Participants will gain an introduction understanding of how childhood trauma effects the classroom. Strategies for helping teachers to create a supportive working community will be shared.

Based on the 10 steps to trauma informed resilient schools, we will explore the link between private logic and behavior. Participants will leave with strategies to use when student’s universal needs aren’t being met.

Target Audience: Teachers, Admins, Social Workers, Psychologists, Counselors This course teaches school professionals how to create trauma-informed schools and classrooms. The training focuses on resilience, exploring the core values and beliefs of educators and placing an emphasis on understanding how trauma impacts children and their school experience. 

This session will allow building teams to create a relationship focused building-wide matrix for the first 3 days of school.

Target Audience: 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 8th Grade Teachers and Administrators This 2-hour virtual session for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 8th-grade teachers and administratos will provide an update on the Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum (MC3).  This free, model curriculum based on Michigan's social studies standards was revised and updated to align with the C3 framework (2013) and the new Michigan Social Studies Standards (2019).

Participants will gain a better understanding of the different types of trauma that immigrants and refugees often experience both before and after resettling in the United States, and recognize signs and symptoms of trauma. Suggestions for helping English Learners cope with adverse experiences through asset based thinking and social emotional support will be shared and examined.

Ideas for how to create rituals & routines to help with classroom management & organization will be shared.

Target Audience:  High School Social Studies Teachers and Administrators This full day workshop will introduce and explore a curriculum to bring Action Civics to the secondary social studies classroom. The Issues to Action curriculum is a comprehensive step-by-step guide that puts youth in the helm of leading the charge they hope to see and gaining critical skills along the way.

This course will focus on supporting all staff with an emphasis on a lifestyle of mental wellness, self-care strategies, and positive activities to incorporate into your daily practices at school and at home. We will provide concrete strategies to do for yourself and other to promote overall wellbeing and job satisfaction.

This training is for those interested in diving deeper into self and co-regulation, including the mind and body connection. Emphasis will be on ways to remain calm and alert, ultimately supporting our ability to effectively respond and not react to strong emotions and stressors.

Participants will gain an introduction understanding of how childhood trauma effects the classroom. Strategies for helping teachers to create a supportive working community will be shared.

Review Circle of Courage Overview

Participants will gain an understanding of how trauma impacts school attendance. Strategies for helping all staff increase regular attendance rates will be shared.

This session will provide classroom teachers with tools to proactively create a culture of emotional safety and belonging and develop a toolbox of reactive strategies when a student becomes dysregulated.

This training is for those interested in diving deeper into self and co-regulation, including the mind and body connection. Emphasis will be on ways to remain calm and alert, ultimately supporting our ability to effectively respond and not react to strong emotions and stressors.