Children and educators today are facing more trauma in their lives than ever before - and it's affecting academic outcomes, social-emotional learning, and the way we experience education across the board. Implementing the tenets of trauma-informed care in your school offers your entire school community - including families, teachers, support staff, and of course students - a positive and affirming experience that acknowledges existing traumas, minimizes re-traumatization in the school setting, and builds resiliency. 

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The training is a mix of information presentation and active learning/discussion, including opportunities for individuals to reflect on their own teaching practice and incorporate key learning for immediate implementation. Topics covered include:
 

• Trauma Basics

  • Definitions, ACES, statistics, signs & symptoms, risk & protective factors by age/developmental level
     

• Types of Trauma

  • Including Racial, Refugee, COVID-19/pandemic, Abuse/Neglect, Bullying and others (individual topics can be fully customized!)
     

• Why Trauma-Informed Schools?

  • Including how schools can unintentionally create trauma for students & teachers through curriculum & policy
     

• What is a Trauma-Informed School?

  • Including the 6 tenets of TI care, 10 Essential Elements, and the TI Schools Framework
     

• Supportive Strategies

  • Strategies teachers can implement to incorporate trauma-informed practice and minimize challenging/aggressive student behaviors
     

• Secondary Traumatic Stress & Self-Care

  • What is STS/"compassion fatigue?" How can we protect educators from this very real threat?

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This training can be customized in length from 90 minutes to a full day, depending on the depth of learning and strategies covered. Additional, year-long follow-up professional development ("in-services") are also available for some or all educators on your team. 

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Sample slides from this training: