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Beautiful Healing Through the Arts
 

You downloaded the First Aid Arts Mini Toolkit! YAY!

Let’s walk through it together.

Art is medicine… FOR YOU TO TAKE!

First Aid Arts exists to teach people how to respond to stress and trauma using arts-based tools grounded in the latest evidence-based research.

We are honored to share this resource with you to care for your mental and emotional well-being.


For Toolkit support in Spanish, click here.To

You have the power to boost your mental and emotional immune system,
and build resilience in yourself and in your community.

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Explaining the Response Zones &
Window of Tolerance Scale


In this video, Ruth Yeo-Peterman gives a short explanation of the Window of Tolerance scale and how to use it as part of your First Aid Arts Toolkit.

It is normal for our brains and bodies to react to stress, fear, or threat by moving into survival mode or fight/flight/freeze. Practice your skills in self-awareness and self-regulation with this simple tool, and build your ability to respond with intention rather than react out of fear.

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Assess whether you may be having trouble coping with stress and find additional resources

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Access additional resources for helping children and families cope

Articles and Books on the science behind art and traumatic stress

 
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Take the next step to learn more!

Check out our newest online offering!

Our introductory workshop is a great starting point for care providers who want to learn more about how the arts are an accessible tool for responding to stress and fostering mental health.

 
 
 

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Tomorrow we continue our Creative Coping Toolkit Sessions at 10am PDT. We will be focusing on using arts based responses for grief. A lot has been going on in our city, our nation and around the globe. This Zoom call is free and available for anyone
Tomorrow we go through the last of our current series walking through the First Aid Arts mini Toolkit. Join us at 10am PDT as we practice the Resource Hand and try out an adaptation. Link in Bio! We will also be launching more free sessions explorin
Our trainers shared this African proverb in our last Creative Coping Zoom Session as we were going over one of the tools from the #FirstAidArtsToolkit "Sing a Calming Song". I was so inspired I started watercoloring immediately and this is
Tomorrow our trainers are hosting another Zoom call free for any of you to join! They will be leading a Creative Coping skills session around "Sing a Calming Song" from our #FirstAidArtsToolkit. Link in bio to register!
Join us tomorrow for the first of our five Creative Coping Friday sessions going through each of our mini Toolkit responses! Tomorrow, we go through Breathe and Draw / Color Something. Learn how to adapt these responses for yourself and others. Even

Practice these tools with us on social media: 

In the following days and weeks of physical distancing and quarantine, connect with us on Instagram or Facebook to practice these arts-based activities that help us build more resilience as individuals and communities.

Instagram: @firstaidarts

Facebook: www.facebook.com/firstaidarts

#firstaidartstoolkit #lovecreatively #wearefirstaidarts

 
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