At the Center For Healing and Justice Through Sport, we believe that underneath the fun and camaraderie, sport can be used as a vehicle to provide creative and accessible solutions to some of society's biggest issues — and there’s research to prove it.
The Center for Healing and Justice through Sport (CHJS) is a national nonprofit organization working to ensure that more young people have access to sport experiences that are youth-centered, healing-centered, inclusive, and work to address issues of systemic injustice.
Our mission is to make sport healing for all youth, everywhere, through training, consulting, and movement building.
We believe that healing is a right for all. And through the wide appeal and accessibility of sport, we’ve found it is the ideal environment for healing-centered and justice-oriented philosophies. This work changes the lives of not only participating athletes, but their families, their communities, and the world at large.
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Our work is backed by neuroscience research showing that sport—the activity that has brought humans entertainment and joy for thousands of years— has both a physiological and psychological healing effect. CHJS brings trauma-informed coaching to youth through our accessible programs and services. By bringing together the knowledge and influence of sports experts, psychologists, scientists, and strategists, CHJS equips coaches with simple, practical skills and knowledge about the brain which are proven to have a therapeutic impact on athletes, students, and participants.
Through our dynamic partnership with The Neurosequential Network and NM- Sport, known for their field leading model in education, our innovative programs and initiatives are integrating sport into the healthy therapeutic web of children youth and families to help individuals and programs who believe in a new vision for sport, one centered around healing and justice.
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READ: 2023 WSF Report The Healing Power of Sport: COVID-19 and Girls’ Participation, Health, and Achievement The Healing Power of Sport: COVID-19 and Girls’ Participation, Health, and Achievement is one of the first studies to examine ways in which sports participation among girls was impacted…
Read MoreThe Neurosequential Model© is a developmentally-informed, biologically-respectful approach to caregiving, education and therapeutics that draws on core concepts from many disciplines including the neurosciences, anthropology, developmental psychology and sociology. The Neurosequential Model of Sport© (NM-Sport) is an adaptation of this model to be used by…
Read MoreThe Center for Healing and Justice through Sport (CHJS) will host free, trauma-informed sport trainings for coaches, youth program providers, teachers, and anyone that wants to learn how sport can uniquely contribute to the mental and emotional well-being of Chicago’s youth. Sport is drastically underutilized…
Read MoreWho’s CHJS? Check this quick video. Check out this video made in partnership with Nike and Chicago Parks and Rec, highlighting our mission to create more healing-centered sport experiences for all.
Read MoreThe need for coaches who can facilitate sport in a way that creates safety and
encourages necessary open dialogue about the challenges our communities face is urgent!
Learn more about this special opportunity for coaches, youth development professionals, and other related practitioners!
Read MoreCoaching Girls Guide This Guide Is Designed To Serve Program Leaders And Coaches Working To Recruit And Retain Girls (And Girl-Identifying Young People, Especially Those Most Likely To Be Excluded From Sport). Download it today! Descargar en Español
Read MoreLISTEN: Education Suspended, Featuring Megan Bartlett From the Education Suspended website: “Today we connect with our friend Megan Bartlett, who is truly trying to change the game for our student athletes. Megan highlights why sports are so important and the power that comes when…
Read MoreLISTEN: Global Sport Matters Podcast, Featuring Megan Bartlett, Ethan Barron, and Dr. Bruce Perry Our Founder, Megan Bartlett, Head Track and Field Coach at Williams College, Ethan Barron, and our partner and renowned Child Trauma Expert, Dr. Bruce Perry, talk about what is trauma-informed…
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