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Leading the Way in Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Environment: How to Prioritize Safety, Connection, Regulation, and Learning

Leading the Way in Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Environment: How to Prioritize Safety, Connection, Regulation, and Learning

About the seminar

SPEAKER

Jen Alexander, M.A., NCC, SB-RPT

SEMINAR LENGTH

1 day

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

Up to 100 people

Who will benefit from this seminar:

Principals, superintendents, school counselors, school psychologists, and other PreK–12 leaders who are committed to ensuring that every student feels safe and ready to learn

SPEAKER FEES

Please click here for more information on fees or to request a quote for this seminar.

How can you use trauma-informed response to intervention (RTI) to help meet the needs of all students from PreK to Grade 12?

Get practical answers from experienced trauma expert and author of the bestselling book Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools, Jen Alexander. This informative and engaging one-day training session dives deeper, showing you how to create an effective trauma-informed RTI plan for your school and develop a personalized self-care plan to help you navigate your own stress.

Participants will

  • Identify Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 trauma-informed interventions that are already in place in your school
  • Consider ways to strengthen trauma-informed RTI in your school
  • Create a concrete action plan you can put to work right away to help your students
  • Practice using the innovative “River of Feelings” visual and the accompanying activities to help students improve regulation skills
  • Learn how to practice mindfulness and create a personalized self-care plan

(Please note: The training will incorporate concepts from the book Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools. Please purchase your copy of the book and bring it with you to the training session.)

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Includes

This informative and engaging 1-day seminar will show you how to create an effective trauma-informed RTI plan for your school and develop a personalized self-care plan to help you navigate your own stress.

Upon successful completion of the seminar, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

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