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Students spend the majority of their young lives at school – so making every classroom an inclusive space is essential. Our Youth and Family Program offers several workshops to help school administrators, educators, and staff better understand and support LGBTQ+ students. We also tailor programs to transgender and non-binary students to increase confidence and acceptance at school and beyond.
From the bus ride to the last bell, every student should feel seen at school.
This training will give you the tools to make your school or classroom inclusive of all students. We will review LGBTQ+ terminology and misconceptions, discuss ways to create a welcoming environment, and learn the role of mindfulness in communicating with students. Through kindness and acceptance, you can create a space where students learn best.
This interactive workshop is designed to help attendees put into action what they learned when attending the workshop “Creating a Welcoming Environment for Your LGBTQ+ Students”. This workshop will bring you into scenarios and ask you to share how you would handle situations that can arise in a school setting. For example, when you call a student by the wrong name and pronoun or when a parent is not supportive of their LGBTQ+ child.
(pre-req: Creating a Welcoming Environment for Your LGBTQ+ Students)
Transgender and non-binary students are often misunderstood, especially at school. Educators are faced with questions like: What pronoun and name should I use? What locker room should my transgender student use? Tony Ferraiolo can answer these questions and more. After his own transition, he has helped countless educators support their transgender students, reminding us that every student deserves a safe and respectful learning environment.
In this engaging and thought-provoking workshop, participants will explore the powerful impact of kindness and its ripple effect on us and those around us. We will delve into the key differences between empathy and compassion, highlighting how acts of kindness not only uplift others but also foster a sense of self-compassion. Through interactive discussions and real-life examples, attendees will learn how unkindness can leave lasting scars and how, by choosing kindness, they can create a more positive and inclusive environment for everyone. This workshop will inspire students to embrace kindness as a daily practice, reinforcing the idea that when we are kind to others, we are ultimately kinder to ourselves.
When your feelings don’t fit into words, art is there to give them shape. Join Health Care Advocates International’s Youth and Family Program Director and Life Coach Tony Ferraiolo as he presents “Creating Kindness” workshop. This workshop is designed to guide the participants down a path of inner discovery which in turn will open their hearts to express themselves through their drawings. During our workshop, we’ll use art as a window to talk about love and kindness. Participants will be asked to draw answers to questions like, how can you create kindness? Draw what you can do to be kind to yourself. Which in turn will have them leaving this powerful workshop with a feeling of love and kindness in their hearts.
Join Tony Ferraiolo, as he takes you on his personal journey beyond the binary that led him to self-love and acceptance. Ferraiolo will share with students, how he learned to accept himself and being kind to people who might not have understood him helped him heal his own heart. Tony ends this talk by guiding the students through a love and kindness meditation.
If you’re interested in one of our programs or know someone who may benefit from them, send us an email.