Beat the Odds® - Winter 2025-2026

Date & Time BTO Training: Friday, January 30, 2026 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Pacific Time (PT)  BTO Youth-Led Extension: Saturday, January 31, 2026 from 9:30 to 11:00 am Pacific Time (PT)  Instructor Ping Ho, MA, MPH Description Beat the Odds® (BTO) is an evidence-based, trauma-informed program that integrates the power of contemporary drum circles and group counseling to build core strengths such as focus and listening, team building, leadership, expressing feelings, managing anger/stress, empathy, kindness, and gratitude.   Our one-day, experiential online training covers all activities and key guidelines in the program, which offers positive affirmations, emotional coping strategies, and guided interaction with rhythmic activities in a collaborative, creative, and fun environment. Beat the Odds® can serve a whole classroom at a time as well as offer an effective tool for community building with staff and families. It can easily be adapted for any age group, and it is sustainably