aha! Process Podcasts

Kevin Store, executive director of Portage Health Foundation in Hancock, Michigan, discuss the difference Getting Ahead has made in the lives of people in this Bridges community.

Poverty Series–Part IV Campuswide Interventions That Improve Student Achievement by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

Poverty Series–Part III Working with Students from Poverty: Discipline by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

Poverty Series–Part II Building Learning Structures Inside the Head by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

Poverty Series–Part I Understanding and Working with Students and Adults from Poverty by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

Will teaching ever be worth it? Bad news first: Teachers, especially new teachers, are often undervalued, underequipped, and unprepared for the reality of high-poverty classrooms. The result is frustration, fear, and a loss of idealism and enthusiasm, fatal flaws for someone facing 30 fourth-graders and a besieged principal every day. Hopelessness can set in fast. But before you quit, realize this: Not only can you survive, you can experience the joy and satisfaction you expected when you first decided to teach. Besides, your students need you. Bestselling author Ruby Payne, Ph.D. was once where you are now. Her insights and solutions are at once personal and professional, and they will help guide you to the knowledge, resources, and mindset you need to create a future story of success and satisfaction.

It takes more than financial resources to get out of poverty. An excerpt from Chapter 1 of the fifth edition of Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities by Ruby Payne, Phil DeVol, and Terie Dreussi-Smith, with Eugene Krebs.

Hear Tammie Heuck from Bridges of Sublette County in Wyoming discuss resource coaching in her community with aha! Process author and consultant Ruth Weirich.

Bridges Out of Poverty authors Ruby Payne, Phil DeVol, Terie Dreussi-Smith, and Gene Krebs discuss the fifth edition of the book. They are joined by aha! Process consultants Kate Daneker, Ruth Weirich, Nicole Baptiste, and Mike Saccocio, along with Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World facilitator Jesse Quintana.

Phil DeVol, Tosin Adeyemo, and Lorraine Kelly talk about the experience of immigration and participating in Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World groups.

Carla Hubbard's songs for Emotional Poverty

Phil DeVol talks with aha! Process consultant Quinton Askew about how Bridges Out of Poverty partners with county government.

Ruby Payne and O. Raye Adkins discuss representation and diversity in language arts and on state education assessments.

Ruby Payne shares strategies for teachers to raise student achievement in the classroom and on standardized state assessments.

Ruby Payne shares strategies for teachers to raise student achievement in the classroom and on standardized state assessments.

Ruby Payne shares strategies for teachers to raise student achievement in the classroom and on standardized state assessments.

Ruby Payne shares strategies for teachers to raise student achievement in the classroom and on standardized state assessments.

Ruby Payne shares strategies for teachers to raise student achievement in the classroom and on standardized state assessments.

Ruby Payne shares strategies for teachers to raise student achievement in the classroom and on standardized state assessments.

Ruby Payne shares strategies for teachers to raise student achievement in the classroom and on standardized state assessments.

Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D. conducts an interview with Dr. Leticia Vargas, a medical doctor, on the resources of Hispanics.

Ruby Payne gives an overview of the information in her book Emotional Poverty, Volume 2: Safer Students and Less-Stressed Teachers.

Ruby Payne reads the Introduction from her book Emotional Poverty, Volume 2. Purchase the entire audiobook at ahaprocess.com

Dr. Ruby K. Payne talks to aha! Process consultants Ruben Perez, Dr. Chestin Auzenne-Curl, and Michael Curl about addressing racial questions and issues at school.

Breathing Deeply by Poverty solutions from aha! Process

Regulation by Poverty solutions from aha! Process

Stop and Think by Poverty solutions from aha! Process

Address Trauma. Strengthen Resilience. Facilitators and participants in Getting Ahead initiatives share a common language. However, the steady rise in sources of unaddressed trauma in childhood—from parental substance abuse and domestic violence to systemic barriers experienced by marginalized groups and the heightened inequities of a global pandemic—creates a new urgency and imperative. We must integrate trauma science and trauma-informed language into our Getting Ahead curricula to help participants heal from trauma and build resilience, both personally and in their communities. Getting Ahead ACEs and PACEs Supplement: Addressing Trauma Through Building Trust and Resilience affirms the conclusions of international public health experts: Unaddressed trauma is a public health crisis, and peer support groups are fundamental to healing individuals and communities. ACEs stands for adverse childhood experiences, referring to traumatic events that occur before age 18. Together with Getting Ahead and Bridges champions, local and state ACEs coalitions are building a leadership pipeline to bring trauma-informed voices to the table. With their transformational fuel, communities co-create tools and strategies that support healing and resilience for all. This supplement makes the case for rising to this urgent challenge and lays the ground- work for Getting Ahead facilitators to: • Recognize and share the ever-growing body of trauma science • Incorporate trauma-informed language and practices into Getting Ahead • Help build trust, resilience, and positive social connections among participants • Identify resources, assets, and policies that support trauma awareness and response Adrienne B. Elder holds a Master of Public Health degree with specific training as a Certified Health Education Specialist, a national Bridges Out of Poverty trainer, and a certified Getting Ahead program facilitator. She serves on the National Trauma Campaign Core Team and in the ACEs Connection Speakers & Trainers Bureau to help community coalitions become trauma-informed. Philip E. DeVol is an international consultant, coauthor of Bridges Out of Poverty, and author of Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World, among many other publications. Bridges and Getting Ahead initiatives are in use in hundreds of U.S. communities and many others around the world.

This webinar provides an overview of the McKinney-Vento rights and ongoing struggles of homeless youth. Kim Ellis, an aha! consultant and career educator, talks about her work with the homeless in Waco, TX.

An excerpt from Chapter 1 of Bridges Across Every Divide by Gene Krebs and Phil DeVol

Ruby Payne interviews Gary Eagleton and Angelina Hudson about mental health during COVID-19.

Recorded April 2, 2020 A diverse group of young leaders in western Minnesota is working together to address food insecurity in their community through an innovative “one for one” initiative. Utilizing Bridges concepts, MNyou Youth Garden is creatively finding ways to dismantle barriers to living a healthy lifestyle by putting fresh food on the plates of those in need. In this webinar, participants will see the principles of Getting Ahead and Bridges Out of Poverty in action.

Christina Fulsom, Founder and Network Weaver, East Texas Human Needs Network Mike Simon, Community Impact Specialist, Simon Solutions Learn new and exciting ways to maximize the effectiveness of the Bridges movement in your community. Discover how innovative technology and collective impact strategies are advancing a more comprehensive and holistic approach to transforming people's lives.

Financial literacy is a critical component of success in life. Learn how Money & ME was strategically written for people who are in survival mode and living paycheck to paycheck. This system includes workbooks and kits, technology, and training for organizations who are inspired to help low-income people take control of their money and their lives.

Use the Bridges to Healthcare and What Every Church Member Should Know About Poverty models to better equip faith based leaders by helping them understand and elevate the level of care for their members. Understanding socio-economic status from the pews can serve as a prevention strategy as well as a proactive approach for barrier elimination in the event that people have a hospital encounter.

Presented by Gene Krebs and Phil DeVol, authors of Bridges Across Every Divide.

Bridges Out of Poverty and the local church are a perfect match. The church represents the largest volunteer force on the planet, and Bridges Out of Poverty gives churches a practical tool that helps inform their understanding of poverty and ultimately reframe their volunteer work with the poor beyond simple charity and short-term fixes. Significant Matters and its Missions 3.0 Framework help churches rethink and reframe the way they do missions. Through workshops, peer learning communities, and SATtalks connecting churches to a network of peers, partners, and resources, Significant Matters is committed to more effective missions. Bridges Out of Poverty and Missions 3.0 are finding synergy as they begin to partner together.

Joanna Loomis and Aaron Naklick discuss Race Against Poverty, a fund-raising fun run.

Ruby Payne discusses how to address emotional poverty and build emotional wealth in your students.

Kelly Mays discusses implementing Getting Ahead in a Just -Gettin'-By-World in a rural, small-town setting.

Coauthor Ellen Williams discusses the book and workshop Removing the Mask: How to Identify and Develop Giftedness in Students from Poverty.

Authors Phil DeVol and Gene Krebs continue their talk on using their book Bridges Across Every Divide to make policy changes that reduce poverty.

Authors Phil DeVol and Gene Krebs talk about how to use their book Bridges Across Every Divide to make policy changes that reduce poverty.

Ruby Payne's foundational work, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, has been updated with three all-new chapters. This chapter on the parents of children in poverty and understanding where they're coming from contains helpful insights and strategies for teachers.

Ruby Payne gives an overview of her book Emotional Poverty.

Ruby Payne discusses neighborhood effects on secondary students.

Treasure McKenzie and Sherry Sides discuss the impact of having a lawyer available to Getting Ahead participants and others in the Bridges Out of Poverty community of practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

A short excerpt from the Emotional Poverty audiobook, which is read by the author, Ruby Payne.

Carrie Arnold shares how an Employer Resource Network can alleviate many of the stresses outside of work that keep employees from achieving full productivity.

aha! Process consultant Mike Dames discusses how Bridges Out of Poverty and Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World dovetail with scriptural commandments to serve the poor.

Terry Brooks-Allen discusses how knowing the rules of proper etiquette can build bridges to funding sources and support for community initiatives.