“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, PhD, Man’s Search for Meaning
Alcuin School
Pandemic Fatigue: Coping Beyond Covid
Presenters: Dr. Kristen Ohlenforst & Dr. Jen Edgemon
Faculty/Staff • December 4, 2020
Presentation I Outline:
- Stress in America
- Impact of COVID-19 on Teachers
- Fear, Trauma and Grief Acknowledged
- Tools for Managing Big Emotions
- Practicing Self-Care
- Strategies for Connection
Presentation II Outline:
- Introduction
- Holly’s Presentation
- Jen’s Presentation
- Kristen’s Presentation
- Q&A / Conclusion
Themes:
- Epidemic of Fear
- Community Care
- Feeling all the Feels
- Healthy Communication
- Compassionate Flexibility
- Collective and Vicarious Trauma
- This moment is asking you to change
Referenced Resources:
- View:
- The PsychShow -Skills for managing the world being cancelled
- Read:
- “Mindfulness not only makes it possible to survey our internal landscape with compassion and curiosity but can also actively steer us in the right direction for self-care.”
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- “Trauma is not what happens to us. But what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.” — Peter A Levine, PhD
- In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
- Listen:
- How to become immune to the pandemic by Tara-Nicholle-Nelson