Podcast appearances and mentions of Heather T Forbes

An interview with Heather Forbes.We'll be discussing Classroom180: A Framework for Creating, Sustaining, and Assessing the Trauma-Informed Classroom, by Heather T. Forbes, LCSW. Classroom 180 is a comprehensive roadmap of what it means to fully create, implement, and sustain a trauma-informed classroom from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Additionally, Classroom180 includes an assessment tool, the Classroom180 Rubric, that can be used by administrators and others specialists who support teachers on the journey of becoming trauma-informed.Heather T. Forbes, LCSW, is the owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute and author of numerous books on the topic of working with children impacted by trauma. Coming from a family of educators, Heather has a passion for helping children in the classroom. Trauma robs children of their curiosity, and Heather's passion is to help these students return back to their innate love for learning. She consults and lectures extensively with both general and special education schools around the nation and the world.Her signature style is to bridge the gap between academic research and “when the rubber hits the road” classroom situations, giving teachers and school personnel the understanding and tools they need for even the most challenging of students. Heather has worked in schools with trauma-impacted students and knows firsthand how challenging it can be on a daily basis with these students.Much of her insight on understanding trauma, disruptive behaviors, and developmental delays, comes from her own experience of raising two internationally adopted children and mentoring a severely trauma-impacted young adult. Support the show

Life can feel really tough when our kids are showing the signs of their trauma. Adoptive mom of two Heather has been there and felt like throwing in the towel. So how do we get past this? How do we ride the emotional rollercoaster that is parenting kids from tough places? Heather goes deep on self regulation, unconditional love, absolute security and tapping into a source bigger than ourselves so our families thrive.Heather T. Forbes, LCSW, is the owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute and author of numerous books on the topic of working with children impacted by trauma. Coming from a family of educators, Heather has a passion for helping children in the classroom. Trauma robs children of their curiosity, and Heather's passion is to help these students return back to their innate love for learning. She consults and lectures extensively with both general and special education schools around the nation and the world.Her signature style is to bridge the gap between academic research and “when the rubber hits the road” classroom situations, giving teachers and school personnel the understanding and tools they need for even the most challenging of students. Heather has worked in schools with trauma-impacted students and knows firsthand how challenging it can be on a daily basis with these students.Much of her insight on understanding trauma, disruptive behaviors, and developmental delays, comes from her own experience of raising two internationally adopted children and mentoring a severely trauma-impacted young adult.https://www.beyondconsequences.com/https://www.facebook.com/BeyondConsequenceshttps://twitter.com/HeatherTForbeshttps://www.youtube.com/c/HeatherForbes/videos

Lauren has an in-depth conversation with Catherine Dennis, early childhood specialist, adjunct faculty, and Mom to seven kiddos.Catherine explains how she came to better understand the effects of trauma in children, and in what ways it changed her approach to working with children and adults. Teaching emotional regulation skills at a young age gives kids tools for adulthood. Catherine explains her own experience in truly learning emotional regulation skills.  “I wasn't ready to hear this, until I was ready to hear it.”Items mentioned in this episode:5 Frame (or 10 Frame) is a math activity used to teach counting. CLASS - Classroom Assessment Scoring System in Head StartACEs - Adverse Childhood ExperiencesBook recommendations:The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.Help for Billy, by Heather T. Forbes, LCSWThe Behavior Hub blog posts mentioned in this interview:Thinking Brain: The Wise OwlEmotional Brain: The Barking DogGuest Bio:Catherine Dennis is an Early Childhood Specialist for the Office of Head Start (OHS) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA), Region X, located in Walla Walla, WA. She provides professional level expertise in trauma-informed practice, Challenging Behaviors, Practice Based Coaching, School Readiness, Transitions, Reflective Supervision, Implementation Science, Dual Language Learners and Family Engagement. Catherine holds a BS in Elementary Education, a MS in Early Childhood Leadership, Administration and Management and an EdS in Educational Leadership.  She is a current doctoral student in Special Ed and Early Childhood. Her passion is trauma-informed practice because she sees how this supports positive child outcomes and long-term success for children and families. She is a former Director, Education Manager, Teacher and is a current adjunct faculty member in the ECE department. Her best job is a mom of seven and Gigi to two. She is a former foster parent and adoptive parent. You can also find Catherine on LinkedIn. Try at home tip: Implement a self “check-in”. Take your emotional temperature on a regular basis and work to bring yourself back into balance.  Questions? Let us answer it in a future episode! Email to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or text to 717-693-7744.Subscribe to our mailing list to find out more about the Emotional Brain.Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children The Behavior Hub websiteThe Behavior Hub blog Struggling with behaviors? Not sure where to begin? Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Successfully setting and enforcing strong boundaries while holding students accountable takes working through a trauma-informed lens. Rather than adding more fear into students and expecting them to change through traditional discipline, we can support and empower them, giving them the tools they need to make long-term changes. Listen in to discover the difference between responsibility and accountability.

James Moffett, an extraordinary principal at Faris Elementary School in Kansas, joins Heather T. Forbes, LCSW for this powerful conversation filled with trauma-informed ideas and strategies. Listen in now to hear how James has implemented intentional strategies to override the barriers brought on by this pandemic and how he has been building a strong, loving, and empowered team this year!

Jasmyn Wright, author of "I'm Gonna Push Through!,"  joins Heather T. Forbes, LCSW for this heart-warming conversation on how to empower students to be in alignment with their best selves. Jasmyn shares how her experience as a teacher has shown that authenticity, vulnerability, and openness are essential to her students reaching their highest academic potential. 

Mathew Portell has dedicated a decade and a half to education in his role as a teacher, instructional coach, teacher mentor, and school administrator. It is through the collaborative team approach and building positive relationships that Portell is leading his school into success. He is currently in his fifth year as principal of Fall-Hamilton Elementary, an internationally recognized innovative model school for trauma-informed practices in Metro Nashville Public Schools. The school’s work has been featured on National Public Radio, the local documentary Enough, PBS, and Edutopia, one of the world’s top educational practices website funded by the George Lucas Foundation which resulted in over 7,000,000 views. He is the founder of the Trauma-Informed Educators Schools Network Group on Facebook which has connected over 20,000 educators in over 100 different countries! In July 2019, he launched the first annual Trauma Informed Educators Network conference which was attended by 150 people from around the world! In September of 2019, he launched the Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast. Through this podcast he is viewing educators and practitioners from around the globe in which they are sharing their own trauma-informed journeys. Mathew's Book/Resource Recommendations The Trauma-Informed Educators Network The Trauma-Informed Educators Network Podcast The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke, MD The Trauma-Informed School: A Step-by-Step Implementation Guide for Administrators and School Personnel by Jim Sporleder and Heather T. Forbes Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom by Kristin Souers and Pete Hall The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky If you are interested in connecting and collaborating with Mathew, you can e-mail him at mathew@paradigmshifteducation.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/todd-scholl0/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/todd-scholl0/support

In this episode, we talk to Heather T. Forbes, owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute and author of numerous books on the topic of working with children impacted by trauma. Her signature style is to bridge the gap between academic research and “when the rubber hits the road” classroom situations, giving educators the understanding and tools they need for even the most challenging of students. Heather talks with principal Bret Domstrand about what educators need to know about trauma, and more importantly, what we can do with that knowledge to better support our students. Heather is our keynote speaker at MESPA Institute 2020 on Wednesday, February 5th. More info at mespa.net/institute.

Signs of trauma can easily be dismissed as symptoms of something else entirely. On episode 19, Emily welcomes author and trauma expert Heather Forbes to talk about how to identify the signs of trauma, and ultimately how to control and minimize its effects. About the guest - Heather T. Forbes, LCSW, is the owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Heather has worked in the field of trauma and healing since 1999. She is an internationally published author on the topics of raising children with difficult and severe behaviors, the impact of trauma on the developing child, adoptive motherhood, and self-development. Host Emily Kircher-Morris has dual Masters degrees in Counseling and Education, and specializes in the area of giftedness throughout the lifespan. She founded the non-profit organization The Gifted Support Network, is the owner of Unlimited Potential Counseling & Education Center, and is the mother of three gifted children.

Join Maria as she speaks to Lisa Hanson & Heather Kempskie, co-auuthors of The Siblings Busy Book: 200 fun and creative activities to entertain kids of different ages.  Then, Pauline McDonagh Hull, founder of electivecesarean.com.  Next, Michele DeKinder-Smith ,founder of  JaneOutOftheBox.com an online membership-based community designed for women entrepreneurs then, Heather T. Forbes , author of Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control.