Tagged With "Traumatic Incident Reduction Training"

Greetings - I am grateful to Jane for sharing this information. I will share a little bit here about what my original intent was in creating the course (Creating Compassionate Schools), how it was designed, and "what's next" or pending in terms of professional development. First, as we all know, we are all taking a "it takes a village" approach. This applies to all professional fields, not only to traditionally defined K-12 education. That said, it was about 5 years ago that I learned about...

Hi! Does anyone know of any organizations that specifically train teachers and school leaders about the impact adversity has on child development and learning? Thank you!

Thanks for asking. I represent an Anti-Drug Coalition that is extremely interested in the PAX model. So I've signed up to catch all of the replies as we continue to train our school systems in ACES and TIC, and attempt to provide resources and next steps for them.

Hi, My name is Anita and I am a video producer for a company that creates continuing education programs for teachers. We have recently partnered with Heather Forbes (Author of Help for Billy) I am not sure I have any feedback or guidance but I am on a similar path. Interested in helping schools train teachers. And it is an iceburg. At the tip it looks manageable to train teachers and administrators but underneath you realize there is a lot to learn. We are proud of the work we offering to...

Ana - I just attended the ACE Interface Train the Trainers session in northern Michigan, and I asked whether Dr. Anda and Ms. Porter felt the "Understanding ACEs" presentation was appropriate for teens. Their counsel was that it is not, for a variety of reasons. So perhaps you may wish to make a follow-up contact with ACE Interface about the matter.

When I was a suicidal teen, I wish someone would have explained to me what was going on in my brain and that I wasn’t insane. I believe it is appropriate for teens -generally - maybe explained in a more general way like when you have these experiences and poverty and foster care and homelessness - your brain develops in a certain way and you will need support and to take special care. I’m my humble opinion, Laura and Dr. Anda are wrong. PS - If I had still been in N. MI, I would have been in...