Have a Good Life: Building adult skills to support trauma-impacted youth with Teri Barila Transformative Principal 178

Building adult skills to support trauma-impacted youth with Teri Barila Transformative Principal 178

Sunday, June 11, 2017 by jethrojones

This makes it too easy for kids. We coddle them.
How did you learn resilience?
Did you have an adult to help shape you into something better?
Resilience - #1 strategy attachment to a caring adult.
Bruce Perry - National Leader on trauma.
Witnessed in their humanity
How do we create that caring, supportive environment that supports that student when we are in the school environment.
We can’t get hung up on the behavior.
The problem is when we alienate because of the behavior.
Understanding that any perception of loss of safety is potential for students to become disregulated.
Trauma is the perception of loss of safety and connection, not just the ACES.
Safety - not just physical safety. Moral safety and emotional safety - see more from Sandra Bloom
How to deal with the response, “This takes too much time.”
Calm room is not punishment.
Schools can’t do this alone.
“My Piece Matters”
Won’t kids take advantage of that? Teachers notice that.

Every child wants to do well.
Do we teach them through a punishment mode or regulatory mode.
Building adult skills to support trauma-impacted youth.
Emotional Hygiene
How to be a transformative principal? Dig into understanding of hardwired response system in the brain. Kids aren’t out to get you, they just don’t know how to manage themselves.
Self-Reg Stewart Shanker
By Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence
Starts with understanding that each of us can help create a safe environment.
Nurturance is reparative and restorative.

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