Plymouth County Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Alliance Awards Grant for Free BALANCE Workshops Training PLYMOUTH COUNTY, [September 12, 2024] – The Plymouth County Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Alliance is providing grant funds for free training implement BALANCE Workshops — a yoga-based social-emotional learning (SEL) and resilience-building program — in schools and community centers throughout Plymouth County. These grant funds will enable participants to undertake the BALANCE Workshops facilitator training through an online, self-paced program. Once trained, facilitators can bring this transformative program to their respective school systems or community-based centers.
The Plymouth Public School System is at the forefront of this initiative, having recently completed training. Starting this coming school year, all eight elementary schools in the district will incorporate BALANCE Workshops into their curricular activities. This summer, participants from the Plymouth Public School System took part in the training and are now eagerly preparing to implement the program with their students. Designed to mitigate the effects of childhood trauma, while equally beneficial for all children, BALANCE Workshops offer an engaging multimodal approach to wellness. The program also includes a family engagement component, which helps to build a stronger home-school/community connection and deepen the collective understanding of the concepts taught. Other school systems and agencies within Plymouth County are encouraged to seize this opportunity and take advantage of the free training while it is still available. The program's impact is extensive and promises to be a significant investment in the community’s future well-being.
For more details on the BALANCE Workshops program and how to enroll, please visit http://www.balanceworkshops.org.
For further information, please contact:
Teri Sexton C0-Founder, BALANCE Workshops
774-226-9506 teri@balanceworkshops.org
