Trauma-Informed Restorative Supports & Interventions
Date:
October 29 @ 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location:
Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee VT
Price:
Instructor(s):
Camille Koosmann
Event Type:
In-Person
Professional Learning Hours:
12
Intended Audience:
Anyone working in PK-12 schools, including those who are relatively new to the topic of resilience and trauma-informed schools, as well as those with more expertise.
Participants must attend both days:
- October 29, 2026
- October 30, 2026
This offering is part of a pilot microcredential in Holistic Restorative Practices. Read more.
Descripton
With all of the challenges today’s students face, previously useful skills and tools to address complex student behavior are often insufficient. In this experiential series, participants will apply the concepts of a trauma-informed approach to every day restorative practices to prevent, mitigate, and respond to complex student behavior. Implementing these approaches supports the creation of restorative communities of care, dignity, and accountability.
On day one, participants will deepen their understanding of trauma, brain-science, and restorative practices to build routines that strengthen student capacity, skill, and motivation, as well as increase a sense of efficacy and connectedness. On day two, participants will explore in-the moment strategies for responding restoratively to three types of behavior we see frequently in schools: lid-flipping, stress-relieving, and need-meeting. In addition, school teams will learn a framework for problem-solving ongoing and complex behaviors. The second session builds significantly on the content of the first.
Participants will learn to more effectively:
- Create the conditions for student engagement that are both proactive and responsive.
- Bring increased compassion and understanding to their own and others’ unexpected, unsafe, and inappropriate behaviors.
- Respond to student behaviors restoratively in-the-moment.
- Collaboratively problem-solve ongoing behavior concerns with school teams.
This series is part of a pilot 6 day microcredential in Holistic Restorative Practices. The microcredential is for beginning and seasoned practitioners who would like to transform how they and their schools create conditions for learning, building community, responding to conflicts, and supporting adult and student well-being. Strategies are drawn from the fields of restorative practices, trauma-informed approaches, equity & inclusion, mindfulness, and social-emotional.
Please contact Wendy Cohen for more information.
