Trainings and Workshops for Youth Leaders

HCC offers youth-centered trainings and workshops for middle and high school students, ranging from single events to multi-session groups with young leaders.

Topics include:

• Stress and the Developing Brain: Youth build knowledge around the impact of stress and trauma on one’s self and relationships and learn strategies for working with adaptive brain patterns in response to stress

• Safety and Predictability: Youth develop self-regulation practices to feel calm and manage strong emotions in response to triggers or threats

• Cultural Humility and Identity Development: Youth reflect on their own racial and cultural identities and explore practices for empowering each other within the context of their developing identities

• Conflict Resolution: Youth develop skills for resolving conflict using foundations of restorative justice

• Resilience Building Practices: Youth develop skills and strategies for raising individual and community resilience