Location: Lakewood Elementary, North Little Rock, AR
Based on the work of Kristin Souers and Pete Hall, this session will walk educators through what trauma-invested teachers do and how a trauma-invested classroom functions. Educators will develop a greater understanding of the impact of trauma on young children, how the impact can shape young people as they develop into adults, and how those impacts can impede a child’s ability to learn over the course of their development. A trauma-invested classroom provides both availability and accountability; an artful balance between firm and kind. This workshop helps educators to fully understand that balance and begins the mindset shift it will take for recomme