Creative Strategies for Reimagining Resources and Materials Across Settings

Date: Saturday February 21, 2026
Time: 8:00am–9:30pm Pacific Time
Location: Online
Available CEs: 1.5
Facilitator: Ashlee Silver, LCSW
Cost: $99 

Registration Deadline: Wednesday February 18, 2026

Participants will explore challenges related to material use in community settings and discuss strategies for overcoming them through low- or no-resource approaches. Together, they will practice adapting common materials and reimagining familiar methods to foster connection, curiosity, and creativity with clients across a range of environments. Practitioners will be encouraged to step outside their comfort zones by identifying one or more of their most frequently used tools, activities, or interventions and redesigning them for use with minimal resources. This process promotes reflection on core therapeutic goals rather than the materials themselves, strengthening flexibility and innovation in practice. For communities with limited access to resources, materials can present a significant barrier to support. Through guided prompts and collaborative exercises, participants will experiment with modifying activities for groups of varying sizes, from one-on-one sessions to large workshops, while considering accessibility, engagement, and environment. Materials will be intentionally limited to encourage creative problem-solving and adaptive thinking. Participants will leave with practical, resource-conscious strategies that can be immediately applied in diverse clinical, educational, and community contexts.

Learning objectives

1. Participants will identify at least one new way to adapt, or repurpose, everyday materials to
   connect with clients in different settings.
2. Participants will adapt or modify at least one of their most-used tools to explore additional
   opportunities for use in groups of different sizes.

Required Materials

• Office materials, household items, items typically used in practice (to be modified)

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute Cancellation & Refund Policy

Earning Continuing Education Credits

To receive a CE Certificate for completion of this workshop, you must officially register, attend the workshop/program in its entirety and complete an evaluation form after the workshop/program. The evaluation form is emailed from NWCEAI. After completing & submitting the evaluation form, a CE Certificate will be emailed to you within 5-7 business days.

Who is eligible to receive CEs?

• Nationally: Approved NBCC Provider for Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers (you are responsible for confirming that your organization/state will accept NBCC credits.)
• New York Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCATs)
• Washington State School Counselor/Teacher (OSPI) Approved by the Washington State Office of Public Instruction as a “Washington State approved clock hour offering workshop.”
• If you are outside of Washington State, we advise that you check with your state licensing board to confirm that they accept NBCC Approved CEs. 

Northwest Creative and Expressive Arts Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0123.

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7104. Programs that do no qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.