
Upcoming Sessions
Upcoming ProgramsHelping Kids Manage Stress and Anxiety through Art

Harness the power of simple and practical art therapy-based activities to help children and teens process challenging feelings and calm stress responses while enabling connection and communication.
Engage in hands-on art activities to inspire the development of novel ideas for addressing challenging moments at home, in the classroom, or in therapeutic settings.
View a brief, animated video about The Innovative Parent: Raising Connected, Happy, Successful Kids through Art, which the curriculum and program was conceived from.
Training Highlights Include
- Strategies for redirecting and shifting energy in children
- Ways to get attention without having to use one’s voice
- Best practices on how to communicate nonverbally, when words aren’t working
- Ways to support emotional safety and academic effort in youth through non-judgmental language
- Guidelines for responding to difficult emotions and/or traumatic stress reactions
- Strategies for facilitating interpersonal problem solving and decision making
- Practices for building self-care into daily life
Why Should I Attend?
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You are interested in learning playful and engaging tools for building social, emotional, and cognitive skills in youth
- You are looking for hands-on arts activities to inspire the development of novel ideas for managing stress and anxiety
- You are seeking to strengthen skills and confidence in using the creative process to manage big emotions in children and teens
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You want to bring supportive and inclusive arts activities for youth to your workplace, school, or home
Testimonials
"Great strategies to use with kids.” – Staff from LA’s Best
“The tools and hands-on activities were great and plan to take it back, not just for work but personal life."
“Practical and useful! Would love to have every parent use these tools!”
“Amazing. Love the real connection. to children, teens, and even adults!"
“Very interactive, fun, and educational!"
Interested in Hosting a Training?
We offer custom trainings on demand as well as opportunities for training in exchange for space. If interested, please contact info@artsandhealinginitiative.org.
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Policies
Participant Expectation Policy
In accordance with our mission and cultural, equity and inclusion practices, our aim is to foster a supportive, healing, and collaborative learning environment, whether in an online or in-person setting.
With this goal in mind, we ask our program participants and staff to acknowledge, and abide by, the following community agreements:
- Practice loving kindness, nonjudgment, and listening to understand
- Acknowledge your feelings and the feelings of others
- Practice cultural humility, acknowledging the lived experience of others and our own privilege and biases
- Hold in confidence what is shared here personally
- When speaking, be mindful of time for others to be heard
- Practice self-care and seek support as needed
- Keep cameras on, if/when possible, to maintain your presence
In order to protect participant and staff safety as well as the integrity of our programming, we have adopted and maintain a zero tolerance policy for inappropriate and/or triggering behavior, whether accidental or intentional. Such behavior includes offensive or discriminatory actions related to sex, gender, gender identity or expression, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information, or any other characteristic.
Digital Media Release Policy
By registering, you give Arts & Healing Initiative approval to record this event, still and/or moving images from which may appear in printed materials or digital channels for archival, educational, or promotional purposes. Note that Zoom breakout rooms are not recorded.
Refund Policy
In order to keep our programs affordable yet self-sustaining, we regret that we are unable to offer refunds for cancellation; however, we are happy to provide you with credit good for one year from the date of the program toward the next offering of the same program or a different one. Credit applied toward a program with higher registration fees will require payment of the balance. In addition, credit may be applied toward purchase of curriculum materials for any program. Unused fees after one year would then be tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law because no goods or services would have been received for them.
Exceptions to our no-refund policy may be considered in cases of personal emergencies. Please contact us at info@artsandhealinginitiative.org if any questions.
Click here for our Certificate Program in Social Emotional Arts refund policy.
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