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Course Description:

When was the last time you cognitively processed your response to a situation? Research shows we are twenty times more likely to process the cause of our stress than our response to stress. The combination of media, illness, politics, and natural disasters have made the terrain of life more stressful than ever. In this session, we will engage in hands-on activities we can incorporate into training to become more in tune with our own toxic stress and trauma so we can provide care for others.

Course Objectives:

  • Gain clarity on the four types of stress response
  • Review various types of neurological stress
  • Know how to incorporate a neurological perspective in your staff training
  • Recognize the value of stress from a positive psychology standpoint
  • Provide staff with hands-on tools to mitigate the ways in which their stress presents itself in escalated moments at camp

Course Length: 70-85 minutes

Course Instructors: Erica Yamaguchi and John Hamilton

Erica Yamaguchi has a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, along with 20+ years of experience working with youth in a variety of settings such as residential, community and government-based agencies. Before joining the Alliance for HOPE International, she was employed by the Guilford County Family Justice Center and assisted in launching Camp HOPE America – NC. Energized by relationships & community, she provides trauma-informed care and healing centered engagement.

 

 

John Hamilton leads the largest camping and mentoring program for children and teens impacted by trauma in the United States. His perspective is informed from hands-on experience training staff, overseeing the coordination of forty-plus camp programs around the country, and being onsite at an average of ten different camps per summer. John has an MA in Leadership and Cultural Justice, serves on the Association of Camp Nursing Board as the Board President, has been named ACA’s Subject Matter expert on Trauma-Informed Care at camp, collaborates with Clinicians, Social Workers, Child Psychologists, and is a former Executive Director of a camp near Lake Tahoe. With two decades of youth development experience, John’s voice and perspective will help restore your belief in the future of our work and guide you to discover the possibilities ahead.

 

 

Course Curriculum:

Lesson 1: Intro to Neurological Stress Responses (9 minutes) 

Lesson Overview:

  1. Title of Presentation
  2. Mission of CHA
  3. Course Objectives
  4. Course Overview

Required Materials: None

Lesson 2: Value of Interactive Training (9 minutes) 

Lesson Overview:

  1. Value of Interaction
  2. Supporting Learning Styles
  3. Energy with Zip, Zap, Zop!

Required Materials: None

Lesson 3: Identifying Types of Stress Response (34 minutes) 

Lesson Overview:

  1. Levels of Stress
  2. Trauma & the Brain
  3. Types of Trauma Response
  4. Fight Response
  5. Flight Response
  6. Freeze Response
  7. Fawn Response
  8. Stress Response at Camp
  9. Personal Stress First

Required Materials: None

Lesson 4: Understanding the Value of Energy (18 minutes)

Lesson Overview:

  1. Let’s Play
  2. Ways to Respond
  3. Debrief and Observation

Required Materials: None