Becoming a Trauma-informed educator

In this episode I speak about becoming a trauma-informed educator. More than ever, teachers, principals, district leaders, coaches and staff members must become attuned to the understanding of trauma and how it relates to behavior, actions and attitudes of students and of other adults in any given learning community.
I discuss some of the findings of my work and what I have been teaching in my courses over the past few years. This list of mental health professionals who I have referred to is brief for the purposes of keeping this first episode concise, but there are many wonderful resources in the field.
Levine, P. (1997) Waking the Tiger: The Innate capacity to heal from trauma. retrieved from: https://www.worldcat.org/title/waking-the-tiger-healing-trauma-the-innate-capacity-to-transform-overwhelming-experiences/oclc/36201037
Minahan, J. (2019), The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom, Educational Leadership, 77 (2) 30-35.
Van de Kolk, B. (2014) The Body Keeps the Score, Penguin, NY
https://anchor.fm/behaviorbabe/episodes/Jessica-Minahan-on-Treating-Anxiety--Trauma-in-Public-Schools-e94kbi
retrieved from: https://www.worldcat.org/title/waking-the-tiger-healing-trauma-the-innate-capacity-to-transform-overwhelming-experiences/oclc/36201037