WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

In this 1.5 hour session, participants will learn about dressing themselves and their participants for cold weather as well as how to educate families in preparing for cold weather. Fabrics, layering, and sourcing gear will all be discussed. The course will begin with a refresher in both hypothermia and frostbite recognition, treatment, and prevention. These principles will then be applied in the rationale for clothing and gear selection.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This webinar is designed for families and educators. This could include parents and other guardians, grandparents, nature-educators, classroom teachers, children, etc. anyone who is looking to dress smart and safe in the cold! 

MEET YOUR FACILITATOR

Nicole Roma Thurrell from the Institute for WildMed

Recipient of the Massachusetts Award for Excellence in Science Education, Nicole is a passionate educator who loves turning people on to strategies for caring more skillfully for their fellow human beings. She has degrees in Psychology and Recreation Therapy from the University of North Carolina and has been a Wilderness EMT since 2001. Nicole has decades of experience working in many aspects of wilderness therapy, including expedition leader, health director, and director of admissions. Whether it was leading adventures on the water, on land, or in the air, Nicole has done it all. She has been an adventure racer, a raft guide, high ropes facilitator, a clinician for kids with Autism, a Waldorf high school teacher, a pre-school teacher, and a mom.