Hello all,

I have been conducting many EFT workshops -- mostly Level I and II.  I would love to offer workshops for kids or maybe a 2 track workshop -- kids in one and parents/teachers in another concurrently with a general session at the beginning and/or the end.  Any thoughts or ideas?  Thanks in advance.

 I am so interested in a workshop on Introducing Kids to EFT. Since we're from all over the world,

 Is it possible to do it as a teleclass or podcast? AND/OR  Do the class locally, record it and sell the DVD for those of us not able to take it in person.

Check out the Gifted Ed. teachers in schools. They are usually more easily able to incorporate  "innovative" ideas. And there "may" be more parent involvement.If you do 4th -5th graders, they could use it as a class project, then teach it to their peers, kind of like mentoring. It could become an ongoing thing.

 Work with PTAs. 

If you have a university nearby, contact  one of the professors in the Education dept, if no Edu. dept, find an appropriate course,- whichever one EFT best fits into. Ask that students be able to use this as a research project or paper for class credit or extra credit assignment.  Use students as volunteers, give them a free training and then let them help you with the workshop for parents/children.

 Contact a high school or university service club and do the same.These students could then go into the schools and teach the kids basic EFT.

Hello Joann,

Whew!  What a lot of good ideas. I will certainly mull them over.  The possibilities are endless.

Hi,

I like the idea of a 2 track workshop. An extension of your idea would be to include a cross-over session of two mixed groups which split up parents/teachers from there own kids but provided the opportunity to explore related issues with others & vice-versa, & get some practice.

My wife Julie is a high school teacher & we are planning to run EFT workshops & focussed groups and have been wondering about how to bridge between these two groups. I think it is an excellent idea to run both concurrently & look forward to hearing more from anyone who explores this... or already has.

Developing a 2 track workshop that meets the needs of both groups & also provides a safe space for kids to learn EFT, with their parents nearby - and learning too, is a great idea.

The more shared information we can get posted here about these sorts of ideas, and results from using them, the better. It will be so much easier to get support for such workshops in our respective corners of the globe if we can point to others who have already had success. And if there are hiccups along the way, we can all evolve better solutions so much faster if we constructively share these also.

Thanks for putting your idea out here!

Hello Grant,

Thanks for the input and support.  I am just sort of letting things roll around in my head for a while until something gels (this is the way I work).  I am drawn to Eric Hurre's fundamental idea that kids be allowed and encouraged to put their own spin on EFT, to develop their own language and give it their own voice.

A parent's group would give them the rudiments of EFT and some hands on experience.  We must encourage parents/teachers to respect kids by lighting the way as they find their own path.

Any one else out there with some ideas -- don't be shy. This is the place for all of us to share and learn.

Grant and all,

I’m inspired by your individual ideas for taking EFT into the environments of young people. Everyone’s activities are great and needed if we are to fully share what we know can only add to the lives of children, adolescents and teens. Practitioners have a special role in this through the trust you hold with parents and the connections you form with young people.

I encourage us all to share other outreach efforts and ideas we find. One such start up is Paul Widdershoven with SchoolMadeMuchEasier.com Paul agrees that schools are good place to introduce EFT to young people. His efforts can use the support of this forum.

My own approach is always to include custom materials that speak to young people in their own language and in a space that offers peer support and familiarity. The dedicated web site and other materials that I and others working with me will create and make available to young people to take on as their own are underway. The companion web site to this forum www.eft4Kids.org is now live. That site will act as a platform for our efforts and a “2-track” to this forum and the adult eft4Kids web site.

I invite everyone on this forum to join in our efforts to create new tools that will inspire young people to better understand what EFT so beautifully illustrates is available to all of us.

Be well,

Eric