Sauk County Extension Educator, Amanda Coorough, is inviting area farm community members to participate in a new pilot of the WeCOPE program series for agricultural community audiences.
Thanks to a grant from the USDA through a partnership with DATCP, Sauk County has adapted WeCOPE so that it resonates with men and women in farming and agribusiness.
The pilot sessions are taught over seven weeks. WeCOPE promotes positive emotional skills for farmers and ag professionals. You will explore eleven emotional skills and practice ways to improve your emotional and physical well-being while decreasing the negative feelings and emotions connected to stress.
The farm-focused version of WeCOPE originated through a partnership with Dr. John Shutske, director of the UW Center for Agricultural Safety and Health along with DATCP’s Farm Center that works on farmer stress and financial and physical health and well-being.
“Often, programs focus on telling farmers they ‘have’ stress. Farmers know that. WeCOPE instead focuses on high-impact, proactive skills we know that measurably improve one’s sense of well-being while improving all aspects of health,” Shutske explains. “A person with less stress and more positive emotions can also more effectively operate and make decisions for success when times are challenging.”
This series meets once a week for one hour..
These FREE sessions will be on Tuesday afternoons via live zoom, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5, and 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and in-person on Thursdays, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, April 1, 7, and 14 from 7 to 8 p.m.
See more information and register: https://forms.gle/5yjJJ4GVLPKEVCKN7
Or call the Sauk County Extension office: (608) 355-3250
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