STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION THROUGH IMPROV-Online Video

Continuing Education-home study

Upon receipt of registration, a link to the video on Vimeo - with the password - as well as a written handout and link to an online evaluation will be emailed to you.

This training provides 2 contact hours of Continuing Ed for social workers in NYS (provider #0270)

Improv is an art form that relies on the ability of each player to express ideas clearly, listen closely and respond with respect and willingness to affirm and support everyone else involved. At this time of rapid change, a high sense of threat and an entirely new landscape for how we shape our days, the capacity to communicate and to work well with others over sometimes significant barriers is more important than ever. This workshop will be a fun, informative and highly experiential opportunity to strengthen communication and collaboration skills in creative ways that make them more likely to be available when we are under stress in real life situations. For therapists, teachers or others helping people shape their lives, the games and exercises used in this workshop are useful and empowering techniques that can be applied in practice - including online!

INSTRUCTOR: 

Jude Treder-Wolff, is President of Lifestage, Inc a training/consulting company based in Smithtown, NY, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Group Psychotherapist, Certified Practitioner of Applied Improvisation and creative arts therapist, with 30 years experience as a clinician and trainer working in every area of mental health. She is also a writer/performer, singer, storyteller creative arts psychotherapist and improviser who speaks and presents on topics related to creativity, creative/experiential methods, storytelling and Applied Improvisation in the process of learning and change for individuals, organizations and communities. Her book Possible Futures: Creative Thinking At The Speed Of Life explored the impact of the accelerated pace of change on mental and social health and the role that creativity training plays in navigating 21st century life. She served as Chair of the Applied Improvisation Network 2019 World Conference at Stony Brook University, in partnership with the Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science, which specializes in using improvisation to train scientists, researchers and academics to communicate effectively. www.lifestage.org