• Trauma has been become a worldwide crisis that is having a profound effect on young people’s behavior, attention, and academic performance. Trauma was a huge issue before the pandemic, and now it is an even more prevalent issue impacting so many children and teenagers throughout the world. If you take into consideration the violence, school shootings, and the lack of mental health services for young people, you can understand why we have a major mental health crisis in the world. Many children and teenagers who have experienced trauma are dealing with traumatic stress or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD) and have not been diagnosed and aren’t receiving the proper therapy and support to heal the trauma. To make matters worse, the majority of doctors and pediatricians aren’t trained in recognizing the symptoms of developmental trauma and often prescribe medication to address anxiety, attention, or hyperactivity issues without referring them for a consultation with a trauma trained therapist. Young people are reprimanded and even punished for behavior that is related to coping with the uncomfortable bodily sensations and emotions resulting from trauma or PTSD. It is so important that parents become trauma informed by learning about trauma and PTSD. This mini-course will support parents and caregivers in learning about trauma and techniques to support your traumatized children. The mini-course is about 15 minutes a day for 6 days, done at your own pace. Take about 15 minutes a day for 6 days to learn about trauma and how to support your child(ren) in coping and healing from it.
  • Online Support and Training for Teachers for a Whole Year

    Week to week, step by step, online guidance and support for teachers in teaching, modeling, and integrating SEL into a classroom in minutes a day.

    Are you feeling overwhelmed and stressed with students’ behavior, lack of attention, and mental health issues like anxiety and depression. Do you want to support your students in just minutes a day? The most important part of any social emotional learning (SEL) program is the teacher–not the curriculum, however teachers can struggle with this challenge. Why is this? Most teachers didn’t grow up with SEL in schools which they attended when they were young, and teacher education programs haven’t offered SEL training classes or information about the brain and nervous system. Teachers usually don’t receive ongoing support and training in teaching and modeling social emotional learning, and it can be scary and uncomfortable to deal with their emotions. Teachers also don’t receive support to develop their own social emotional intelligence. One of the most powerful places to work on mental health is in the classroom. When teachers incorporate SEL into their classrooms, behavior issues go down and attention, focus, and academic performance increase. SEL can have a profound effect on mental health, trauma, stress, equity, and academic performance. There is a high probability that SEL in schools or classrooms will plateau or fail. I have been working with SEL in schools for 38 years. and I have learned what it takes for SEL to grow and prosper in a classroom and school. See details below.
  • Online Support and Training for School Leaders for a Whole Year

    Week to week, step by step, online guidance and support for school leaders in supporting and encouraging teachers and school staff in teaching and modeling SEL.

    This course is for you if you are.…

    • Wanting quick, simple ideas for how to support and encourage your K-8 teachers in teaching and modeling SEL in just minutes a day.
    • Discovering that SEL has stagnated at your school and there isn’t any growth occurring.
    • Watching your SEL curriculum sit on teacher’s shelves.
    • Meeting resistance from your teachers in teaching SEL consistently.
    • Challenged in creating a “caring SEL accountability” and don’t know how it sounds, feels, and looks.
    • Unsure of what to look for in terms of SEL growth when you go into a classroom.
    • Scared to be vulnerable and to share your emotions authentically with your staff.
    • Needing support in developing your own social emotional intelligence.
    • Interested in being trained and supported on a weekly basis through an online, year long, course and monthly live meetings.
    • Open to a new way of teaching and modeling SEL that is quick,  consistent, brain-based, teacher-friendly, and evidenced based.
    • Triggered by your staffs’ and students’ emotions and behavior and finding it difficult to deal with your own emotions
    • Feeling alone and isolated as a leader in your school and not safe enough to share your emotions with anyone.
  • 15-20% of children are highly sensitive and many of these children suffer in silence because parents and other adults don’t know about highly sensitive youth (HSY) and how to support them. HSY often find the world an overwhelming and challenging place, and they grapple with mental health issues and loneliness, including thoughts of suicide. This is due to their extraordinary ability to feel and sense everything so deeply. Highly sensitive children perceive, feel, and process sensations and feelings more intensely than children who don’t have a heightened sensitivity. Because they have heightened sensitivity, intense experiences and environments can overwhelm their nervous systems. This can lead to emotional meltdowns and to being scared and hesitant to try to new things. Sensitivity is a form of intelligence and can be a tremendous gift for children and teenagers if they receive the support that they need to thrive. Take only 15 minutes a day for 6 days to learn how to support highly sensitive youth (HSY). This mini-course will support parents and caregivers in understanding who highly sensitive youth are, what they need to thrive, and how to support them in dealing effectively with this fast paced and intense world.

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