Vote for CHJS to win most innovative services in Chicago. Chicago, IL— Out of 344 nominees, CHJS has been selected as one of the Top 100 Finalists still in the running for the 22nd annual Chicago Innovation Awards. The awards celebrate the most innovative new…

Read our joint statement with co-organizers of the 2023 Equality Summit. Near the Women’s World Cup finale, CHJS-Australia and several organizations hosted the Equality Summit, an inspiring and celebratory event to promote equality in sport. Panels and workshops with some of the greatest minds and…

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Each quarter, CHJS hosts a free training on the foundations of our content, healing-centered sport and brain-based coaching. This interactive training session is created for coaches and parents who are new to the healing-centered sport world. Attendees will walk away with…

The 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!

The 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…

The 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…

The 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!