Family Healing Ambassadors
The Family Healing Ambassadors initiative was launched by the NYCDOE Family and Community Wellness Collective (FCWC) in Spring 2021 within the 33 neighborhoods most adversely affected by Covid-19. The goal is to transform schools into centers of healing. Social workers and educators trained hundreds of Family Healing Ambassadors across all five boroughs to partner with our school communities in devising programs to meet families where they are. Below are links to the materials the FCWC shared with us and the programs the MS54 community created.
MEETINGS
Healing-Centered Schools Working Group
May 13, 2022
Vibrant Emotional Health
Helping people achieve mental and emotional well-being with dignity and respect.
NY Project Hope
Helps New Yorkers understand their reactions and emotions during COVID-19, with resources to help you manage and cope.
May 13, 2022
Vibrant Emotional Health
Helping people achieve mental and emotional well-being with dignity and respect.
NY Project Hope
Helps New Yorkers understand their reactions and emotions during COVID-19, with resources to help you manage and cope.
How Can We Help Our Children Take Care of Themselves Socially, Emotionally and Physically?
November 3, 2021
PANEL SLIDES
MS54 panelists Social Worker Nicole Miller, Physical Education Instructor Frank DiPasquale, Parent Coordinator Anne McIntosh Pejovich, and Family Healing Ambassador and Wellness Lead Alison Gardy discussed a topic of importance to all of us.
November 3, 2021
PANEL SLIDES
MS54 panelists Social Worker Nicole Miller, Physical Education Instructor Frank DiPasquale, Parent Coordinator Anne McIntosh Pejovich, and Family Healing Ambassador and Wellness Lead Alison Gardy discussed a topic of importance to all of us.
RESOURCES
You're not alone!
- Self-Care for Caregivers
- Helping Children Cope with the Ongoing Uncertainty of the Pandemic
- Understanding What Trauma Is
- How Trauma Shows Up
- Talking to Children about the COVID-19 Pandemic and Racism: A Focus on Asian and Asian American Families
- Talking to Children about the COVID-19 Pandemic and Racism: A Focus on Black Families
- Talking to Children about the COVID-19 Pandemic and Racism: A Focus on Hispanic and Hispanic American Families
- Healing-Centered Engagement Tool Kit
- Trauma Responsive Educational Practices (TREP) Presentation Deck
- Community Roadmap to Bring Healing-Centered Schools to the Bronx (NEW)
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS COLLECTIVE (FCWC) TRAINING SESSIONS
- July 22, 2021
- July 27, 2021
- August 3, 2021
- August 10, 2021: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- September 21, 2021: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- March 15, 2022: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- March 22, 2022: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- April 5, 2022: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides