To Register for Any of the Webinars Below Go to the Link on ITRC Website: http://www.theresourceinnovationgroup.org/
Introduction to Transformational Resilience for Climate Traumas
Date: Thursday, October 31 from 12 noon--1 pm Pacific Time (3-4 pm Eastern Time)
Although it is difficult to accept, humanity is in the midst of a civilization changing event. The more frequent and extreme disasters and toxic stresses generated by human-induced climate disruption are aggravating the existing types of traumas individuals can experience, and adding many new forms. Warming temperatures are also producing many new and surprising types of intergenerational and cultural trauma. Left unaddressed, the climate crisis will trigger fear-based reactions that cause increasing numbers of individuals and groups to harm themselves, their children, other people, and the natural environment. Not only will this undermine the health, safety, and wellbeing of people worldwide--it also threatens to delay or derail efforts to cut emissions and reduce the climate crisis to manageable levels. Research and experience, on the other hand, shows that good individual and group resilience skills, tools, and policies can prevent these harmful reactions, more quickly address them when they occur, and spur profoundly important shifts in thinking and behaviors that increase personal, social, and ecological wellbeing.
In specific, this one-hour introductory webinar will:
· Explain how a warming planet can affect both personal mental health and psycho-social-spiritual wellbeing and the urgency of building Transformational Resilience to prevent widespread harm.
· Illustrate how professionals in the mental health, social services, education, disaster response, climate change, faith, and other fields can prepare people for these impacts by building universal capacity for Transformational Resilience.
· Clarify how the expanded awareness of self and context that often results from enhanced resilience skills motivates people to care for others or the natural environment as a way to help themselves.
The Resilient Growth ModelTM for Building Transformational Resilience for Climate Traumas
Date: Thursday, November 7, from 12 noon--1 pm Pacific Time (3-4 pm Eastern Time)
Many factors determine the ability of individuals, groups, and communities to successfully cope with and use the traumas and toxic stresses generated by climate disruption as transformational catalysts to learn, grow, and increase wellbeing. Some of the most important are the knowledge people have about how trauma and toxic stress can affect their mind and body, and the thinking and behaviors of groups, their personal and collective resilience skills, the strength of their social support networks, and the capacity to clarify their purpose and make wise and skillful choices in the midst of adversity. This webinar will describe the principles and methods of building these capacities using the Resilient GrowthTM model developed by ITRC Coordinator Bob Doppelt and described in his book Transformational Resilience: How Building Human Resilience for Climate Disruption Can Safeguard Society and Increase Wellbeing (Greenleaf Publishing 2016).
In specific, this one-hour webinar will describe:
· The urgency of ensuring that all adults and youth (not just social service professionals) become "trauma informed," meaning they have a basic understanding of how traumatic stress can affect them and others and can spot the symptoms in their own body and in group behavior.
· The importance of, methods, and multiple benefits of building the capacity for "Presencing" (or self-regulation) to regulate and calm the nervous system when distressed.
· The importance of, methods, and multiple benefits of building capacity for "Purposing" (or adversity-based growth) to use climate adversities to find new sources of meaning, direction, and hope in life in ways that increase wellbeing.
· The basic principles involved with applying these skills at the personal, group, and community levels.
Building a Culture of Transformational Resilience Within Groups and Communities for Climate Traumas
Date: Thursday, November 14 from 12 noon--1 pm Pacific Time (3-4 pm Eastern Time)
The groups and organizations people associate with, and towns and cities where people live, work, and recreate, significantly influence their capacity to successfully cope with and use climate adversities as transformational catalysts to learn, grow, and increase wellbeing. When climate-enhanced shocks severely strain or fracture social support networks, overwhelm public support systems, or breakdown other vital protective factors, individuals and groups can be pushed to a boiling point causing entire factions, neighborhoods, and communities to become “trauma-organized.” This means they retreat into a self-protective survival mode that, rather than providing trust, safety, and cohesion, further traumatizes them, others, and often the natural environment as well, while amplifying social and racial inequalities and injustices. When this happens the ability to identify and implement positive solutions and enhance wellbeing are greatly diminished. This webinar will describe different approaches used by groups, towns, and cities to proactively transitioned from trauma-organized to trauma-informed resilience-enhancing communities focused on building universal capacity for Transformational Resilience.
In specific, the webinar will:
· The many ways in which groups, neighborhoods, and entire communities can become traumatized and stressed by climate change-enhanced adversities.
· How groups and communities can spot symptoms of becoming trauma-organized.
· How the adoption of Transformational Resilience principles, methods, and policies can help groups and communities transition to human resilience-enhancing social systems.
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