Trauma-Responsive and Resilience-Building Practices for Educators provides an overview on the neurobiology of trauma, the impact of toxic stress on a child and adult and introduces the science of resilience and neuroplasticity. Participants will walk away understanding the difference between a challenging behavior and trauma trigger. The training will guide educators working with children to understand trauma as well as its impact on young children’s brains, behavior, learning, and development.
The training introduces a range of trauma-responsive and resilience building practices they can use in their education programs to create strength-based environments that support children and adult’s health, healing, and resiliency. Participants will dive deeper in exploring how to observe children using the trauma-responsive observation checklist. They learn to observe themselves and their unconscious reactions using the adult trigger checklist.
Finally, they will gain the practical experience of writing individualized trauma-responsive support plans that will help young children with histories of trauma build resilience and rewire their bodies to feel safe and secure in the classroom environment.
Several strategies will be explored for strengthening or building self-regulation and grounding in times of stress. This training takes participants on a journey to the center of themselves (sometimes we call it getting a Ph.D. in you!). Several self-care strategies and tools will be introduced for adults.