CHILDREN & FOCUSING CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 2023
Notes: All times are listed in New York time. Please use "your time here" links to convert to your time zone.
One hour sessions may include experiential components but will not utilize breakout rooms.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10
WELCOME & ORIENTATION
6:00am – 6:30am New York time - your time here
7:00am – 8:00am New York time - your time here
Luiza Stefan - My "Moments of Wonder” or How I met my Inner Playful Child
(one hour break)
9:00am – 10:00am New York time - your time here
René Veugelers - A Wonder Space around the Inner Critic
(one hour break)
WORKSHOP (2 hours)
11:00am – 1:00pm New York time - your time here
Lucy Bowers - Adventures in Fairy Land: How I have used Elevator Rides with Children in Focusing
NOTE: Unfortunately, Lucy will not be able to be present at the conference. She has arranged for her colleague Susan Watson to present "Elevator Rides". Susan used "Elevator Rides" with her own students for many years.
(one hour break)
2:00pm - 3:00pm New York time - your time here
Mareike Ringena - Focusing and Dance/Movement Psychotherapy in a Special Needs School
(one hour break)
4:00pm – 5:00pm New York time - your time here
Barbara Dickinson - Focusing Belongs in Schools
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11
LIVING ROOM - a time for informal discussion
5:00am – 6:00am New York time - your time here
(one hour break)
7:00am – 8:00am New York time - your time here
Anna Boukydis - Kids These Days
(one hour break)
9:00am – 10:00am New York time - your time here
Choose one
Tine Swyngedouw - Interactive Focusing for Parents, Grandparents and Caregivers
OR
Annat Gal-on - Homefocusing Workshop for Parents
(one hour break)
WORKSHOP (2 hours)
11:00am – 1:00pm New York time - your time here
Harriet Teeuw - Using Symbols as an Entrance to the Felt Sense
(one hour break)
2:00pm - 3:00pm New York time - your time here
Liz Baring - The Essentials of Sandplay
(one hour break)
4:00pm - 5:00pm New York time - your time here
Leonie Stewart - Four Experiential Exercises for Children (and you, too)
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12
5:00am – 6:00am New York time - your time here
Mia Maes - Moments of Wonder within Group Sessions
(one hour break)
7:00am – 8:00am New York time - your time here
Choose one
Derek McDonnell - The Wonder and Gift of Pausing
OR
Monika Lindner - We are Each Others' Environment: Imagining a Culture of Moments of Wonder
(one hour break)
WORKSHOP (2 hours)
9:00am – 11:00am New York time - your time here
Dr. Atsmaout Perlstein - Interaction First and Kol.Be Body Mapping: A Master Key to Unlocking the Mystery of Bodymind
(one hour break)
12:00pm – 1:00pm New York time - your time here
Laura Bavalics - Open Doors
(no break)
CLOSING REFLECTION/CONVERSATION/EXCHANGE
1:00pm - 2:00pm New York time - your time here