Hi, I was unaware of your initiative. I am a special education teacher in Riverhead, NY, and have been trying to bring trauma-informed teaching to my district. I first read, “What Happened to You?” by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, and Oprah Winfrey in April of 2021 and immediately recognized the power it held. Since then, I have held 2 15-hour inservice classes in my district using the book as a book study. The first class had 10 people and the second one 8. Although I was disappointed in the turn-out, both studies were completely successful and participants learned a lot.
I asked teachers to take the ACEs survey themselves and collected the results anonymously. It came as an initial surprise to me that the vast majority of teachers that took my classes scored a 0 on the ACEs. This just points out to me the need for more education in trauma-informed teaching!
Please keep me apprised if you decide to have more projects like this or events including a webinar with Dr. Perry. I regret missing it.