Trauma Camp For Teachers

Before you are a Teacher, you are - and will always be - a Human Being. And Human Beings require Care. Period. Full-stop. The End. Okay, maybe not "the end"... but certainly our beginning of acknowledging the Care we need, and prioritizing it as an essential component of living and sustaining us in the work we love to do. In this episode, I share another powerful mini-training, walking you through the Four Tiers of Teacher Care. (And if you listen through to the end, you'll hear several personal examples of small tweaks that can manifest big changes over time!)   Meaningful Highlights from this Episode: How the experiences of Nourishment & Restoration are at the center of all human care The Four Tiers (or target areas) that can help us determine where we need care most Several personal examples of small tweaks that can lead to big changes over time  Want FREE access the full training video and download?  Visit: www.traumacamp.com/31  Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com  

A Social Story is something that helps us create a comprehensive narrative around significant and impactful experiences in our lives, and is especially helpful for those experiences that involve trauma, loss, change or confusion. And for kids... it means everything to have an adult sit down to help us make sense and make meaning of what is going on around us, or what has happened to us. **It's a tool that (if used as much as is needed) can literally can help us process through the emotional residue of a traumatic experience.** In this episode, you'll learn the 3-part formula for creating meaningful narratives around stressful events. AND, if you listen to the end, I share how you can make one with your entire class, too! Enjoy!   Meaningful Highlights from this Episode: Why we create Social Stories and Who they are for The 3-Part Formula for creating meaningful narratives around stressful experiences A nuanced perspective on how to navigate creating these around sensitive subjects.   Want FREE access the full training video and download?  Visit: www.traumacamp.com/30  Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

What do you do when a student discloses some sensitive information to you? How to you respond to the student *and* the situation effectively? In this episode, listen to another mini-training about how you can handle a student disclosure with care and compassion, the three steps that you can use to scaffold your response, and some nuanced considerations that will keep you headed on the right path.   Meaningful Highlights from this Episode: We always need to respond to the HUMAN first. The POTENTIAL in the moment of disclosure could have lifelong implications. No matter what, having to make a report can compromise SAFETY within the relationship. Keep that in mind as you handle with care and compassion.   Want FREE access the full training video and download?  Visit: www.traumacamp.com/29     Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Trust. Sometimes we adults take this bonding mechanism for granted. We assume it will occur naturally over the course of a relationship. Well, for kids who've experienced harm from the folks who are there to keep them safe, the idea of "trust" becomes infinitely more complicated. In this episode, I share with you a brief mini-training I did for my membership community a few years ago (it's now deceased - tear*), and it's all about how to build trust with distrustful students. Meaningful Highlights from this Episode: Trust takes time. Trust is earned. Trust is earned in our worst moments.  Want FREE access the full training video and download?  Visit: www.traumacamp.com/28   Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Here are some questions for you: What happens when we (the provider) are the ones in a traumatized state? What happens when a high-functioning individual finds themselves in a low-functioning, barely-keeping-their-head-above-water state? What happens when we go into a state of Collapse? Well, this episode is the bite-sized version of my experience climbing out of psychological collapse. When a human is in a state of "collapse," it means that their internal state is experiencing so much stress and overwhelm that their typical state of functioning essentially breaks down, significantly reducing their ability to "show up" and engage in their world. I popped into social media this week to share about my experience of this, and I hope it can be helpful to you! Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/27   Major Takeaways You Don't Want to Miss: We need to give ourselves permission to collapse and rest and recover when we need it. Healing takes time. It can't be forced or rushed. Just because we know about trauma doesn't mean we're immune to it.  Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com  

What if Violence were like a contagious disease? Well, according to our guest on this episode: It absolutely is. Dr. Gary Slutkin is the Founder and CEO of Cure Violence Global, which seeks to reduce violence globally using disease control and behavior change methods. His work has resulted in 40-70% reductions in violence in cities around the globe. Listen in to hear about his three-pronged approach to how we can treat - and cure - violence just like we would with a contagious disease.   Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/26   Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: "The greatest predictor of violence is exposure to a preceding event of violence." - Dr. Gary Slutkin While hate violence and terrorism are important forms of violence to track and treat, most violence currently occurs in homes towards children and communities between members. Learn about the 3-part approach that treats Violence, in a way similar to treating diseases like Covid-19, Cholera, AIDS, SARS, etc.

How many times have you been lectured on the importance of Self Care? And yet, how often do you struggle to actually integrate Self Care practices into your daily routine? In this episode, therapist and supervisor Misty Ryman helps us bridge that gap between the idea and the practice of self-care by introducing us to her approach of “Micro Self-Cares.” These small, relevant and meaningful shifts are what can make the long-term difference between buffering our sense of wellbeing or burning ourselves out.    Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: How the idea of big, grand plans for Self-Care can often fall short; and how small doses of intentional, meaningful change are what actually alter the course of our Wellbeing.   How the language we use toward ourselves can contribute to our sense of fatigue or failure, and how self-compassion is restorative in and of itself.   Tangible examples of how Micro Self-Cares can be woven into the fabric of your busy, bustling life!  Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/25 Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

It's pervasive... It's insidious... And it might be (if we're being honest here)... a compelling, even tempting self-narrative for many of us white folx . White Savior Complex (WSC) is alive and well, and it's a storyline that on the surface might appear to be helpful, but is actually deeply harmful to those it reaches.   In this episode, I speak with teacher-turned-PhD student, Ms. Duane, about WSC and the ways it manifests and impacts the students and families we serve.  She walks us through the 5 actionable ways that white educators can begin combating WSC in ourselves and why this is so very important.  Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: People of color don't want (or need) to be "saved." We - as their teacher or provider - cannot possibly be a better support than those individuals already within their community. “We should not want to save kids. If you are in this profession to save a child, you are in the wrong profession. We are here to support and love and advocate and facilitate and enrich… but we are not their saviors.” - Ms. Duane   Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/24   Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Listen to the second clip from Julia Rose's keynote presentation at the Trauma Informed Schools Institute, an annual conference hosted by Resilience Impact. Explore all seven stages of the newly revised Path of Progress and how it will walk you through the journey of becoming a trauma-informed teacher, and building trauma-informed classrooms and schools. Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: Identify the seven (7) stages of becoming "trauma-informed" and what each entails. Learn how the newest stage came into existence and why!

Listen to a clip from Julia Rose's keynote presentation at the Trauma Informed Schools Institute, an annual conference hosted by Resilience Impact. Explore how our current climate is akin to enduring an avalanche, and learn the four steps for climbing out of it.   Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: Identify the avalanche metaphor and how it applies to our current situation. Learn the four (4) ways to climb out of an avalanche.   Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/22   Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

[2020 ELECTION EDITION] In this episode, we explore the levels of stress present in individuals and communities across the country as we approach the 2020 election. Walk through the four stress-responses, how they are manifesting individually and communally across the nation, and how to track these within yourself. Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: - Learn about the four (4) stress-responses: Flock, Freeze, Flight and Fight - Explore examples of how it’s presenting in individual people and communities across the United States - Identify your own stress-responses right now and reflect on how you’d like to use your own stress-responses (instead of it using you)! EPISODE WEB-PAGE: www.traumacamp.com/21 Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

ATTENTION FOLKS: I get a little personal in this one! Having been cracked wide open by this last year, I share some personal reflections on how I've been showing up (or not showing up) in 2020, what has kept me stuck in hiding, and what is moving me through it.   Take a listen as we explore a new vision of what being a "professional" looks like, and what it would mean to show up as the full and fallible people that we are. Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/20

How do we effectively teach students when many of our children, their parents and the teachers themselves are in active states of crisis? What forms of education are essential and what types are actually arbitrary at a time when children and families are experiencing varying degrees of threat?   In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr. Barbara Stroud is here to share insights and ideas with teachers for how to re-imagine education in this time of global crisis. It’s time to repurpose the One Room Schoolhouse for a digital world, and adapt our learning time to the crucially needed social-emotional supports and experiential learning our children need more than ever right now.  Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   Several actionable examples for engaging students in simple experience-based learning opportunities   Why academics are arbitrary unless we are first sufficiently meeting the the physiological and emotional safety needs of the children we teach.    Why “Moments Matter,” and how you can use them to mitigate the long-term effects of traumatic stress and build resilience in its place! Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/19 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

How do we teach our African American students from a place of Freedom instead of Fear? How can we discipline instead of punish, respond instead of react, connect instead of crack-down? These are all questions we explore with our guest today, Aretha Hampton, LCSW, who shares her story as a mother to a black son who experienced harsh punishment from a teacher for an innocent mistake... or was it even that? This episode is all about learning, exploring, sitting in the complexity, reflecting and growing together.   Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: The difference between discipline and punishment, and why the latter hurts. Why getting to know and connect with parents before working with their children is so important. Some actionable - yet respectful - ways to approach repair-work after a rupture has happened. Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/18

Trauma-informed Reflective Supervisor and Occupational Therapist, Julia Bantimba, is here to introduce teachers to Reflective Practice and specifically - her model of Reflective Practice “On-the-Go.” This practical tool is one way for teachers to access the ongoing support they need to provide sustainable, regulated, reflective care day-in and day-out.  Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   Reflective Practice is an essential component of relationship-based organizations   Traditional models of supervision might not always be amenable to time- and teacher-constraints, so Julia’s “on-the-go” model may be the ideal approach to providing Reflective opportunities to staff!   Teachers need just as much safety and support as their students do, so we have to find creative ways to provide it for them.  Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/17   Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com  

Founder & Executive Director of Prosecutor Impact, Adam Foss, is here to outline the “School to Prison Pipeline” and help teachers understand how punitive disciplinary practices and Zero Tolerance Policies increase a child’s risk of coming into contact with the criminal justice system and also tend to be imposed more frequently upon students of color. Foss also identifies five (5) actionable ways that educators can actively work to disrupt this pipeline and use their “Shields of Privilege” to protect their students from it and begin dismantling these ingrained systems of oppression that continue to harm students in their own schools.   GRAB THE FREEBIE FOR THIS EPISODE HERE: www.traumcamp.com/adamfoss   Important Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   The School to Prison Pipeline - What it is, How it functions, and Who it affects most.   Why being “woke” isn’t enough, and what you can do instead to get more proximate to the lives of others.    5 Ways you can use your “Shield of Privilege” to actively protect your students from the harms of the STPP.   Episode Page: www.traumacamp.com/adamfoss Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Protests have erupted around the country after the horrific killing of George Floyd.   In this bonus episode, I'm inviting you to use this moment to learn about and practice what I call:   Non-Pathologizing & Loving Limit-Setting.   I show you two recent examples of these concepts in practice in speeches by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom and Rapper / Activist Killer Mike.

Let's break down - through the lens of understanding trauma in human beings and communities - what is going on as people collectively respond to the murder of George Floyd, and how this response is connected to unaddressed patterns of Police Brutality and the legacy of White Supremacy that we all still live with. [PLEASE NOTE] The woman I mentioned who spoke of the origination of American "looting" other people is: American activist, Tamika D. Mallory, who organized the largest march in the history of the world, the 2017 Women's March. Hear her speech here: Tamika D. Mallory on George Floyd's Murder  

Best-selling author, John Lee, outlines the core experiences of emotional regression - What is is, Why it happens, and the 5 Ways we can grow ourselves back up! (Plus, we discuss his aptly titled book: Growing Yourself Back Up: Understanding Emotional Regression.)This is a MUST-LISTEN for all educators!   Important Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   How regression is linked to our own childhood trauma, and how unearthing it can unlock us from our past.   The difference between Anger and Rage, and why many people don’t know this.    Why acting out in a regressed state can cause serious harm and lead us to some of our deepest regrets.   How Racism is linked to “trance regression” - and what is required for someone to come out of it. Episode Page: www.traumacamp.com/15 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Teachers need to hear honest accounts of the challenges and trials we encounter as we embark on the journey to becoming trauma-informed. Here to tell some of her story is my friend - and trauma-informed expert Speech & Language Pathologist - Jennifer Black.     Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   Jennifer’s encounter with doubt and uncertainty in her abilities to really “do” this work.   How her thoughts shifted from “This isn’t my job” to “This is essential to my job.”   Why she now starts with looking for an “in” with the parents as a way to help her students.   Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/14 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com  

In this super special, all-heart, all-soul episode we have Chinese Medicine Doctor-in-training (and my cousin!) Camellia Dao-Ling McDermott Lee to talk about finding our “Divine Assignment” - what that is, where it comes from, and how to find and follow it in our lives! Join us for this off-the-cuff, metaphor-filled, resource-rich episode that will hopefully light your fire and move your spirit.   Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   What IS a “Divine Assignment” and how can it manifest in our lives?   How EVERYTHING in your life can serve to guide you in your own personal assignment.   REAL-TIME EXAMPLES of individuals expressing and living out their assignments in the world right now!   Episode Show Notes: www.traumacamp.com/13 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com  

NYT best-selling author, Shaka Senghor, reflects on the eight practices and activities that helped him transform his time in solitary confinement from meaningless isolation to a personal journey of self-discovery and creativity that would change the rest of his life.   Important Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   The 8 practices that can transform your social isolation into personal opportunity for self-discovery, enlightenment, creativity and fueling your personal vision.   Why this is truly an opportunity to fall in love with ourselves, and work on developing a deeper, more connected relationship with our inner experiences.    Insights on talking to your children about this experience realistically and about the world they (actually) live in (as opposed to a fantasy / wishful world that is solely aspirational).   Why considering our ancestors - and their plights, persistence and perspectives - can provide us a grounding perspective when we need it most.  Episode Page: www.traumacamp.com/12 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Domestic Violence is on the rise globally as a result of the in-home quarantines combined with higher levels of stress connected to COVID-19. In this episode, we talk with Kristen Thomas - Training and Development Manager at the National Domestic Violence Hotline - about the current situation and what resources and supports are available to those in need of help.    If you or someone you know or love could use support or help from the National Domestic Violence Hotline, you can: >>  Call 1-800-799-7233 >>  Visit www.thehotline.org, or >>  Text LOVEIS to 22522    Important Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   The unique hurdles COVID-19 has presented for survivors and families who are attempting to leave violent situations.    Why support is available to victims, survivors and helpers no matter what - whether they want to leave the violence or not - and why this is important to know.   Why one size does NOT fit all when helping individuals and families who are navigating safety from Domestic Violence.   How you can reach out now to speak with someone at the National Domestic Violence Hotline to receive personalized support in curating your own particular Safety Plan that will work for you in your exact situation.    Episode Page: www.traumacamp.com/11 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

What if you received a letter from your principal instructing you to take a load off? What if your administrators encouraged you to just focus on surviving right now? In this episode, we talk to one such leader, Principal Mathew Portel, who encouraged his students, their families and his staff to place academics in the backseat and focus on taking care of themselves for the time-being. Check out this episode to hear the letter he sent and the impact it’s making.   Major Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   Why academics cannot possibly be a top priority for parents or educators right now   The difference a simple connection can make for your students at this time   Why being a leader is fraught with vulnerability and risk, and why it takes tremendous courage to make decisions that you think are best   Episode Page: www.traumacamp.com/10 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Did you know that there are actionable ways to connect with your students despite our current constraints around physical contact? And no, I’m not messing with you. It’s going to take a little leg-work, but there are creative and resourceful ways for you to actively engage with your students while we all Shelter-in-Place. In this episode, I walk you through 5 steps that will help you outline and build your very own “Connection Campaign” that will help you maintain and sustain emotional connection with your students despite our current constraints.   Major Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   What has happened to our “Relational Webs” with COVID-19   How “Dosing” connection with your students will sustain them and you despite our physical distancing    The 5 Steps that will help you create (and launch!) your own Connection Campaign   Episode Page: www.traumacamp.com/episode9  Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com  

WHAT IF…  We were taught to listen to our fear? What if we allowed others to feel however they actually felt, and to learn from it? What if we were taught that our Stress Response System has an inherent wisdom for us to connect with? In this bonus episode, I talk about what we have to learn from our Fear, and how to work with it when it comes up.   Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: Why it’s important to understand that our Fear response has value The questions you need to be asking yourself or another who is experiencing fear How to harness the fear and mobilize in the face of threat   Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com   Episode Show Notes: Click Here!

IT’S STORY TIME. I wanted to share a treasure from the Taoist tradition that might help offer some room for perspective in the midst of this current crisis. This short story is a must-listen for everyone who finds themselves stuck in one of the two extreme mindsets: Catastrophizing or Denial. In this bonus episode, I read you the story of “Maybe” and share how it can help you navigate the uncertainty we’re currently facing.   Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: The Taoist story of the old farmer (i.e. “Maybe”) The two (2) extremes that you might get stuck in: Catastrophizing or Denial How you can suspend labels and judgments about our current situation and make room for your experience to evolve.  Links Mentioned in the Episode: A Copy of “Maybe” for You to Share With Your Students and / or Families!   Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com   Episode Show Notes: Click Here!  

WE ARE IN IT, FOLKS. Literally… we are currently in the midst of a global pandemic. Coronavirus has been sweeping the world and creating chaos, confusion and panic in our communities, and keeping centered has become a major priority for each of us. The thing is, keeping calm in the middle of the storm takes practice and continued self-regulation. In this bonus episode, I share 3 reminders that will keep you grounded and clear in the center of it all.    Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: When stress levels go UP, Attention, Focus and Productivity go DOWN… So we go “back to basics” and focus on the most basic forms of self-care. The 3 Reminders that will help you “Keep Calm and Carry On.” Why this moment is an opportunity to prioritize what matters most: Our Relationships.   Links Mentioned in the Episode: Ellen Degeneres’ Hand-Washing Tutorial   Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com Episode Show Notes: Click Here!  

PODCASTS MINI-SERIES: In this final stage on The Path of Progress, you get to learn how to drive this work forward and expand these trauma-informed practices to the whole school. Helping your school community develop practices, policies and procedures that reflect your growing awareness about the impact of trauma on learning and behavior is the next critical step in becoming a trauma-informed teacher.    Major Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   The two Buckets you could find yourself in as a trauma-informed educator   A few directions you might take your trauma-informed training thus far!   What the early-, middle- and end-stages look like and how you can find where you are on The Path of Progress.   This episode is brought to you by: FREE MASTER CLASS: The Top 10 Truths Every Teacher Needs to Know About Trauma Episode Page: www.traumacamp.com/7 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

PODCASTS MINI-SERIES: So, by now you know all about trauma and how it’s impacting your students (and perhaps you, too). How does your classroom need to change to best accommodate your students? How do you start to build a learning environment that preemptively supports the nervous systems of your students? This week’s episode is all about creating a Structure that can actively support you and your students’ physiological needs on a daily basis.   Major Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   6 creative and powerful ideas that will help you preemptively support all of your students’ bodies and brains   Why you need to track the highest-stress moments of your days    What the early-, middle- and end-stages look like and how you can find where you are on The Path of Progress.   This episode is brought to you by: FREE MASTER CLASS: The Top 10 Truths Every Teacher Needs to Know About Trauma Episode Page: www.traumacamp.com/7 Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

PODCASTS MINI-SERIES: What if I told you that YOU getting Professional AND Personal support was a non-negotiable part of trauma-informed teaching? Would you raise your hands and sing ‘Hallelujiah?’ Or would you give me the side-eye and internally cringe at the idea? Well, whatever your response… I’m saying it. And I stand behind it. Check out this week’s episode all about why getting these two support-systems underway is a MUST for you to be able to do this work.   Major Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   Why getting support-structures in place is a NON-NEGOTIABLE part of trauma-informed teaching   3 ways I needed on-the-job supports (both professional and personal)   What the early-, middle- and end-stages look like and how you can find where you are on The Path of Progress.   This episode is brought to you by: FREE MASTER CLASS: The Top 10 Truths Every Teacher Needs to Know About Trauma Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

PODCASTS MINI-SERIES: Do you feel confident that you could regulate a dysregulated student? Do you know when it’s best to use a softer tone or when you can try reasoning with a child? Do you have several “tools” in your “toolbox” to help you get through anything that your students, parents or fellow staff throw your way? In this week's episode, we take a close look at Stage 3 on The Path of Progress: Skill Set. Julia Rose walks you through the reasons why you can’t afford not to build your trauma-informed toolbox. And what goes in that toolbox? Different skills that you can use in different situations, depending on what that situation calls for. (Fist-pump - Yes!) You'll also learn about the Early, Middle and End-stages you'll go through as you develop your skills and navigate this stage. Can't wait for you to check it out!   Episode Notes:   Major Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   How building a “toolbox” helps you feel Confident as a teacher.   Why knowing about trauma needs to be following by knowing how to respond to distressed students.   What the early-, middle- and end-stages look like and how you can find where you are on The Path of Progress.   This episode is brought to you by: FREE MASTER CLASS: The Top 10 Truths Every Teacher Needs to Know About Trauma Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

PODCASTS MINI-SERIES: Ever wonder what your blind spots are? Have you ever asked yourself if you're really seeing your students as they are, or if instead, you're putting your own unresolved "stuff" onto them? In this week's episode, we take a close look at Stage 2 on The Path of Progress: Self Awareness. Julia Rose shares an example from her own life about how an adult who lacks Self-Awareness can leave a negative imprint on the children in their life. You'll also learn about the Early, Middle and End-stages you'll go through as you develop this "muscle" of Self-Awareness. Can't wait for you to check it out!   Episode Notes:   Major Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   My definition of Self-Awareness for trauma-informed teachers.   How one adult’s developing Self-Awareness can leave a negative (or positive) impact.   How you can begin to “tune in” to your emotional blind spots.   What the early-, middle- and end-stages look like and how you can find where you are on The Path of Progress.   This episode is brought to you by: FREE MASTER CLASS: The Top 10 Truths Every Teacher Needs to Know About Trauma Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

PODCAST MINI-SERIES: In this episode, we are taking a closer look at Stage 1 on The Path of Progress: STORY. We look at why it's important for YOU to get the story straight about Trauma and it's impact on your students' brains, bodies and behavior. I walk you through an example of what being "trauma-informed" looked like for me when I was a student (yes, we go back!), and how you can show up differently when you have a fuller understanding of the neurobiology of trauma and stress. You’ll also learn what the Early, Middle and End Stages of this stage look like, and how you can orient yourself on this path.    Episode Notes:   Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:   My personal story of how my “trauma-informed” counselor, Linda, showed up for me as a teen and how it was just what this traumatized adolescent needed at the time.   What it could mean for you to shift your Story about your students.   What the early-, middle- and end-stages look like and how you can find where you are on The Path of Progress.   This episode is brought to you by: FREE MASTER CLASS: The Top 10 Truths Every Teacher Needs to Know About Trauma Want to Join Our Community?   Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/   Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast   Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Today, I’m sharing with you the #1 thing that stops teachers in their tracks when it comes to learning about and implementing new trauma-informed teaching strategies. This one is a doozie, because it happens to all of us as we get up-close and personal with the topic of Childhood Trauma. But there’s good news… I’ve created a 6-Stage tool that will help you get back on your feet and moving forward on your trauma-informed teaching journey. Episode Notes: Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: Overwhelm - It’s a predictable part of becoming trauma-informed as an educator. AND it’s something we have to actively address so that you can keep making forward movement. Whether you feel it regarding what your students or families have been through, or around your own experiences of trauma, this feeling can keep us “stuck” in old patterns and ways of engaging with our students and the world around us. Today I’m sharing with you my 6-Stage Path of Progress that will keep you moving towards your goals of feeling competent and confident as a trauma-informed teacher. This episode is brought to you by: FREE MASTER CLASS: The Top 10 Truths Every Teacher Needs to Know About Trauma Want to Join Our Community? Instagram: www.instagram.com/traumacampforteachers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraumaCamp/ Get Our Special Podcast Email Updates Every Week: www.traumacamp.com/podcast Trauma Camp Website: www.traumacamp.com

Join Julia Rose Polk (Trauma Camp for Teachers) as she talks about trauma for teachers in the classroom and how it affects the brain.   By the end of this episode, you will learn what trauma really means and why it is important for teachers to manage it in the classroom. Enjoy!   ~   Julia has trained at numerous treatment centers and agencies which targeted eating disorders, substance addiction, gambling addictions, codependency, and unresolved trauma, abuse, and grief; many of which utilized the frameworks and model developed by The Meadows in Wickenberg, Arizona.    For over a decade, she has been studying specifically the impacts of early childhood trauma on adult mental health and behavior, some of this research culminating into my master’s thesis entitled: The Effects of Spanking On Mental Health, and Why Clinicians Need to Know. In her work with clients over the years, she has consistently found that at the root of depression, anxiety, addiction, compulsion, and a range of other mental health issues is a childhood that involved one or more traumatic incidents that have yet to be acknowledged, expressed or resolved. Tremendous shifts occur when this is done, as it allows these wounds to begin to heal.    As a Trauma and Shame-Reduction Specialist, she helps clients move through these core wounds. The work she does with clients has helped some experience incredible relief from what once felt like crippling depression or anxiety.   ~   You can find me on...  Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/juliarosemp Facebook https://www.facebook.com/juliarose.polk Instagram https://www.instagram.com/juliarosepolk/ Website https://www.juliarosepolktherapy.com/ My Free Masterclass https://www.traumacamp.com/masterclass