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A 4–6 week learning series that strengthens regulation, reflection, and relational capacity in youth-serving professionals.

Overview

The Third Space Foundations is a short, structured learning series designed to help educators and youth-serving professionals build the internal and relational capacities that make humane, sustainable practice possible.

Rather than offering behavior-management techniques, this series focuses on strengthening the conditions that allow young people and adults to thrive: regulation, emotional fluency, shared accountability, and relational clarity. Participants develop practical tools for navigating stress, conflict, and complexity without defaulting to punishment, permissiveness, or burnout.

Each session blends reflection, applied strategy, and real-world case discussion so teams can immediately integrate learning into classrooms and community spaces.

What Participants Gain

• Stronger self-regulation and co-regulation skills

• Shared language for addressing tension and conflict

• Practical tools for repair and accountability

• Greater clarity around boundaries without domination

• Sustainable approaches that reduce adult burnout

Format

• 4–6 sessions (90 minutes each)

• Delivered virtually or in person

• Optional leadership consultation add-on

Ideal For

• School teams building relational culture

• Youth-serving nonprofits seeking shared practice

• Programs shifting away from compliance-driven models

Investment

• Series pricing begins at $3,500 (virtual)

• In-person series begins at $4,500

• Pricing adjusted based on size, customization, and travel

Topic-focused professional learning sessions that help educators apply relational, trauma-aware, and restorative practices to real classroom and program challenges.

Overview

Applied Third Space Workshops are designed for teams who want targeted, high-impact professional learning around specific challenges they are facing in classrooms or community spaces.

Each workshop translates relational and trauma-aware frameworks into concrete strategies educators can use immediately. Sessions center real-world scenarios—stress, conflict, identity-based harm, dysregulation, and burnout—and offer structured tools for navigating them with clarity, care, and accountability.

Workshops are interactive, reflective, and practice-based. Participants leave with shared language, aligned expectations, and tools that strengthen regulation, connection, and sustainable culture.

Sample Topics

• Strengthening Regulation & Co-Regulation in High-Stress Classrooms

• Moving Beyond Compliance: Boundaries with Care

• Repair After Rupture: Accountability Without Shame

• Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth & Identity-Affirming Practice

• Preventing Burnout Through Relational Leadership

• Building Classrooms Rooted in Safety & Belonging

Custom topics available based on organizational needs.

Format

• 90-minute workshop

• Half-day training

• Full-day professional development

• Multi-workshop series

Delivered virtually or in person.

Ideal For

• K–12 schools and districts

• After-school and youth programs

• Youth-serving nonprofits

• Leadership teams seeking alignment and culture shift

Investment

• 90-minute session: $900–$1,200

• Half-day training: $1,800–$2,500

• Full-day professional development: $2,800–$4,000

Multi-session engagements priced by scope. Travel outside the Bay Area may include additional fees.

Short, optional workshops that reinforce relational SEL language and practices aligned with school- or program-based learning.

Overview

Family & Community Learning Sessions extend relational practices beyond classrooms and into homes and community spaces. These workshops are designed to help caregivers and community members understand and apply the shared language and core capacities being introduced through school-based learning.

Rather than offering parenting advice or behavior strategies, these sessions focus on strengthening regulation, connection, and repair in everyday moments. Participants gain accessible tools that support young people’s emotional development while honoring caregiver wisdom, cultural context, and lived experience.

These sessions help build consistency across environments—so young people experience alignment, not contradiction, between school and home.

What Participants Gain

• Shared language for regulation and emotional fluency

• Practical tools for navigating stress and conflict

• Approaches to boundaries and accountability grounded in care

• Greater confidence supporting young people’s wellbeing

• Connection with other caregivers and community members

Format

• 60–90 minute evening or weekend workshop

• In-person or virtual

• Can be offered as a single session or short series

• Optional interpretation/translation collaboration

Ideal For

• Schools integrating SEL frameworks

• After-school programs

• Youth-serving nonprofits

• Community-based organizations

Investment

• Single session: $800–$1,200

• Series (3 sessions): $2,200–$3,000

Pricing adjusted based on size, customization, and language support needs.

Custom-fit SEL facilitation for students, offered as one-time sessions or short series that bring relational, trauma-aware practice to life.

Overview

Third Space Learning Labs bring the framework directly into student spaces through facilitated sessions tailored to the developmental and cultural needs of each group.

Rather than focusing narrowly on behavior or classroom management, Learning Labs support students in building intrapersonal awareness (self-understanding and emotional fluency), interpersonal skills (connection, boundaries, and repair), and shared norms that strengthen community.

Topics are responsive and context-driven. Recent and sample themes include:

• Body image and self-worth

• Emotional literacy and regulation

• Identity, belonging, and peer dynamics

• Conflict, boundaries, and repair

• Media literacy and social comparison

• Stress and coping in high-pressure environments

Each lab blends reflection, dialogue, structured activities, and practical tools that students can use immediately in school and daily life.

What Students Experience

• Language for understanding their internal world

• Skills for navigating relationships and social pressure

• Opportunities for voice, reflection, and meaning-making

• Tools for grounding, perspective-taking, and repair

What Staff Gain

• Live modeling of relational facilitation

• Insight into student experience and developmental needs

• Concrete practices that can be integrated into classroom routines

Format

• Single 60–90 minute session

• Half-day or full-day grade-level engagement

• Short series (3–8 sessions)

• In-person preferred; virtual available

Investment

• Single session: $700–$1,000

• Half-day student engagement: $1,600–$2,500

• Short series (3–8 sessions): $3,000–$8,000, depending on scope

Custom pricing for multi-grade or school-wide partnerships.

Establish consistent SEL language across classrooms, families, and programs to reinforce learning and strengthen community norms.

Overview

Shared Language & Practice supports schools and youth-serving organizations in aligning around a consistent, relational SEL vocabulary and set of daily practices.

This work is most effective after teams have participated in The Third Space Foundations series. Shared language only becomes meaningful when educators have a common understanding of the framework and its core capacities. Without that grounding, vocabulary risks becoming surface-level rather than transformative.

When rooted in shared orientation, this offering helps teams move from individual implementation to systemic coherence—so students encounter regulation, reflection, relationship, and repair consistently across classrooms and community spaces.

What This Work Includes

• Refining and aligning core SEL capacities

• Developing shared language for regulation, boundaries, and accountability

• Integrating relational practices into existing routines

• Creating reference tools that reflect the community’s context

• Optional family-facing alignment sessions

The goal is not to add another initiative, but to strengthen coherence across environments.

Format

• Typically follows The Third Space Foundations series

• 4–8 week alignment project

• Staff sessions + leadership consultation

• Optional follow-up coaching

Investment

• Alignment project begins at $5,000

• Larger or multi-site implementation priced by scope

An ongoing partnership that helps teams translate training into consistent, embodied daily practice through reflection, problem-solving, and integration over time.

Overview

Ongoing Coaching & Implementation Support is designed for schools and youth-serving organizations that have already engaged with the Third Space framework and are ready to move from initial learning into sustained cultural practice.

Lasting change does not happen through workshops alone. It requires structured reflection, real-time case consultation, and ongoing alignment between values and daily decisions. This partnership supports teams in strengthening regulation, relational leadership, and repair practices as they navigate the complexities of real-world implementation.

Rather than introducing new initiatives, this work focuses on integrating relational practice into existing systems—discipline processes, staff meetings, family communication, and classroom routines.

What This Partnership Includes

• Monthly or biweekly coaching sessions for staff and/or leadership

• Case consultation grounded in real classroom or program challenges

• Support aligning policy and daily practice with relational principles

• Structured reflection to prevent burnout and drift

• Optional documentation and internal tool development

This offering is most effective after participation in The Third Space Foundations and/or Applied Workshops, ensuring shared language and orientation.

Ideal For

• Schools committed to long-term cultural alignment

• Leadership teams navigating complex change

• Programs seeking consistency across classrooms or sites

• Organizations ready to move beyond one-off professional development

Structure

• 6-month minimum engagement recommended

• Monthly retainer model

• In-person, virtual, or hybrid

Investment

• Monthly retainers begin at $1,800–$3,500, depending on scope and frequency

• Multi-site or district-level engagements priced by proposal