Lexi Koster

Clinical Trauma Specialist - Child Life specialist

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Credentials

• BScH in Biology from Queen's University
• Research interests in sexual health, PTSD and the brain, and the ​epigenetic inheritance of trauma
  
• Child Life Specialist from the University of California, Santa Barbara
  
• Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist & Somatic Experiencing ​Practitioner from the Arizona Trauma Institute
• Worked as a Sexual Violence Prevention Educator at Queen's ​University for 3 years
• Developed and facilitated workshops for students
  
• Created awareness campaigns
• Certificate in Human Rights Law at Cambridge University focusing in ​women & children's rights
  
• Became a trained professional in working with people affected by ​human trafficking (Government of Canada)
  
• Volunteered at a sexual violence crisis hotline, supporting survivors one-​on-one

Lexi currently speaks internationally on Sexual Violence Prevention & ​Trauma Healing through Somatics. She is also completing her MSc in Infant ​Mental Health with a focus on early life trauma and mental health ​outcomes.

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My Body is Mine: Exploring Body Safety (Early Years - Ages 5-12)

This workshop helps students apply their knowledge of consent to real-life scenarios and ​expand their understanding beyond traditional curriculum. What we will cover: consent, body ​bubbles, boundaries, secrets v. surprises, reaching out for support, standing up for others. ​*Often paired with the Child Sexual Abuse workshop for parents*

R*pe Culture: A Survivor’s Perspective (Teens - Ages 13-18)

This workshop empowers audiences to challenge harmful myths & misconceptions around ​sexual violence using compelling research and scientific evidence that shifts the way we think ​about sexual violence, trauma & social responsibility.

Sexual Violence in the Digital Age (Teens - Ages 13-18)

This workshop highlights the risks of sexual exploitation through the online world, teaching ​students the importance of privacy and giving them the tools to identify risky scenarios.

University Preparation: Sexual Violence Prevention (For Grade 12 only)

It is no secret that campus sexual violence is an ever-growing issue. This workshop gives ​students an understanding of campus sexual violence, strategies to prevent it, and tools to ​support peers who may experience it. Students will be invited to work through interactive case ​studies and apply their knowledge to plausible scenarios they might find themselves in at ​university. *Often paired with the Raising Consent workshop for parents*

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention (for parents of younger children & preteens)

This workshop helps parents find the words to talk to their kids about consent, body safety, ​and appropriate vs. inappropriate behaviour. We will also explore evidence-based prevention ​mechanisms and how to support a child who has experienced CSA. *Often paired with the My ​Body is Mine: Exploring Body Safety workshop for kids*

Raising Consent (for parents of grade 12 students)

This workshop equips parents with the tools & knowledge to facilitate a safe transition to ​campus life and foster open dialogues with teens about sexual violence prevention & ​response. *Often paired with the University Preparation workshop for students*

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention for Youth-Serving Organizations, Faculty & Staff

This workshop provides an in-depth understanding of the conditions and behaviours which ​keep child sexual abuse a pervasive issue, ways to minimize its occurrence & how to support a ​child’s disclosure.

Sexual Violence Prevention & Response

This workshop mobilizes students to be part of the solution and foster a culture of community ​care around sexual violence prevention and responding to disclosures. Program highlights: the ​context of sexual violence on college/university campuses, dismantling rape culture, busting ​myths around sexual violence, the effects of sexual violence on survivors, consent (including ​navigating sex when alcohol and drugs are involved), safe and effective bystander intervention ​strategies, community responsibility, compassionate responses to disclosures of sexual ​violence, and supporting survivors on their healing journeys.

Pain to Passion

Adversity changes us. It strengthens us and teaches us lessons we never would have learned ​otherwise. Struggle, failure, and adversity provide us with opportunities to pave new paths or ​venture down old ones, wiser and braver than we were before. Lexi’s story as a survivor of ​sexual abuse inspires diverse audiences to create second chances for themselves. To use their ​pain for passion, progress, and connection. And to free themselves from the self-blame, ​shame, and fear holding them back from greatness.

Bystander Intervention: A Community Care Approach to Workplace Sexual Violence

This workshop uses the principles of bystander intervention to create cooperative, ​compassionate workplaces where folks takes personal responsibility for the safety and ​wellbeing of others. We will explore appropriate vs. inappropriate conduct, strategies to ​dismantle risky situations through trauma-informed care, and create a plan for what ​community care will look like in your organization.

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