Safe Crossings Insights from the Expressive Arts for Chaplains Pediatric Chaplains Institute Intensive At the PCN National Conference April 30, 2019 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Professional Development through Self Development The intensive will be focused on exploring the arts to inform our work as chaplains People are drawn into, and changed, by art as it reaches into the soul of the human existence in ways that move beyond words. Exploration of the expressive arts of music, drama, photography, and writing will allow participants to discover the breadth and depth of metaphor – likeness between disparate facets – that can help us be better chaplains. This intensive does not require any proficiency in the arts, but rather an openness and curiosity of how self and relationships may be inspired and transformed. The goal is to engage in self-reflective processes to aid the participant’s ability to accompany others, not develop specific “artistic” interventions.

Blessing the Space Between Us Objectives To use lessons from the arts to inspire our spiritual care of others To use lessons from the arts to grow assessment skills using the “landscape” of the particular environment To use lessons from the arts to see and comprehend different perspectives when communication falters To use lessons from the arts to cultivate the chaplain’s imagination to improve options for connection and repair fractured relationships, e.g. when chasms form between patients/families and the care team Content will include narrative, drama/improvisation, music, storyforming, visual art/architecture, photography

Registration Please let us know of you intent to participate by emailing the Dean of PCI, Rev. Kathleen Ennis-Durstine at kennisdu@childrensnational.org. You will also have to register officially through the PCN Conference process to assure your room for Monday night, dinner for Monday night, and to pay that additional cost. Cost: Tuition $125 Registration for the extra night’s lodging and meals $150 TOTAL: $275 – over and above the Conference Registration