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Foundations 1- Launching Adventurous SEL
Immersive youth learning ideal for school & afterschool educators, non-formal educators, youth groups, social services, police & fire departments, camps, and more.
Bring your learning to the next level with this immersive, one-day workshop designed to provide foundations in adventurous learning modalities. These workshops are ideal for people who work with youth and emerging adults and want to expand their experiential learning programs!
Participants will learn by doing as we explore these essential concepts:
• Core adventurous learning concepts
• Activity selection and safety
• Small group evolution and management strategies
• Co-created group values commitments
This introductory workshop provides the foundations of knowledge and skills needed to bring adventurous learning to life. Through activity, we will cover the core concepts of the psychology of experiential learning and group behavioral norm setting, various activities that assist with a tremendous variety of learning outcomes, and the art of facilitation.
Attendees will experience the activities as participants first and then build them into their own practice as facilitators for their community.
$150.00 Registration includes workshop, lunch, and special pricing on facilitation tools from Project Imo's Facilitation & Gear Store.
Group discounts are available. Email teamimo@projectimo.org for more information.
Foundations 2- Expanding Adventurous SEL & Group Management
Expanding your adventure programs. Ideal for school & afterschool educators, non-formal educators, youth groups, social services, police, counselors, and camp staff!
Participants in this workshop will use their foundations in adventure facilitation to explore creating specific social-emotional outcomes through activity; expanded emotional, environmental, and initiative safety; expand into understanding and exploring group dynamics; and group conflict management.
Participants will build their adventurous toolkit as we explore these expanding concepts:
- Identifying & creating specific social-emotional development outcomes through adventure
- Crafting framing statements and reflection questions aligned with outcomes
- Balancing desired facilitation outcomes with the group’s right to explore and create their own experiences
- Safely expanding the experiential toolkit to include more dynamic activities
- Safety parameters for portable elements requiring spotting and spotting instruction
- Creating program frameworks for consistently safe practices Small group development
- Group conflict: how to embrace it, how to avoid harmful conflict, and how to help the group navigate it.
This 8-hour workshop is the follow-up to our Adventure Facilitation Foundations 1. Participants will be most successful if they have an understanding of core concepts such as de-inhibitizing groups, Stretch Zone Learning, full value commitments and Challenge of Choice, and activity framing and sequencing basics obtained through courses like our Adventure Facilitation Foundations 1 workshop.
Attendees will experience the activities as participants first and then build them into their own practice as facilitators for their community.
Email teamimo@projectimo.org for more information.
$150.00 registration includes workshop, lunch, and special pricing on facilitation tools from Project Imo's Facilitation & Gear Store. Group pricing discounts are available. Email teamimo@projectimo.org for more information.
Foundations 3- Building Adventurous Culture in your Organiza
Building Adventure Culture in your Organization
You’ve launched and expanded your adventure programs. Now it’s time to build a culture of adventure that permeates everything your organization does.
Ideal for school & afterschool educators, non-formal educators, youth groups, social services, police, counselors, and camp staff!
Participants in this workshop will use their foundations in adventure facilitation to explore creating a culture of adventure through integrations across their organization, building a safety culture through an adventure risk-management lens, creating new adventures and sequences, and developing plans for program sustainability.
Participants will build their adventurous toolkit as we explore these concepts:
- Identifying possible collaborations for adventurous learning within their org and stakeholder group
- Exploring challenges to collaboration and building successful pathways
- Ensuring ongoing program safety through action and structure
- Building concepts of balance between safety and managing risk with outcomes assessments
- Creating and modifying adventure activities and initiatives
- Planning for programs to outlast the launch of adventure
This 8-hour workshop is the follow-up to our Adventure Facilitation Foundations 3. Participants will be most successful if they have an understanding of core concepts such as de-inhibitizing groups, Stretch Zone Learning, full value commitments and Challenge of Choice, activity framing and sequencing, enhanced safety and spotting, dynamic portable initiatives, group management, obtained through courses like our Adventure Facilitation Foundations 1 & 2 workshops.
Attendees will experience the activities as participants first and then build them into their own practice as facilitators for their community.
Email teamimo@projectimo.org for more information.
$150.00 registration includes workshop, lunch, and special pricing on facilitation tools from Project Imo's Facilitation & Gear Store. Group pricing discounts are available. Email teamimo@projectimo.org for more information.
Adventurous Games, Initiatives, and Total Chaos
This workshop is exactly like it sounds.
- Games- check.
- Initiatives- check.
- Total chaos- check.
Ideal for adventurous school & afterschool educators, non-formal educators, youth groups, social services, police, counselors, and camp staff!
Participants in this workshop will use their foundations in adventure facilitation to explore a wide variety of games and initiatives with a twist. Expand your toolkit with some adaptations of old favorites, newly created chaos, and a spaghetti-against-the-wall approach to building your own activities.
This 8-hour workshop is an expansion of our Adventure Facilitation Foundations series. Participants will be most successful if they have an understanding of core concepts such as de-inhibitizing groups, Stretch Zone Learning, full value commitments and Challenge of Choice, activity framing and sequencing, enhanced safety and spotting, dynamic portable initiatives, group management, obtained through courses like our Adventure Facilitation Foundations 1 & 2 workshops.
Attendees will experience the activities as participants first and then build them into their own practice as facilitators for their community.
$125.00 registration includes workshop, lunch, and special pricing on facilitation tools from Project Imo's Facilitation & Gear Store.
Group pricing discounts are available. Email teamimo@projectimo.org for more information.
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Adventure Facilitation
As an informed and compassionate educator and adventure facilitator, understanding core concepts of trauma, and it's potential impact upon program participants is critical.
In this 6-hour workshop, we will explore concepts related the neurobiological nature of trauma, potential behavioral implications in an adventure programming environment, and participant assistance measures to assist in de-escalating behavior.
Through a combination of activity and discussion, participants will gain an understanding of the following topics as they relate to adventurous education:
- key concepts of psychological trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACES), and a trauma-informed approach
- Gain an understanding of the evolutionary and neurobiological roots of threat response and the overlap with adventure activities, growth/stretch zone learning and challenge through choice
- analyze adventure initiatives for potential stressors upon participants
- create sequences of activities that promote facilitator understanding of program participant perspective and offer robust choice of participation level
- understand basic concepts of emotional regulation and de-escalation steps
This 8-hour workshop is an expansion of our Adventure Facilitation Foundations series. Participants will be most successful if they have an understanding of core concepts such as de-inhibitizing groups, Stretch Zone Learning, full value commitments and Challenge of Choice, activity framing and sequencing, enhanced safety and spotting, dynamic portable initiatives, group management, obtained through courses like our Adventure Facilitation Foundations 1 & 2 workshops.
Attendees will experience the activities as participants first and then build them into their own practice as facilitators for their community.
$125.00 registration includes workshop, lunch, and special pricing on facilitation tools from Project Imo's Facilitation & Gear Store.
Custom workshops can be built for your organization. Email teamimo@projectimo.org for more information.
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