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Kindly contact Wendy for fee schedule at wendyblanchard044@gmail.com, or you may call her at 845-263-4094.
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EMOTIONAL LITERACY FOR WELLNESS!
Wendy Coven Blanchard, M.S., INHC, NYCPS
Emotional literacy uses self awareness and self regulation to give ourselves permission to experience emotions without overwhelming us by making changes through modification of our actions, thoughts and behaviors, yet never minimizing how we feel. Emotional literacy also builds resiliency.
Once we are willing to identify what we are feeling, (self awareness) we can choose to implement emotional regulation practices (self regulation) which allows us to experience emotions without overwhelming us by making changes through modification of our actions, thoughts and behaviors, yet never minimizing how we feel.
This workshop will be an interactive hour of going inward to “feel” our truth, and then writing, so please come prepared with paper and pen!
Contact Wendy at wendyblanchard044@gmail.com for further info!
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S.P.E.A.R. AND S.W.I.M. INTO WELLNESS WORKSHOP
“Using my S.P.E.A.R. AND S.W.I.M INTO WELLNESS method as part of my Integrative Approach for Whole Person Wellness, we are raising awareness of self through the body/mind connection using mindfulness and writing!
I implement my new book, Write Pray Recover:A Journey To Wellness Through Spiritual Solutions and Self Care as a part of this training.
These tools have proven to be an effective awareness and prevention strategy for stress management where we mindfully pause to choose wellness! We develop the ability to self regulate through our awareness to make decisions through choosing healthy practices that promote wellness on a cellular level!”
WHOLE PERSON WELLNESS: THE GUT BRAIN AXIS
Created and Developed by:Wendy Blanchard, M.S., INHC, NYCPS
Join this interactive workshop that provides an opportunity to engage in learning about how our brain, and our “gut brain” are connected. Learn how they work together, guided by our daily decisions to either promote wellness, or inflammation on a cellular level. The foods that we choose to eat, the thoughts that we allow ourselves to think, and the relationships that we choose to engage in, in addition to environmental factors, are all a recipe for wellness, or dis-ease.
You will learn how to rebuild your gut/brain health through rebuilding gut integrity and priming your immune system through healthy foods, healthy thoughts, and healthy relationships, exercise, sleep, spirituality, and mindfulness. The gut and brain are connected by the largest nerve in the body…the Vagas nerve. This nerve controls messages to the gut, heart, and other vital organs, and is the gut’s direct connection to the brain.
HEALTHY GUT, HEALTHY BRAIN!
Take the month long challenge of practicing a new, healthy habit, and learn how to turn it into a new healthy lifestyle change where you can intentionally create diverse micro biome, the chemical messengers that communicate between the “two brains,” to promote a healthy gut/immune system for Whole Person Wellness, and where neurotransmitters are continuously produced, and promote good mental health, and psychological vigor!
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WHOLE PERSON WELLNESS:AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO RECOVERY
DEVELOPED AND CREATED BY WENDY BLANCHARD, M.S., INHC, NYCPS
Join author and international speaker and coach, Wendy Blanchard, for a 90 minute virtual, or in person (if your organization permits) interactive workshop series to learn an integrative approach to recovery, body, mind and spirit!
Wendy, a board certified PEER specialist/mental health consultant and holistic/integrative health coach and consultant, will offer an interactive experience using writing, speaking and mindfulness strategies to release “triggers,” recognize stressors, and teach how to implement healthy self care practices to build resiliency!
Wendy will lead participants in a dialogue around stressors, recognizing a trauma and/or stress response, understanding the body/mind connection, and the impact this has on our mental health. You will learn how to implement spiritual solutions and self care to achieve wellness which may serve to reduce the rate of relapse, while promoting psychological vigor! Learn about my S.P.E.A.R. and S.W.I.M. into Wellness program!
SUICIDE SAFETY FOR SCHOOLS
APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS
According to data on completed suicides reported by the CDC for 2018, suicide is the10th leading cause of death in the U.S. In 2018, 48,344 Americans died by suicide, and there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts. For youth, suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death (10-24 years old)
The rate at which young Americans took their own lives reached a high-water mark in 2017, driven by a sharp rise in suicides among older teenage boys, according to new research, and for girls and young women, suicide rates have mostly followed a steady upward trajectory since 2000, roughly doubling between then and 2017.”
I am trained and certified by the Suicide Prevention Center of NY State.
This workshop offers the following goals in prevention and awareness:
- To review the importance of suicide prevention
- Describe characteristics of at-risk students
- Outline your critical but limited role
- Clarify your building referral process
- Identify school and community resources
- Talking about suicide in the classroom
- What every teacher should know
- Understanding warning signs
- Understanding protective factors
- Understanding a “warm hand-off”
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
I am a certified educator/trainer licensed by the National Council for Behavioral Health.
8 HOUR COURSE
BECOME A YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER AND BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION!
Youth Mental Health First Aid USA is an 8 hour public education program which introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, builds understanding of the importance of early intervention, and teaches individuals how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge. Mental Health First Aid uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis; select interventions and provide initial help; and connect young people to professional, peer, social, and self-help care.
WHAT WILL PARTICIPANTS LEARN?
The course teaches participants the risk factors and warning signs of a variety of mental health challenges common among adolescents, including anxiety, depression, psychosis, eating disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavior disorders, and substance use disorder. Participants do not learn to diagnose, nor how to provide any therapy or counseling – rather, participants learn to support a youth developing signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in an emotional crisis by applying a core five-step action plan:
- Assess for risk of suicide or harm
- Listen nonjudgmentally
- Give reassurance and information
- Encourage appropriate professional help
- Encourage self-help and other support strategies
The Youth Mental Health First Aid USA curriculum is primarily focused on information participants can use to help adolescents and transition-age youth, ages 12-18.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THE COURSE?
The course is designed for adults who regularly interact with adolescents (teachers, school staff, coaches, youth group leaders, parents, etc.). In January 2013, President Obama recommended training for teachers in Mental Health First Aid. Since 2008, the core Mental Health First Aid course has been successfully offered to more than 1 million people across the USA, including hospital staff, employers and business leaders, faith communities, law enforcement, and the general public.
WHO CREATED THE COURSE?
The National Council for Behavioral Health was instrumental in bringing Mental Health First Aid to the U.S. Mental Health First Aid USA worked with experts at the National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health at the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development to develop the youth program.
Participants will receive a certificate as a Youth Mental Health First Aider from the National Council for Behavioral Health.
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MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID FOR ADULTS
I am a certified Educator/Trainer licensed by the National Council for Behavioral Health.
8 HOUR TRAINING
Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based, in-person training program with proven ability to teach individuals how to recognize and respond to the warning signs of mental illness and substance use disorders and link people with appropriate treatment and support. Mental Health First Aid increases the understanding that mental illnesses are real, common and treatable.
The National Council’s goal is to make Mental Health First Aid as common as CPR. Originating in Australia in 2001, Mental Health First Aid has expanded to more than 23 countries worldwide. Since the program was first introduced in the United States in 2008, more than 11,000 instructors have been certified to teach the program and hundreds of thousands of Americans have now been trained as Mental Health First Aiders.
Mental Health First Aid is included on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
Participants will receive a certificate as an Adult Mental Health First Aider from the National Council for Behavioral Health.
Mental Health First Aid USA is managed,operated, and disseminated by the National Council for Behavioral Health and the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID IN HIGHER EDUCATION IS A SUPPLEMENT TO MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID FOR ADULTS AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED INTO THIS TRAINING and is an 8-hour curriculum that teaches people how to identify risk factors and signs of mental health and substance use problems most commonly experienced by adults in a higher education setting.
