Workshops

Scheduled workshops can be found on our Upcoming Events page.

Increasing Awareness to Handle Adversity

• 2 hour virtual training and guided discussion
• Offers an introduction to mental health awareness in the workplace, terminology associated with potential challenges, education around common responses to a variety of stressors, and strategies for self care. 

Psychological Safety and Culture Development

• 2 hour virtual training and guided discussion
• Introduces tools and language around the development of a culture of justice. Defines psychological safety and discusses the evaluation of a workspace.
• Focuses on development of potential approaches to influence the culture in a productive manner. 
• Connects the relationship between mental health and psychological safety. 

Becoming Familiar with Grief

• 2 hour virtual training and guided discussion
• Define different forms of grief, learn about tools and strategies for processing grief, discuss how to integrate grief.

Navigating Conflict

• 2 hour virtual training and guided discussion
• This opportunity requires participants to have access to the workshop on a device that is not their phone, so that they can utilize their phones to interact with certain activities using Slido. 
• Challenges beliefs and biases around conflict and the importance of having conversations directly, discussing how to bring both compassion and professionalism together. 
• Looks deeply at behaviors and works to reframe and provide supportive ideas to team dynamics. 

Resourcefulness and Resilience

Completing the Cycle: Addressing Healthy Stress Management

• 2 hour module
• Stress is a survival mechanism that in the short term can be helpful, however cumulative or chronic stress can potentially impact an individual’s resiliency and ability to handle stressful or traumatic situations. 
• In this program we bring education around terminology, discuss the short and long-term impacts of stress, and provide evidence-based tools and strategies for healthy stress management. 

Caring for the Caregiver: Tools for Actionable Self-Care

• 2 hour module
• People in the industry practice excellent animal care, however, too often these same individuals neglect to make or take the time to attend to themselves.
• In order to give care, we must be willing to receive it. This section’s goal is to increase our resiliency by encouraging investment in self.

Thriving Animal Professional

• A combination of pre-recorded videos and live group sessions
• Includes an electronic copy of a workbook
• Introduces participants to a variety of concepts and tools for personal and professional development including:
  • Self awareness and values
  • Time and stress management
  • Development and implementation of new practices