Prague Deep Dive Workshop
Stories, Brain Science, and AI: A New Blueprint for Student Wellbeing
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Workshop Description
This immersive workshop gives international school counselors a hands-on exploration of the Creative Coping Toolkit (CCT) — a film-driven, evidence-based mental and behavioral health education program used in 90 countries and available in every spoken language . Together we’ll examine how story, brain science, and practical tools can strengthen student resilience, belonging, and help-seeking behavior across culturally diverse communities.
Participants will explore chapters from Angst, LIKE, The Upstanders, and Race to Be Human, and learn how counselors and educators around the
world use them to spark conversations about anxiety, digital citizenship, bullying, empathy, race, and identity. We’ll unpack guided activities, classroom discussion strategies, and simple brain-based techniques students can use to regulate in the moment — even in multilingual or transient school environments.
The session will also introduce GiGi, an ethical AI mental health education coach that supports parents, and educators with science-based guidance and connects users to school and local resources. We’ll discuss implementation across K–12, best practices for global campuses, and insights from recent multi-state pilot data on engagement and impact .
Attendees will leave with:
- practical tools for classroom, small-group, and family engagement
- cross-cultural strategies for building belonging and psychological safety
- ready-to-use activities from the Creative Coping Toolkit
- ways to integrate AI responsibly into student wellbeing systems
- implementation pathways used by districts, states, and ministries of education
This session is interactive, hopeful, and grounded in what schools worldwide are doing right now to support mental health at scale.
This program saves lies. Storytelling reaches people in ways curriculum can’t. It moves them to talk, heal and change together.
About this Deep Dive Speaker
Scilla Andreen is an award-winning filmmaker, mental health advocate, and CEO of Impactful Networks. She specializes in film-driven, evidence-based mental health education that helps students, families, and educators build resilience, connection, and emotional literacy. She created the Creative Coping Toolkit (CCT), a science-grounded program now used in schools and communities across the U.S. and internationally.
Her films—Angst, LIKE, The Upstanders, and Race to Be Human—have been screened in 36 countries, opening conversations around anxiety, digital health, bullying, and belonging. Scilla has presented at national and international events including NSBA, NAMI, and the Mental Health Coalition, and is known for translating complex brain science into practical tools people can use right away.
She is also the founder of GiGi, an ethical AI mental health education coach that is multicultural, multilingual, and designed to expand access to emotional health support for youth and families. Scilla’s work centers on storytelling as a catalyst for understanding, healing, and hope.
