Hi - I have worked with several elementary schools in Philadelphia, training teachers on the impact of trauma on learning; and "Trauma 102", about implementing trauma-sensitive practices in school cultures. I have also worked with the same schools, as well as with Need-in-Deed, to teach elementary students how brains and bodies respond to stress, how to self-regulate using various coping skills (and the safety cards of Sandra Bloom), and how to practice regulation/calming self and classroom via guided meditation and creative/mindful visualization.
I would also recommend Andre Wright - the director of Give and Go Athletics (as well as a behavioral health worker with CCTC), who knows first hand the value of resilience and the critical need for a supportive adult in a child's life: andre@giveandgoathletics.org.
My email:kryscooperLCSW@gmail.com