EMOTIONAL STABILIZATION AND HEALING: COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, ART FEEDS

EMOTIONAL STABILIZATION AND HEALING: COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, ART FEEDS Renee White Meg Hulsey Terry Wachter Joplin Disaster Recovery Summit May 19-20, 2016

Mercy Community Connections Long Term Psychological Recovery

Mercy Hospital Before After

No one of us can prevent the unimaginable from occurring. It is how we manage our reaction to it that defines us.

After the Storm Treatment continued Multiple sites of care: Memorial Hall Field Hospital Modular Hospital Component Hospital

Five Skills for Recovery Building Social Relationships Story Positive Activity Story of the resource Helpful Thinking Problem Solving Make certain you are solving your problems, not those of others Solve the right problem Managing Reactions Plan to handle your identified challenges

Designing the Effort Consultation Focus Groups Need to Connect Natural Choices Building the Approach

Identifying Our Strengths Colleagues with experience Our own determination Programs Healthy Senior service Community Relationships Long standing relationships Underemployed Staff Suspended service

Selected Priority Populations Coworkers Prayer/reflections Ceremony to mark progress: building blessings, heritage, groundbreaking Social gatherings to bring staff together: Christmas, picnics, seed planting Rounding with recovery tips: all sites Older Citizens Social Programs A Story General Public Skills Classes Dinner every other Thursday: bringing together family, friends and neighborhoods Partnered with local schools to offer them in three sites each time Provided information with recovery tips FEMA Housing We duplicated each program on the site of FEMA housing

Talking about Healing TM Community conversation

Selected Populations CHILDREN We did not select children as a population initially, but offered programming for children

Staffing the Work Mercy Community Connections Presents Skills for Psychological Recovery Training Our staff Our management Community case managers Wednesday, August 22, 1p.m. - 4p.m. Thursday, August 23, 8a.m. 5p.m. Byers Avenue Methodist Church 1730 Byers, Joplin Presenters: Dr. Douglas Walker Director, Psychology and Social Work, Mercy Family Center, New Orleans Dr. Melissa Brymer Director, Terrorism and Disaster Program National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, UCLA Funded by Missouri Foundation for Health, this program will offer five post disaster skills you can use to help those around you become more resilient and create a better functioning workplace, home life and community. To register: Call 417-208-365 Lunch provided

Funding the Program Privately funded

LESSONS Listen to the Community Ask for help. Accept help Collaborate in Community Build on your strengths Leverage your relationships Realize that sometimes B+ work is okay Celebrate Success Measure outcomes if you are able Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.

Outcomes Anecdotal Stories Confidence measure

Gratitude To friends and colleagues who cooperated with us, taught us, encouraged us, guided us to success

Terry Wachter, MAHCM Terry.wachter@att.net Phone: 417-850-6302

douglas.walker@mercy.net Douglas W. Walker, PhD Mercy Family Center New Orleans Twitter: @HowsYour5 Facebook: www.facebook.com/howsyour5

ART FEEDS STAFF: Meg Bourne Hulsey FOUNDER CEO ART FEEDS NATIONAL E. MEG@ARTFEEDS.ORG C. 417. 483. 8454 Brooke LeMasters COO ART FEEDS

Mission: ART FEEDS EXISTS TO FEED CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITATE EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IN CHILDREN. Vision: AN INSPIRED FUTURE FED BY CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE STUDENTS WHO ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE.

WHAT S OUR STORY? FROM 1 CHILD IN 1 CLASSROOM TO 5,500 STUDENTS CONSISTENTLY IN 28 SCHOOLS 17 CHILDREN S SINCE 2009 30,000 STUDENTS IMPACTED --- ART FEEDS JOPLIN TO ART FEEDS

JOPLIN IMPACT 16 COMMUNITY MURALS 17 CHILDREN S ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIPS 15 SCHOOLS & 3 CHILDREN S ORGANIZATION WITH ACCESS TO PROGRAMS 3,000 VOLUNTEERS MOBILIZED SINCE 2009

WHY IT S IMPORTANT Therapeutic Art WHOLE CHILD HEALTHY MODES OF EXPRESSION MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS Creative Education INNOVATION PROBLEM- SOLVING SELF-WORTH GRIT

WHAT ARE OUR GOALS? THERAPEU TIC ART & CREATIVE EDUCATIO N DECREASE FEAR, STRESS AND ANXIETY INCREASE SELF- EFFICACY

HOW DO THE PROGRAMS MOBILE WORK? IN SCHOOL ART PACKS 4:1 RATIO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ART THERAPIST COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WEEKLY LESSONS VARIOUS MEDIUMS EXPLORATORY ROUTE ONLINE SYSTEM CREATIVE RESOURCES

POST DISASTER GROWTH AND FLEX IN MISSION CHANGE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS VOLUNTEER CONNECTIONS TRAINING LOCAL ENGAGEMENT EVENTS PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGS FROM 200 CHILDREN TO 2,000 IN 4 MONTHS

ART PACKS

COMMUNITY HERO PROJECT

REBUILD JOPLIN PROJECT

VOLUNTEERS

MOBILE ART CENTER

MURAL MAKING

TELLING OUR STORY EXTREME MAKEOVER NATIONALLY DO SOMETHING AWARDS NBC S AMERICAN GIVING AWARDS

CHALLENGES FILLING A LARGE NEED FAST BUILDING TRUST STAFFING CONSISTENT VOLUNTEERS LEARNING TO SAY NO SHARED RESOURCES FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH VARIOUS SCHOOL CULTURES/MOVES MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS VALUED FOR THE LONG TERM HANDLING PR AND MEDIA AS A SMALL YOUNG ORG

GROWTH ORGANIZATIONA L GROWTH IN TRAUMA RESPONSE ONLINE SYSTEM QUICK PARTNERSHIPS POST DISASTER ON SITE TRAINING USING POST DISASTER LESSONS TO GROW AS AN ORG

PAY IT FORWARD OCEANSIDE NJ IN CHILDREN 2012 FOLLOWING NOEL, MO HURRICANE SANDY FOLLOWING 2015 100 CHILDREN FLOODS 500 MOORE, OK IN 2013 CHILDREN FOLLOWING THE TORNADO 1200 CHILDREN ESTES PARK, CO FOLLOWING 2013 FLOODS 500

BECOMING NATIONAL ONLINE SYSTEM INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL WEBSITE PROGRAM REPLICATION FOR STUDENTS IN NEW COMMUNITIES

DATA 33% reduction in fear, stress and anxiety 22% increase in self-efficacy 28% increase in creative problem solving skills

DATA 97% of parents agree that as a parent, they prefer their child to attend a school that facilitates Art Feeds programs 87% of teachers in Art Feeds partner schools agree that Art Feeds programs increase confidence and attitude

DATA 84% of teachers in Art Feeds partner schools agree that Art Feeds programs increase confidence and attitude 96% of teachers in Art Feeds partner schools agree that Art Feeds programs have had a positive impact on the school community

DATA 98% of parents agree that Art Feeds enhances their child s education 85% of parents agree that their child is more eager to attend school when participating in Art Feeds programs

FROM STAFF WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND EXPECTATIONS. STUDENTS WERE GLOWING WITH PRIDE THEY COUNTED DOWN UNTIL THEIR TIME ON ART FEEDS DAYS! I FEEL THAT THE STUDENTS GAINED A HIGHER LEVEL OF PRIDE IN THEIR SCHOOL

FROM STUDENTS WHEN ASKED ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE EXPERIENCE IT WAS WHEN ALL THE ART FEEDS PEOPLE HELPED ME LOOKING AT THE REAL THING I GOT TO EXPRESS MY ART AND INSPIRE PEOPLE THAT IT LOOKED HAPPY AND IT LOOKED BEAUTIFUL GETTING TO EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS THE WHOLE THING

Meg Bourne-Hulsey FOUNDER CEO ART FEEDS MEG@ARTFEEDS.OR G