This session will teach the participants the “how to” in becoming a Trauma Responsive School. Learn the basic concepts to implementing a trauma-responsive school culture that will foster the significant changes we want for every student… improved behavior, attendance, higher academic achievement and higher graduation rates. Participants will: • Look at what the current research is telling us about the impact our traditional disciplinary practices are having on our students. • Understand the difference between “doing trauma informed practices,” versus “embracing trauma responsive practices as who we are as a person, as a school, and how we interact with those we come into contact.” • See how a trauma-responsive approach is the umbrella that becomes your school culture and strengthens everything under it. •Be introduced to the Student of Concerns Model: a powerful system for tracking our most struggling students with intentional positive adult interventions and action plans. •Walk away with an understanding of what it takes to become trauma responsive, and how to begin experiencing the significant outcomes that naturally come with this new mindset.
