Target Audience: All PK-12 educators, SU/school leaders, mental health professionals and support faculty.
Many students today arrive at school with unprecedented adversity due to high rates of traumatic stress, the current pandemic, social isolation, and inequities. Oftentimes, our traditional methods of relationship building, discipline, and instruction are falling short for these students, leaving educators strained, frustrated, and self-doubting. In this workshop series, we will study the harmful effects of trauma on students and on the workforce, the premises for trauma-informed practices, and the core capacities necessary to successfully address posttraumatic stress. Finally, we study the central components for building resilience, first for the workforce and then for students.
Through a mix of lecture, dialogic learning, video and role plays, and case consultations, participants will:
· study the central role of mindset and its impact on our choice of intervention, strategy, and technique.
· examine our own beliefs and biases as the driving force of our actions with students.
· analyze how stress can be both a generative and positive influence on our lives and a destructive and harmful one.
· learn the core capacities necessary to be more successful with students.
Workshop dates are 10/20 and 11/17. Participants must attend both days. You will receive the Zoom link in a confirmation email a few days before the workshop.
We must receive a payment or a purchase order from you prior to the workshop in order to give you access.