Are you searching for supports to limit the increasing impact of student mental health and behavioral needs on your emotional well-being? You are invited to join a unique group of professionals to learn more about how to take care of you!
Join us and explore the realm of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue with colleagues experiencing similar challenges. There is a cost to caring, and it is not uncommon for school professionals, who have a classroom with one or more students struggling with the effects of trauma, to experience symptoms very much like those their students are exhibiting; or, for the building administration and support staff to encounter like experiences throughout their day which may result in compassion fatigue.
Through discussion, you will learn what vicarious trauma is and its cost on your well-being. Additionally, you’ll recognize the signs of vicarious trauma that may be impacting you and your colleagues and learn how to support them as they continue to educate students with ever-increasing needs.
Finally, you’ll develop a self-care plan that works specifically for you, addressing physical, emotional, and cognitive self-care, the result – a way to take care of yourself so that you can take care of them.