Name: A Gym for Empathy: Drama Games to Move You, Physically and Emotionally
Start: 2026-04-30T10:00:00-0400
End: 2026-04-30T11:30:00-0400

Welcome to Empower Youth Success 2026!
Get ready for an exciting few days of innovative learning, engagement, networking, and fun. Whether this is your first time or you’re a returning attendee, we’re so glad you’re here to help make this event unforgettable!

A Gym for Empathy: Drama Games to Move You, Physically and Emotionally

Thursday April 30, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT

Governor Ballroom E

Theater offers so much more than a great show and crazy cast party. At the heart of it all, we learn to listen, imagine, inhabit other skin, wear other soles (!) and be whatever we care to pretend. Come learn and play for a bit and walk away with activities that anyone can implement with ease. Participation will be encouraged, but not demanded.

Moderators

Claire Comtois

Education & Training Specialist, Child Care Resource Network

Claire Comtois is an Education & Training Specialist at Child Care Resource Network in Buffalo, NY. She has been dedicated to the field of school-age care for 12 years. She began her career in the child care field as a Director of SACC programming, supporting her staff and organization... Read More →

Presenters

Carla Stough Huffman

Owner/Lead Consultant, Borrowed Brain

Armed with a BA in Developmental Psychology from Bard College and an insatiable quest for knowledge, Carla Stough Huffman has served as a trainer, coach, certified external observer in YPQI and Advisor/Endorser/Instructor of the NYS SAC Credential. She has been working with youth... Read More →

Thursday April 30, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
Governor Ballroom E Governor Ballroom E

Session

Empower Youth Success 2026

Claire Comtois

Carla Stough Huffman

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