Rooted in Care: Natural Hair Workshop for Caregivers

Rooted in Care is a trauma-informed, hands-on natural hair workshop created for caregivers, families, and youth-serving professionals who support children and young adults with coily, curly, or wavy hair.

This session teaches the foundations of natural hair care through culturally rooted education, safe grooming practices, and beginner-friendly demonstrations. Participants will learn wash day routines, detangling techniques, moisture layering, product selection, protective style basics, and how to support youth identity through affirming hair care.

The workshop is designed to be gentle, accessible, and welcoming to complete beginners. Whether you are a parent, foster parent, adoptive parent, caseworker, family member, mentor, or professional, this session provides the confidence and clarity needed to support textured hair with dignity and care.

Each participant receives a learning packet, affirmation card, and certificate of completion.

• Trauma-informed grooming
• Identity-affirming language & cultural care
• Wash day basics & how to build an easy routine
• Moisture layering + product selection
• Gentle, pain-reducing detangling techniques
• Understanding porosity, density & curl patterns
• Protective style foundations for caregivers
• Scalp care, nighttime care & maintenance
• Building hair routines that work for busy families

This workshop is open to:

• All parents & caregivers
• Foster parents
• Adoptive parents
• Kinship caregivers
• Guardians & mentors
• Caseworkers & youth-serving professionals
• Teachers, counselors & advocates
• Anyone supporting a child or young adult with textured hair

No experience needed — this workshop is designed for true beginners.

• Trauma-informed, beginner-friendly instruction
• Hands-on demonstrations using mannequin heads
• Gentle curl education for all textures and lengths
• Culturally affirming approach to identity & care
• Real tools and products used during the workshop
• Printed learning packet + certificate of completion
• Supportive environment for asking questions
• Certificate of completion included

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