Join the Creative Mentoring team and Jo Stockdale from Well Within Reach for this training opportunity.

Whatever the nature of the ‘practice’ a Creative Mentors brings, your creative offering represents only a small part of the role.
The possibility of enhancing your practice may be at your fingertips but it’s human nature to work with what is familiar and comfortable – what we’re most sure and confident will ‘work’ – so this potential often goes untapped.

This session explores the importance of sensory input, especially for traumatised young people, and how you can adapt your practice to enrich the sensory – as well as the creative – world of the children you support, without feeling ill-equipped or needing to learn a new creative skill or artform.

With an emphasis on sharing practice and reflection, we will:

• Unearth the effects of the outdoors, and how nature’s materials and environment support the brain, nervous system, and healthy biochemistry
• Explore how a range of materials and experiences impact childhood development, wellbeing and all-round healthy functioning
• Consider what it looks like to let go of the certainty of our ‘practice’ and lead with open-ended curiosity