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Registration for our August 16th, 2021 cohort is closed.
We are now taking applications for March 2022.
The Nature-Led Approach teaches practitioners more than just how to support children and others in nature, it teaches a way of being with nature. The Nature-Led approach nourishes your own soul and deepens (or begins) your journey— so that you can draw from your own well as you heal and support others. Our approach shifts away from the modern perspective of using nature as a tool, or something to go to, and moves people towards an interactive relationship with the natural world. Through the human "sensory interface," you will learn to Awaken, Engage, and Integrate with nature's ongoing invitations.
With the Nature-Led Approach Certification, you are guided to your own connection with the natural world, while gaining understanding and perspective of the developmental and rehabilitative opportunities right outside the door.
Over the nine months together, you will be guided to rebuild an ancient and essential connection with nature that is already a part of you. Learn to see through nature-led eyes for optimal developmental and rehabilitative potentials.
As you rebuild or deepen your connection, a new understanding will emerge. At times it may feel like you are recapitulating your own developmental experience, a backtracking of sorts to reclaim pieces you may have left behind. Through guided experiences you will gain a greater understanding of your own habits, styles of communication and have a path to health and wellness— because children are astute observers and they learn by watching what the adults in their world are doing.
Through your reconnection a greater ease will become your new reality, and guiding others will feel joyful and fulfilling.
During our nine-months together we will move through the sensory systems using strategies and techniques that are driven by our (innate) neurological development in the context of nature - Wiring and rewiring the brain and body outdoors for full potential.
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Words about the Way of the Nature-Led Practitioner, Certification Course
"Thanks to this course, I can do what I do better. Through theThe Nature-Led Approach Certification program I am now able to design my programs with greater confidence, deliver a more effective and transformative experience for the young people I serve, as well as communicate my methods more readily to parents, teachers, therapists, and the public.
The Nature-Led Approach has helped me develop an understanding of the science and showed me how to apply it in a way accessible to myself, my staff, parents, and the public."
Christopher Green, Co-Owner of the Guelph Outdoor School, Ontario, Canada
"As an occupational therapist and nature connection mentor working with kids, the Nature-Led Approach training is the most meaningful learning I have done to inform my practice. Kathleen’s integration of current scientific evidence, human development, deep nature connection, and healthy cultural practices is comprehensive and visionary. This is precisely the knowledge and skill set that any professional working with kids (or people, really) needs to meet the demands of this societal and environmental moment and to create a hopeful, healthy future."
Megan Barrow, MOTR/L, Nature Connection Mentor and Owner at Thriving Wild, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
"This course of study has changed me and the manner that I will perform occupational therapy, in a profound way. Kathleen has distilled together the essence of nature connection and the wisdom of years as a pediatric occupational therapist into a work of art. I highly recommend this course."
Mary Ann Hull - School based occupational therapist of 25 years, New Mexico.
The Nature-Led Approach is informing me on how to be more human.
Robyn - Musician, music teacher, and outdoor mentor, California.
"I have very much enjoyed and learned so much from participating in this course! I am most grateful for the new perspective I have gained regarding how we can better provide meaningful and relevant support to the children we work with. Each session builds on information that is extremely valuable and applicable to our daily interactions with our students and nature."
Marcela Ponce, Small business owner and nature connection mentor, Cambria California.
The Way of the Nature-Led Practitioner - Certification
Registration is closed for the August 2021 cohort.
We are now taking applications for the March 2022 cohort.
Program cost is 3548.00 until November 4, 2021
Contact kathleen@rxoutside for group rates. (or to bring this training to your community)
The program consists of:
- Two separate five-day in-person workshops.
- Nine-month distance program.
- A Culminating Project.
During our nine months together, we will move through eight sensory systems using strategies and techniques that drive neurological development in the context of nature - Wiring and rewiring the brain and body outdoors for full potential.
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