Exploring Holistic Health Framework for Community-Based Educational Spaces

Title: Exploring a Holistic Health Framework for Community-Based Educational Spaces: Overview

Date/Time: 4th Saturdays (October 2025-June 2026) 10:00a-1:15p

Location: Zoom (live, interactive (i.e., polls, chat) webinar with recorded parts)

Registration: Registration will close 48 hours prior to the session

CE Credits Offered: 2.75 (including 1.75 clinical credits)

Fees: $25

Description: ELIE Circle's Holistic Health Framework is specifically designed for community-based educational spaces to support the holistic health of both young people and staff. The framework consists of describing holistic health, barriers to holistic health, and holistic health tools. This session is split into 5 sections. The first section is an introduction to the framework. The second section is focused on staff. The presenter will overview barriers to holistic health (oppression - adultism and staff's stress/identity) and highlight holistic health tools (advocacy/activism - dismantling adultism, connecting - intentionally building relationships, and introspection). The third section is focused on stress and safety. The presenter will overview barriers to holistic health (stress/trauma) and highlight holistic health tools (connecting - perspective taking and facilitating safety). The fourth section is focused on oppression and liberation. The presenter will overview barriers to holistic health (oppression manifestations and inaccurate history) and highlight holistic health tools (advocacy/activism, critical self-reflection, connecting - affinity groups, evaluating curriculum/activities, and learning accurate history). Finally, for the fifth section, participants will apply the framework to their own work.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will define holistic health in the context of community-based educational spaces.
• Participants will identify barriers and tools to (1) take care of themselves in the context of their role in community-based educational spaces, (2) have healthy relationships with other staff and young people, and (3) advocate for policies and routines that support their emotional/mental and social health.
• Participants will identify barriers and tools to (1) facilitate emotional, physical, and psychological safety in their community-based educational space for staff and young people, (2) help staff and young people increase empathy, and (3) create policies, routines, curriculum, and activities to establish and maintain staff and young people’s emotional, physical, and psychological safety in their community-based educational space.
• Participants will identify barriers and tools to (1) help staff and young people reflect and act to dismantle oppression, (2) assist staff and young people with exploring their minoritized and dominant identities and the intersections of them, and (3) advocate for policies, routines, curriculum, and activities that will protect the emotional/mental, intellectual, and social health of staff and young people, especially those with minoritized identities.
• Participants will describe how they plan to apply the Holistic Health Framework to their own work.

Pretest: Prior to attending the session, we ask you to take the pretest. The link will be sent out with your registration.

Agenda:

(15 Minutes) Background

(15 Minutes) Section 1: Introduction to Framework including(1 Minute 30 Seconds) Poll

(30 Minutes) Section 2: Staff including (2 Minutes) Poll

(1 Hour 15 Minutes) Section 3: Stress & Safety including (4 Minutes 30 Seconds) Poll

(15 Minutes) Break

(30 Minutes) Section 4: Oppression & Liberation including (2 Minutes) Poll

(15 Minutes) Section 5: Application

Target Audience: This session was created specifically for individuals that are seeking a basic understanding of social work concepts in the context of community-based educational spaces. It was created at the intersection of social work and education, practice and research.

Instructor Bio: Debralyn Woodberry-Shaw, PhD, LMSW, is an educator, licensed social worker, and researcher passionate about striving to foster the holistic health of (1) Black girls & Black women and (2) young people & staff in community-based educational spaces through activities and professional development opportunities grounded in research and practice. She has a BA in Psychology with a Human Development and Family Science minor, a MSW with a Children, Youth, and Families certificate, and a PhD in Education.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: We do not issue refunds. If you are not able to attend a session, we will still send you the materials from the session (e.g., slides, application, references/resources, and collection of resources). However, CEs will not be issued.

Accommodations: If you need to request any learning accommodations or have questions related to your learning needs, please email eliecircle@gmail.com at least 10 business days prior to the session. Requests made less than 10 business days may not be able to be fulfilled.

CE Provider Information: Exploring a Holistic Health Framework for Community-Based Educational Spaces: Overview, ASWB Course ID:6483, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by ELIE Circle, LLC as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 10/14/2025-10/14/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 2.75 total credits, including 1.75 clinical and 1 general continuing education credits.

Continuing Education Requirements:

1. Sign In and Sign Out when prompted (You must sign in and sign out when prompted. If you step away, please make a note in the chat when you leave and when you return.)

2. Be sure the name displayed on Zoom is the same name you registered with (Make sure your name on Zoom matches the name you registered with and the name you want on your CE certificate - first and last name. This is very important so we can track your participation.)

3. Participate when asked (i.e., polls, chats) or complete posttest & attend the whole session (With that, please participate when asked in polls and in the chat. (If for some reason the poll is not working for you, please use the chat for your responses.) We need to be able to verify you have participated in some way. Also, some of the polls and chat responses will count towards your required posttest responses. As long as you fully participate in all the polls and chats, you will not be required to take a formal posttest at the end of the session. After the session, we will check the Zoom participation data. We will send you an email if you are required to take the posttest within 5 business days. If you are required to take the posttest, you will need to score 14 points or more to receive CEs. If you score 13 points or less, please review your notes and retake the posttest until you receive a score of 14 or more. There is no limit on how many times you take the posttest. However, you will have 10 business days from when we email you to complete the posttest. You also must attend the whole session. We do not offer partial CEs.)

4. Complete session evaluation within 10 business days of receipt of email (Finally, you will need to complete the session evaluation to receive your CEs. We will put the link up at the end and email out the link within 5 business days of our session and you will have 10 business days to complete the evaluation from the date we send out the evaluation. We will use the email listed on the sign in sheet, so please make sure it is accurate. We need to keep track of who completes the evaluation, so, unfortunately, the evaluation will not be anonymous. However, we value your honest feedback and your responses will not impact your ability to receive your CEs.)

CE Certificate: The CE certificate will be emailed to you after your Zoom attendance and participation is verified, posttest is completed, if necessary, and session evaluation is completed. The certificate will be emailed out within 20 business days of the session.

System Requirements: You must have access to Zoom and be able to complete polls and write in the chat.

Participant Conduct: ELIE Circle reserves the right to remove any participant from a session who is not upholding the NASW Code of Ethics and/or who is creating an unsafe learning environment for other participants and/or facilitators. Participants removed for disrupting the learning environment will not receive any CEs and will not be issued a refund.

Grievance Policy: ELIE Circle takes all complaints and grievances seriously. If you have any complaints about the course content, speakers, the online platform, nonreceipt of certificates, or anything else, please detail them in the writing via email to eliecircle@gmail.com with the Subject Line: “[Title of Session] Grievance”. The Continuing Education Director will review your complaints and respond in writing via email within 4 weeks. If the Continuing Education Director is not able to address your complaints to your satisfaction, we will consider it a grievance and the advisory committee including the social work consultant will meet to make a final decision about the grievance within 4 weeks. Additionally, ELIE Circle does not issue refunds for any reason. If you are not able to attend a session, we will still send you the materials from the session (e.g., slides, application, references/resources, and collection of resources). However, CEs will not be issued. If ELIE Circle needs to cancel a session, we will offer you a credit to attend a different session.

Please contact eliecircle@gmail.com if you have any questions.