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This collection of free toolkits, reports, infographics and advocacy tools is designed to help you or your organization connect children, families and communities to nature. Please check back often. We add and update resources regularly!
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This infographic presents 5 key outcomes of nature-based interventions for children and families encountering Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES).
This infographic illustrates how nature-based interventions can help children and families recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES). It includes evidence-based therapeutic strategies and outcomes that support children’s health and well-being.
Research studies included in this annotated bibliography support the understanding that connecting children with nature promotes their mental health and well-being and that this can be especially helpful for children who need to cope with stressful adverse conditions and the emotional responses that their life situations evoke.
Time in nature can be a powerful antidote to the negative impacts of trauma and stress in children’s lives. When family service providers incorporate nature into their therapeutic work, children and families experience a wide range of benefits, including improved mental and physical health, stronger relationships, better communication, reduced stress, and healing from trauma.
The evidence-based resources in this toolkit were developed in partnership with Casey Family Programs, a national leader in social work practice.
Studies highlighted in this Digest focus on the use of nature to achieve therapeutic goals. Different approaches and different populations served are addressed.
Research studies included in this annotated bibliography support the understanding that connecting children with nature promotes their mental health and well-being and that this can be especially helpful for children who need to cope with stressful adverse conditions and the emotional responses that their life situations evoke.
This Digest explores the developmental and restorative potential of nature for refugee children and others experiencing severe trauma.
This Digest offers evidence-based suggestions for using nature to promote the mental health and resilience of children impacted by adversity.
After years of excuses and worry, a family finally goes camping together — and loves it. Kids who sometimes struggle to connect find that conversation flows a little more...
The following article was published in the September 2020 issue of Green Schoolyards Catalyst Quarterly, a publication of the...
In this issue of the Digest we explore how accessing neighborhood nature is an important strategy for building resilience, buffering stress, and recovering from adversity.
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