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Trauma Informed Schools in 2025: Creating Thriving School Communities 

Date:

January 17, 2025 @ 8:30 am 3:30 pm

Location:

Delta Hotel, S. Burlington, VT

Price:

$450

Instructor(s):

Joelle van Lent

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 trauma-informed schools, as well as those with more advanced expertise.

Participants must attend all events:

  • January 17, 2025
  • February 7, 2025
1117 Williston Rd
South Burlington, VT 05403 United States
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Creating enriching learning environments has become increasingly daunting. Schools face complex and interwoven challenges, as well as rich opportunities to renew and strengthen understandings of trauma-informed practices, and reinforce a collective commitment to the well-being of students and staff. 

This workshop series will connect the impact of stress and adversity on development with practical strategies that promote resilience.

Participants will:

  • Learn how caregiver, racial, and other forms of trauma impact both the formation of healthy relational patterns and the ways students respond to various experiences in school.  
  • Understand how healthy motivation develops, and learn practical strategies to enhance student motivation and engagement – even in situations of learned helplessness and/or chronic disengagement. 
  • Examine how trauma-informed discipline can both improve a sense of belonging and diminish inequities within a school community. 
  • Gain strategies to improve self-regulation, replace undesired behavioral responses, and increase students’ resilience to the inherent stressors of school, learning, and social endeavors. 
  • Increase understanding of the factors essential to building a culture of community care, including the risks for compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout.