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Wellness Support Group - You Can’t Pour from An Empty Cup 10/8/20(PDS Schools Only)

Promoting Wellness and Self-Care Among School Counselors, Teachers, and Administrators

Each session will start with a self-care presentation and then lead into a wellness support group lasting four weeks.

  Self-Care Presentation and First Group Meeting  

  Audience: All School Personnel

Description: This experiential workshop will kick-off a series of 4 weekly wellness group sessions. This initial presentation will cover the importance of wellness and self-care for teachers, school counselors, school administrators, and staff. Wellness and self-care will be discussed and applied specifically to school personnel via the Indivisible Self Model of Wellness (Myers & Sweeney, 2004).

Presenters and participants will discuss the value of wellness, as well as ideas to overcome the challenges of practicing wellness on a regular basis. Presenters will incorporate self-care activities throughout the workshop, as well as discuss the necessity of wellness and self-care in professional lives to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue. Attendees will leave the presentation with more knowledge about the importance of wellness, ideas on how to incorporate self-care into their lives, and ideas on how to promote wellness and self-care among others in their schools.

Presenters: Dr. Meredith Drew, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS, Dept. of Special Education, Professional Counseling, and Disability Studies. Dr. Michelle Hinkle, Ph.D., LPC, ACS, Dept. of Special Education, Professional Counseling, and Disability Studies

Instructor : Dr. Meredith Drew, Dr. Michelle Hinkle
Dates : 10/08/20
Days : Thu,Online
From : 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Fee : $ 45.00
Course Number : E439

Class is unavailable at this time please call 973-720-2354 for more information or other course options

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