Healing in a World of Need
Emergency Pedagogy and Vocational Training in Artistic Therapies to Alleviate Suffering with Bernd Ruf
July 3-8, 2022 in Wilton, NH
Psychological Trauma and the Phases of PTSD
Healing Trauma Artistic Responses
Traumatized children and adolescents require stable and competent teachers schooled in diagnosing and averting disorders brought on by physical and emotional trauma.
Psychological trauma progresses in phases. Symptoms are easily misdiagnosed, and age-appropriate pedagogical intervention can help alleviate the inner paralysis brought on by trauma.
Program facilitator and presenter, Bernd Ruf will guide you through the 5-day course, including:
- An overview of the 4 stages of PTSD, from acute shock to more internalized trauma.
- Pedagogical intervention techniques that activate self healing, starting with emergency intervention and extending to long-term pedagogical approaches.
- Afternoon workshops in the healing artistic therapies with experienced therapists.
This course represents the first of Bernd Ruf’s internationally-recognized 12-module Emergency Pedagogy program.
Participants seeking a special International Certificate for professional world-wide trauma intervention will need to take all 12 modules. Kairos hopes to offer the four modules that are most suitable to educators/therapists. In addition to Bernd Ruf’s practical seminars, participants receive an introduction to healing therapies. You will select one of the following healing approaches to trauma on your registration form:
- Painting Therapy with Karine Munk Finser
- Music Therapy with Juliana Weeks and Monica Amstutz
- Puppetry, Circus Arts, and Clowning with Laura Geilen
- Healing Movement with Connie Helms
- Therapeutic Eurythmy with Maria Ver Eecke and Carsten Callesen
- Creative Speech with Debbie Spitulnik
Who is Bernd Ruf?
Bernd Ruf
Presenter, Founder of Parzival School & Emergency Pedagogy
Author of Educating Traumatized Children, Bernd Ruf is the founder of the worldwide Emergency Pedagogy crisis intervention center, based in Karlsruhe, Germany. Skilled teams are sent out to help traumatized children in places of the strife of war, or ecological disasters.
