Join Matt and Erina as they discuss the Free Arts Family Program, regulation, and co-regulation. Erina gives a brief overview of the history of the Family Program and how it has grown in the past three years and what a Family Empowerment Night looks like.

We wanted to share this episode during the holiday season because it can often be a deregulating time for a lot of individuals. Matt and Erina share some amazing art-based examples about how to both regulate and co-regulate - perhaps you will learn some techniques you can try during the next few weeks.

You can listen to it on YouTube or your favorite streaming platform!

Free Arts (www.freeartsaz.org) is an Arizona nonprofit organization that uses the power of the arts to help children who have experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, and homelessness. Free Arts’ research-based program model, Art + Mentors = Resilience, helps children build the resilience they need to overcome trauma by connecting them with caring adults and creative activities that develop their skills and sense of self. Free Arts believes that healthy connections with adults create change. Through partnerships with local child welfare agencies, Free Arts is able to provide this intervention to children free of cost to program participants.

To become a Free Arts Volunteer Mentor, please visit FreeArtsAZ.org/Volunteer

Hosted by Matt Sandoval, CEO of Free Arts

Produced by Alvaro Morello Music by Epidemic sound: Tell ‘em no by Flux Vortex, Free Throw by Timothy Infinite

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You can make your donations to Free Arts at FreeArtsAz.org/Donate