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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
How the Industry’s Supply Chain is Affecting Outdoor Ed Buying Cycles
College Outside is partnering with AEE to host a webinar for outdoor educators! We will provide information about how the outdoor equipment supply chain has been impacted and will continue to have lasting impacts from the pandemic for the next 3-5 years, inevitably influencing your programs! We believe it's essential for groups to understand how gear acquisition will change and likely be more complex for key items like skis, snowshoes, boats, standup paddleboards, tents, and more. This knowledge will help you get the gear you need to continue to run your programs smoothly and successfully.
December 9, 2020
COVID-19 Risk Management for Experiential & Outdoor Programs
Recording not available
About the Webinar:
Join Jeff Baierlein, director of Viristar, for a conversation regarding best practices for managing COVID-19 risk on experiential and outdoor programs. Viristar provides detailed free resources for how adventure, travel-based and other experiential programs can navigate the coronavirus pandemic. Access to these informational resources is available at https://www.viristar.com/covid-19, where you can complete an online training module for experiential program managers. The online training covers general principles, best medical practices, legal issues, insurance, and root causes. It includes case studies, self-assessment documents, and a quiz to test your knowledge.
October 13 & 20, 2020
Trauma Informed Engagement: The intersection of racism, bias and traumatic stress
About: Join us to explore the cultural and historical context of trauma, learn about systemic and structural racism in the US and uncover our own implicit bias. We will unpack the potential impact of those issues on our engagement with clients, students, customers and families. In part one, we will consider how to apply SAMHSA’s six guiding principles for trauma informed care, including trauma informed engagement practices; explore the power of associations on our perceptions; and use a metaphor to understand systemic racism. In part two, we’ll start with a learning simulation about the Racial Wealth Gap; explore our own implicit bias; and work in small groups to reflect upon our learning and create personal and program strategies for trauma-informed engagement.
I live on the ancestral lands of the Southern Maidu, Miwok, Nisenan, and Patwin peoples of Northern California. As a White settler, I acknowledge my complicity in the colonialism and racism that have led to the historical erasure, land appropriation, and oppression of many Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC). As a White outdoor experiential educator, I am particularly mindful of what it means to be a social and environmental justice educator and activist dedicated to decolonizing my own teaching and praxis. As I contemplate this historical moment in time, I am increasingly aware that I need to do better. We all need to do better.
This webinar will explore the topics of privilege, unconscious bias, intersectionality, social justice competency, and accomplice-ship. Please join me in (re)orienting your compass toward a more socially just world.
May 28, 2020
Will We Gather Around the Campfire? A Panel Discussion on Summer Camp Decisions
Around the world, programs, camps, and schools are grappling with the complexities of reopening.
This panel discussion will feature several camp professionals who have made varying decisions on reopening. Discussion topics will include their camp program decisions, their process of coming to these decisions, what precautions they are taking, and other pertinent details.
This panel discussion is designed to provide a space for attendees to learn from other programs who are dealing with reopening during the coronavirus pandemic. Although the panelists will all be from camp programs specifically, all are encouraged to join us from all areas of practice. As a community, we can all learn from each other during this time.
May 26 2020
Pandemic Margins: Transformative Justice During COVID-19
About the Webinar: We are in a remarkable season of global mutuality. It’s safe to say that almost anyone you pass on the street or see online has thought about the same thing you have today: pandemic. And because of pandemic, many of us are newly experiencing how systems (think state government, schools, housing, public transport, food production, social services) do or do not serve us. But there are also communities of resilience who have been not only surviving but thriving amidst unjust systems for generations: people of color, immigrants, the queer community, folks with disabilities, and others.
In this experiential webinar, we’ll discern together how White Supremacy Culture affects these systems and our bodies. Through an anti-racist lens, we will engage with a series of short case study videos featuring women of color in social work, medicine, community organizing, and spiritual direction sharing about how COVID-19 has affected their communities/ those they serve, and brilliant stories of resilience + resistance from the margins.
May 20, 2020
Experiential Education Online: Strategies for Practitioners
About the Webinar: The COVID-19 pandemic challenges all educators to fit content into the distance/online learning environment. Experiential educators have found this task particularly troublesome. What online modalities support which learning experiences? What can be taught effectively online and how can we still meet learning outcomes? This presentation will cover a model and process for designing online learning modules focused on problem solving and provide an opportunity to brainstorm and troubleshoot particular issues.
May 14 1:00EST
Agents of Discovery: Using Augmented Reality to Create Engaging Educational Experiences
About the Webinar: Agents of Discovery (AoD) is an educational mobile gaming platform that uses augmented reality to get youth active, and empowers educators in all sectors to turn the whole world into an engaging, fun, and safe learning environment. AoD provides learners with a fun, innovative, and contact-free way to interact with place-based educational programming. Russ Crispell, Director of Outdoor Pursuits - Student Life with the University at Buffalo, and Mary Clark, CEO of Agents of Discovery, will join us on this webinar to talk about the program, why kids love it, and how it can be used to promote safe and healthy practices during COVID-19.
May 5, 2020
Mission Conservation: Using Innovative Mobile Technology to Support Conservation Learners at Home
About the Webinar:Mission Conservation is a new initiative led by Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium that provides educators with access to free weekly Conservation Education Missions (educational mobile games) to distribute to learners at home. Using the free Agents of Discovery platform, players scan images to unlock fun educational games and learn more about the world around them. Misty Mitchell, the Director of Conservation Education with Wonders of Wildlife, and Mary Clark, the CEO of Agents of Discovery, will be joining us on the webinar to share about this innovative program.
May 1, 2020
Alleviating Compassion Fatigue When Caring Becomes Difficult
Presenters:Federico A. Borroel & Carlynne Sutterfield
About the Webinar: Caregivers, helping professionals, outdoor professionals, and others are invited to join us for this webinar exploring compassion fatigue and strategies for alleviating its effects. Empathizing with others affects our own ability to be present and mindful, especially during difficult times. Presenters will provide a frame for understanding compassion fatigue, provide tools for self-assessment, and explore ways to remain connected to others and our own capacity for compassion.
April 24, 2020
Risk Assessment & Safety Management: Making Program Decisions in the COVID-19 Era
About the Webinar: The traditional Safety I approach to risk management focuses on what is going wrong and takes a ‘control mistakes’ approach. Safety II focuses on what is going right and works to ensure that those factors which create success are present in all programming. This webinar will focus on the Risk Assessment and Safety Management Model (RASM) through the lens of Safety I and Safety II. Many programs have big decisions to make immediately and over the next few months and being able to view those decisions through both a Safety I and Safety II lens will be critical.
Kikori is a new community-driven app that is designed to make experiential education and social emotional learning activities accessible for facilitators and educators. We believe that through experiential education, we can help youth (and adult youth!) connect with themselves, others and the planet.
Through this webinar, we will share with you Kikori’s current features - how you can discover and search for experiential education activities, organize and arrange activities through playlists, and create and share your own activities with others! We’ll also share one of our favorite sequences and how you will be able to search for virtual activities (feature on its way!). If you are new to apps, we’ll guide you through any how to’s you may have and answer any questions you may have. Lastly, we’ll share ways that you can get involved if you’re interested in co-creating with us at Kikori!
April 14, 2020
Covid-19: Risk Management, Legal and Practical Issues While Navigating Uncertainty
Covid-19’s quick, pervasive and continuing impact has fundamentally affected current outdoor, adventure and experiential programming, and importantly, how that programming will operate into the future. Cathy and Steve will provide insight into the risk management, legal and practical ‘points on the map’ that organizations should consider as they move forward in this fluid and uncertain time.
April 9, 2020
Personal and Professional Mental Health Awareness in the Time of COVID-19
Presenters: Dr. Christine Norton & Lynette Spencer
This webinar covers topics such as the prevalence of mental health issues, normalized increase in mental health vulnerability during times of chronic stress/crisis, red flags to notice in yourself and others (especially focused on anxiety, depression, substance abuse and suicide), the role of trauma (triggers, CNS activation, etc.), awareness of vicarious trauma, burnout, compassion fatigue for helpers, incorporation of the Experiential Wave theory to mental health treatment, wellness tools and tips, & resources for professional help.
April 7, 2020
COVID-19, Where, Oh Where, is the Silver Lining? Finding Our Way Forward in the New Normal A structured conversation for CEOs/Executive Directors about what to do now, soon, and after the Covid Crisis
This webinar provides some tips about how to navigate being confined at home, perhaps with younger children who are thrilled with so much parental attention, or perhaps with adolescents who likely feel a bit differently. This webinar also explores how to discuss the pandemic in a way that will be reassuring and teaches a few ways to shore up our resiliency.
April 4, 2020
Interactive and Experiential Modalities for Online Teaching and Converting our Courses in the Time of the Pandemic
This webinar explores current software available to enhance student learning through meaningful and engaging technology platforms. The role of technology in our classrooms, as well as how these platforms can enhanced student learning are explored. Instructional design, pedagogy, and implementation of these platforms are discussed.
Join six of AEE’s most experienced outdoor leaders as they share their true stories of life, loss, success, and failure in the field.
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Beyond Operator Error: Internal Systems Analysis to Improve Safety Presenter: Jeff Jackson, PhD On Demand Access CEUs Available
Examine how organizations may inadvertently set their staff up for failure, and review an incident analysis framework that reduces variability in delivery and improves safety.
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An Exploration of Risk Management in Outdoor and Adventure Education Presenters: Angie Moline, Steve Smith & Reb Gregg On Demand Access CEUs Available
Join three industry leaders in risk management and legal consulting to discuss how high quality programs evaluate and manage the inherent risks involved in outdoor and adventure education.
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New Paradigms of Non Normal and Training to Failure: Training for Safety Presenter: Jeff Jackson, PhD On Demand Access CEUs Available
The premise of this work extends that if we want our staff to exhibit certain safety behaviors, then we need to show them the boundaries around such behaviors and the repercussions of undesirable safety behaviors
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The Developing Adolescent Brain with Respect to Education and Safety Management Presenter: Steve Creech On Demand Access
In an ever-evolving world of education and neuroscience research, this webinar focuses on understanding developing adolescent brains and implications for educators.
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Protecting Your Client and Your Program Presenter: Reb Gregg On Demand Access CEUs Available
Learn about an organization’s legal duty to protect its clients from harm, and the often over-looked obligation to protect the organization itself when bad things happen.
Facilitation and Group Management
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Effective Debriefing Tools and Techniques Presenter: Michelle Cummings, M.S. On Demand Access CEUs Available
Learn 10 effective debriefing tools and techniques that are simple and easy to use. We break each technique down and demonstrate different games or activities teaching the concept.
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Serious Fun: How to Create Remarkably Fun Experiential Programs That Make A Difference Presenter: Mark Collard On Demand Access CEUs Available
This webinar will help you create remarkably fun programs that will leave your group feeling engaged, valued and meaningfully connected to one another.
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Tag...You're It! Presenter: Michelle Cummings, M.S. On Demand Access
Michelle Cummings, of Training Wheels, shares several of her favorite tag games that can be used as icebreakers or energizers in your programs.
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How to Build Creative Synergy in Teams Presenter: Amy Climer, PhD On Demand Access CEUs Available
As experiential educators, we often encourage our clients to be more creative. Understanding the research behind what teams need to innovate will help us lead teams to more successful results.
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Training with the Brain in Mind Presenter: Richard Rutschman, Ed.D On Demand Access CEUs Available
Learn some simple, neuroscience-based, strategies to improve your facilitation and training skills.
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Creative Problem Solving: How to Innovate on Demand Presenter: Amy Climer On Demand Access
Learn and practice the Creative Problem Solving process, a research-based strategy that has been used in organizations around the world to solve complex problems.
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What can we do to bring adventure education into the digital real? Learn how to create engaging experiences both virtually and digitally.
Inclusion and Social Justice
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More Than Autism: Neurodiversity and Sensory Processing Presenter:Lorilei Dreibelbis On Demand Access CEUs Available
The study of Sensory Processing gives us valuable vocabulary and a solid framework from which to embrace diversity, and identify very practical strategies for managing behaviors and teaching more effectively.
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Unpacking Diversity: Language and Activities to Help Start your Conversation Presenter: Rohan Shahani On Demand Access CEUs Available
The focus of this webinar is to help those who feel uncomfortable discussing diversity or feel like they don’t have enough knowledge of ‘diversity issues’ to gain the vocabulary and the confidence needed to begin a conversation.
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Hiring for Racial Diversity: Increasing Racial Equity to Better Meet Your Mission Presenter: Fleur Larsen On Demand Access CEUs Available
An engaging webinar on hiring practices to increase racial diversity and ensure a supportive culture.
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Going High When Others Go Low: How Educators Can Promote “Courageous Compassion” Presenter: Marilyn Levin, MSW On Demand Access CEUs Available
Society is currently caught up in a high level of divisiveness. How do we effectively inspire people to choose everyday interactions that are unifying instead of divisive?
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If We Were Brave: Managing Risk in Social Justice Training Presenter: Anna Czarnik-Neimeyer On Demand Access CEUs Available
These days, effective social justice training is urgent. We’ll dig into practical activities, metaphors, comics, and videos to take home for immediate facilitation use. Great for those interested in being more intentional & just facilitators in any setting
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Moving Towards Gender Inclusive Environments Presenters: Meg Bolger & Perry Cohen On Demand Access
Learn evolving terminology around gender, hear vignettes about outdoor education experiences from gender nonconforming folks and learn affirmative and inclusive best practices for working with participants and staff of all gender identities.
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Out of Our Corsets & Into the Woods Presenter: Denise Mitten, PhD On Demand Access
This well-researched, informal presentation looks at women adventures from the 1800s to the present. Learn about women you can use in your teaching and everyday conversation.
Higher Education and K-12
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Outdoor Orientation Programs: Current Research and Trends Presenters: Dr. Brent Bell & Dr. Michael Gass On Demand Access
How can we maximize the efficacy of our programs based on the latest research and information. Participants should expect to gain a deeper understanding of how outdoor orientation gains are realized.
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Brain-Focused Strategies for Developing Social Emotional Health Presenters: Heather Bryant, M.Ed. and Michelle Kinder, M.Ed. On Demand Access CEUs Available
This introductory session will look at developing social emotional health with a trauma-informed perspective and will provide participants with a variety of activities and resources.
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Classroom Strategies that Empower Learning Presenter: Andrew Potter On Demand Access CEUs Available
Explore how experiential pedagogy can energize any existing curriculum, positively impact student engagement, and deliver on both cognitive and affective skill development.
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Bullying, Empathy & Monkeys Presenter: Jeff Frigon On Demand Access CEUs Available
Empathy is directly linked to bullying; the more empathy we have, the more likely we are to be kind to one another. Explore what the research shows to be effective at building empathy and addressing bullying behaviors.
Therapeutic Adventure
The Community Resilience Model: Core Concept and Skills Presenter: Dr. Sandra Newes On Demand Access
This 7-part webinar series takes an in-depth look at each of the skills identified in our introductory CRM webinar. Straightforward, practical, and easily learned and taught, CRM skills can be immediately applied by staff, students and families and can be utilized in all types of experiential programming, including schools. CRM is appropriate for non-clinical staff and professionals in all settings
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Transformational Changes in Adventure Therapy Presenter: Mike Gass, PhD On Demand Access CEUs Available
This webinar will increase your ability as an adventure therapist to answer the questions “Is it safe?”, “Does it work?”, “How can I tell a good program from a bad program?” And “is it worth the money?"
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When Volatile Situations Arise During Processing & Reflection Presenter: Tony Alvarez On Demand Access CEUs Available
Learn what facilitators can do to recognize and address when their processing sessions are moving into volatile territory (i.e., rapidly unpredictable, jeopardizing emotional safety, negatively emotionally-charged).
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The Community Resilience Model: Wellness-Based Skills for Self-Regulation Presenter: Dr. Sandy Newes On Demand Access
The Community Resilience Model (CRM) is a set of six wellness-based skills specifically designed to reset the natural balance of the nervous system after traumatic events or chronic stress/anxiety have led to physiological dysregulation.
