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Have you visited the Illinois Educations Associations ESPs page? There are tons of resources to help ESP locals and members.

• ESP Bargaining Resources
• ESP Emerging Leaders Academy
• ESP of The Year
• ESP Star Award
• ESP In Action
• ESP Profession Development
• So Much More!!

Thursday, September 10, 2020

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST

Register at

https://nea-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dU_zcGx8Tf27knfTUwcuVg

This training will offer simple healing skills for self-care and for promoting health and wellbeing for Educational Support Professionals (ESPs). The program was developed by Capacitar International for work with schools and educators in the U.S. and in other countries around the world. Based on popular education and energy-based methods, the Capacitar practices empower people to deal with traumatic stress, to stabilize and balance strong emotions and to awaken their own healing process. This workshop will include opportunities to practice and apply various healing methods. These methods can be used by all educators, families, and others in the community.

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Recognize signs of trauma and stress in students, colleagues, family members and oneself;
• Demonstrate eight basic Capacitar practices for self-care and for alleviating stress and the symptoms of trauma;
• Apply methods of protection with oneself/others;
• Understand Capacitar’s popular education and holistic approach for healing trauma and stress; and
• Adapt the practices to different cultures.

PRESENTER(S):
Patricia Cane, PhD, Capacitar Founder/Director

Joan Condon, MA, Capacitar Special Projects Coordinator

Sheila Grady, MSEd, Capacitar Board, Retired Educator

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

NEA affiliate leaders, staff, members and partners. All interested parties are welcome. You are encouraged to forward this invite to your partners, leaders and other team members.

FACILITATOR(S):

Jennie Young, NEA Sr. Program/Policy Analyst

Jessica Brinkley, NEA Sr. Program/Policy Analyst

Questions? Contact Jessica Brinkley at jdbrinkley@nea.org.

For additional NEA ESP professional development opportunities, visit www.nea.org/esppd

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Education support professionals are essential front line workers. During spring ESPs have provided a wide variety of services from child care to children of essential workers to supporting students through virtual platforms. Education support professionals have been and will continue to be an intricate piece to the success of distance learning.

Many districts will be returning remotely this fall and within these districts ESPs job expectations vary greatly. What are some duties ESPs in your districts are doing? Please share in the comments below or send to Jill.scarcelli@ieanea.org