#8:Jess Gordon: Experiential social-emotional learning through self defense in schools

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jess Gordon (she/her) is a school teacher, educational researcher, and BJJ practitioner based in Vancouver, Canada. Combining these areas of interest, she is developing a new, experiential, and transformative approach to student wellbeing. Jess is passionate about putting research into practice and developing lessons and resources to make martial arts a fun and accessible addition to school curricula.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To contact Jess:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Email: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">hello@ariseprograms.com</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram: @ariseprograms and @makeyourmove.sel</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Website: </span><a href="http://www.ariseprograms.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.ariseprograms.com</span></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Georgia and Jess discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Arise Program</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Gracie women empowered program (</span><a href="https://youtu.be/gDoDGgtNL28?si=1tToX-nuDECtxQUc"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://youtu.be/gDoDGgtNL28?si=1tToX-nuDECtxQUc</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empowerment self defense.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experiential SEL (social-emotional learning) in schools.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to introduce yelling and voice in a trauma informed way.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Martial art based interventions and approaches in schools.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Self defense for neurodivergent kids.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;