9:00 11:45 Pleasure and Play: The Brain s Gateway to Healing the Effects of Trauma, Neglect, Abuse and Loss in Children.

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1 Heartful Solutions presents a year-long educational series that integrates expressive arts, nature activities, storytelling and play with the science of the brain to create solutions for difficult childhood issues. The interactive presentations by Linda Gray, MA, LPC, Joyce Mills Ph.D., LMFT, Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, and Joy Rigberg MA, M.Ed. offer a flexible framework of sensory-based interventions that can be used with children in many settings. Online registration at azcac.org SERIES I: Hands and Heart: Series I will be presented by Linda Gray, MA, LPC The first series of workshops focuses on the foundations of resiliency, principles of brain development and experiential play techniques that prepare traumatized children to manage stress, regulate their emotions and behavior and develop positive relationships. You may register for half-day or full day workshops. The morning presentation will provide a practical and theoretical foundation for understanding each principle. The afternoon presentation will make the concepts come alive through hands-on, experiential activities that can be adapted for diverse settings and across cultures. It is recommended that you register for the full day, but it is not required. The workshops are designed to benefit counselors, school psychologists, teachers, aides, parents and foster parents anyone who wants to help children with complex problems find their wings and soar! August 28 1A 9:00 11:45 Pleasure and Play: The Brain s Gateway to Healing the Effects of Trauma, Neglect, Abuse and Loss in. Resiliency begins with a flexible stress response: the foundation for regulating emotions and behavior. Research from neuroscience improves our ability to help children with social- emotional trauma. Participants will learn to: Identify who can benefit from low-brain interventions; how to activate the pleasure centers of the brain through sensory play and; how to sequence interventions for maximum effectiveness. Lunch: 11:45 1:00 *There is a café at the conference site. 1B 1:00 4:00 Sensory Play to Help Regulate Stress and Arousal. In this playful, hands-on workshop you will use a variety of materials and props to create your own Brain Buddy for helping children regulate stress and then collaborate with peers to develop a plan for individual, group or classroom intervention that you can use. Nature, expressive arts and sensory play are the focus of this presentation.

2 September 25 th 2A 9:00 11:45 The Hearts Safe Place: Attachment as a Resource for Healing Trauma, Abuse and Loss in Early social, emotional and cognitive learning occurs in the context of close relationships. Trauma, abuse and loss disrupt attachment and render children less able to experience positive relationships as a resource for learning. Workshop participants will increase their understanding of how to strengthen attachments with children. You will learn how to change the environment before you try to change the child to promote safety and positive relationships. Lunch: 11:45 1:00 * There is a café at the conference site. 2B 1:00 4:00 10 Attachment-based Play Activities for In this workshop we will continue our exploration of sensory play. Nature, music, animal therapies, expressive arts, yoga and story-telling help to forge the essential emotional connections that traumatized children need to succeed. We will use case studies and experiential activities to deepen our understanding of attachment-based play as a resource for healing trauma. October 23 rd 3A 9:00 11:45 Restoring Safety, Building Resiliency I: Responsive School Environments for Traumatized Many of the obstacles traumatized children face in the classroom result from their inability to process information, distinguish between threatening and non-threatening situations, form trusting relationships and regulate their emotions and behavior. In this workshop school administrators and teachers will learn: 1.How to identify trauma; 2. Ten ways that trauma affects learning. Lunch: 11:45 1:00 * There is a café at the conference site. 3B 1:00 4:00 Restoring Safety, Building Resiliency II: Six Core Principles for Teaching Traumatized Workshop participants will learn six key teaching strategies to reduce classroom disruptions and enable traumatized children to succeed academically, behaviorally, and socially.

3 Education Series Registration: Series I Hands and Heart Sign up for: Time Individual workshop price 1A August 28th Pleasure, Play, Brain 9: Full Day Discount 1B August 28th Sensory Play 1: A September 25th The Heart s Safe Place 9: B September 25th Attachment Play 1: A October 23rd Restoring Safety, Building Resiliency I 9: B October 23rd Restoring Safety, Building Resiliency II 1: Series Discount SERIES DISCOUNT ALL SIX WORKSHOPS $315 Online Registration will be available in September Your total: Print out this form and mail it with your check azcac.org We will accept PayPal Visa/MasterCard In September Make out your check to: The s Advocacy Center 1855 E. Northern Suite 202 Phoenix, AZ Attn: Registration Name: Phone: Address: City State: Zip address:

4 Education Series Location and Directions: The Pendergast Learning Center is a state of the art Conference Center with an onsite café serving breakfast and lunch. You may bring your lunch, visit a local restaurant or dine at Charlie s Café onsite. Beverages and snacks will be provided. Address: 3841 n. 91 ST Avenue, Phoenix, AZ Phone: , or go to Continuing Education Credits: Joyce C. Mills, Ph.D., Provider # is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy. Joyce Mills maintains responsibility for this program. Joyce C. Mills is an approved provider #PCE490 for MFT & SW as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CEU s for other disciplines are pending. All participants who complete the workshop will receive a signed certificate of attendance.

5 About the Presenters: Heartful Solutions Linda Gray, MA, LPC Linda is a nationally recognized speaker on child trauma and brain development. Her passionate and engaging style inspires parents and professionals from diverse backgrounds. Ms. Gray is known as a gifted therapist whose interest in alternative therapies for trauma led her to found the non-profit Healing Arts for s Hearts. The school-based treatment model Ms. Gray developed, Grounds for Healing, is cited as a promising practice for community-based intervention by the National Office for Victims of Crime. For 10 years, Grounds for Healing, located in Phoenix, Arizona, has helped more than 2,000 children overcome the effects of family and community violence utilizing expressive arts and nature-play in a garden oasis. To learn more go to: Joyce C. Mills, Ph.D., LMFT, Registered Play Therapy Supervisor Known for her warm, dynamic and inspirational style, Dr. Mills is the recipient of the 1997 Annual International Play Therapy Award. Founder and director of The StoryPlay Center in Scottsdale, Arizona and Co-Director of the Phoenix Institute of Ericksonian Therapy, Dr. Joyce Mills has developed a unique approach to helping children, families, and communities heal from trauma and disaster. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a registered Play Therapy Supervisor, and professor of Child Psychotherapy and Play Therapy. Dr. Mills is the best-selling author of Reconnecting to the Magic of Life, Little Tree, Gentle Willow, and Sammy the Elephant & Mr. Camel. She is co-author of the award-winning book, Therapeutic Metaphors for and the Child Within. Her newest release is: Butterfly Wisdom: Four Passages to Transformation. To find out more, or purchase these items go to: Joy Rigberg, MA, M.Ed., has 13 years of experience as a credentialed, bilingual endorsed, fluent Spanish speaking, elementary school educator in Phoenix, Arizona. She holds two Master s Degrees; One in Education with an emphasis in Counseling and Human Relations, and another in Professional Counseling. Joy s philosophy includes a combination of her deep interest, sensitivity, compassion, appreciation and awareness for educational and cultural diversity, self-empowerment, and global consciousness. Joy is the founder of Conscious Joy Coaching for children and parents. To learn more, visit: Coming in January! Look for Workshop Series II: Creativity and Resiliency Presented by Joyce Mills, Ph.D. and Joy Rigberg MA, M.Ed.