These webinars can be helpful in envisioning how you may integrate the lab experiences into your training or teaching.
1. Integrating Embodied Labs Into An Academic Curriculum
In August of 2024, we were grateful to hear from a great list of speakers on how they are transforming learning outcomes with Embodied Labs. Instructors from across the country connected to exchange ideas and find solutions to common challenges.
Click here to watch the webinar recording, with Featured Speakers:
- Kanah May Lewallen DNP, AGPCNP-BC, CHSE - Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Vanderbilt Center of Gerontological Nursing
- Kimberly Perris, DNP, RN, CNL, PHN - Director and Assistant Professor of CalPoly Humboldt School of Applied Nursing
- Dr. Jennifer Randall PT, DPT, GCS, CEEAA - Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy at Saint Francis University
2. Understanding the Spectrum of Autism
In this webinar recording from March 2024 (click to watch), Embodied Labs team members meet with Caregiver Action Network and top autism advocates to:
- Experience the world through the eyes of someone on the spectrum (a preview of Embodied Labs' upcoming Behavioral Health Lab)
- Hear from autism experts during an interactive panel discussion, including Kaelynn Partlow from the Netflix series, "Love on the Spectrum"
- Discuss common struggles that members of the autism community face and gain insight into various behavioral expressions
You will come away with:
- Increased empathy
- New insights and deeper understanding
- Strategies for successful caregiving support
3. Introducing The Rosie Lab - Home Health Assessments
Passionately co-created with the Central California Training Academy, our newest Immersive Experience empowers learners to evaluate health and safety risks by honing their observation, communication, and assessment skills as they embody Natalie Ramos, a social worker performing a series of home visits to Rosie.
1. This behind-the-scenes highlight video (CLICK HERE TO WATCH) includes:
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Why Co-Creation and the Co-Creation Process
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Social Workers Training Challenges (1:41)
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Gamified Interactive Red Flags / Arriving at a Residence (3:16)
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Branching Narratives and Opportunities to Repeat the Lab Experiences More Than Once (4:00)
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How To Facilitate (5:19)
2. This full September 2022 webinar (CLICK HERE TO WATCH) includes:
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The behind-the-scenes highlight video, with insights from our CCTA co-creators on the drive behind creating this lab, what the process was like, and facilitation ideas
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Demo of the Assessing Client Capacity module in VR over Zoom mode (9:32)
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A Q&A Session between Co-Creators, the Embodied Labs team, and Webinar Attendees, thinking through how to use these labs in their training and teaching (25:23)
4. Integrating Embodied Labs into a Curriculum
Be inspired by our academic partners' June 2022 discussion on how they use Embodied Labs in their curriculums, including:
- Jessica Allen
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Birmingham-Southern College - Eden Donahue
Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Nursing
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt - Sonya Lemke
Health Sciences Librarian
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education - Pamela A. Saunders
Associate Professor & Program Director, Aging & Health Program
Director, Geriatrics Clerkship
Georgetown University - Kevin McDonough
Reference Librarian, Professor
Northern Michigan University - Lisa Flood
Professor, Nursing Faculty
Northern Michigan University
5. Introducing The Eden Lab – Trans Health & LGBT Aging
Experience a series of defining moments of many transgender older adults living today.
Speakers in this June 2020 Eden Lab Launch Webinar:
- Dr. Marilyn Gugliucci
Professor and Director of Geriatrics Research
University of New England - Dr. Jaime Hannans
Associate Professor of Nursing
California State University Channel Islands - Dr. Tonia Nguyen
Project Coordinator & Trainer
Front Porch Communities - Erin Washington
Co-Founder
Embodied Labs