Highlights of the event were:
I offered evidence-based research on Nature Informed Therapy including the rationale for why spending time in nature is a powerful resource for mental health, physical health and educational benefits.
Teachers joined small groups and were invited to participate in a nature-informed experience, exploring their feelings of grief related to the pandemic by selecting an object from nature that represented their grief.
Teachers then selected an object from nature that represented their intention for the 2022-2023 school year.
Teachers then gathered with small groups and created communal works of "art" reflecting their feelings and experiences collectively. Several of the groups reported feelings of connectedness, joy, and hope at the conclusion of the exercise.
