Alicia explores Trauma-Informed Practices from the viewpoint of an educator. She highlights her experiences as a teacher, administrator, parent, and trainer to expand on ideas and specific strategies to help stressed out students.

Guest:
Alisa Kaczorowski has spent almost two decades in education as an elementary and intermediate teacher, instructional coach and administrator. Her topics of expertise include: multi-sensory literacy instruction, writing instruction, social emotional learning, trauma-informed practices and leadership best practices.

To learn more about Alicia, please visit:
https://akeducationalconsulting.com/

IG: akeducationalconsulting

Youtube Channel: akeducationalconsulting

To learn more about Trauma Informed Practices, see resources below:

Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education by Alex Shevrin Venet

University of Michigan School of Social Work - TRAUMA INFORMED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES FOR SCHOOLS (TIPPS) PROGRAM GUIDE

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network - Child Trauma Toolkit
for Educators

SAMHSA - Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach

Timestamps:
3:20 - Personal Story - How Alicia found her interest in Trauma Informed Practices
7:40 - Bio - Alicia Kaczorowski's Bio (Remembered Late!)
9:20 - Concept - What is important to know about being a Trauma-Informed School?
9:45 - Trauma Concept - Being Trauma Informed is a Mindset
10:20 - Trauma Concept - All Students Experience Trauma
11:20 - Trauma Concept - Everyone Experiences Traumas or Stressors Differently & Has Different Needs
11:50 - Trauma Concept - Trauma Informed Strategies Help Meet Students Needs
15:20 - Stress Concepts - Difficulty Accessing Learning when in Significant Distress
17:45 - Stress Concepts - How we Communicate is Important
22:00 - Stress Concepts - Emotional Regulation is Important to Model
25:40 - Idea - How Do We Learn Emotional Management Strategies?
25:15 - Effective Strategies - Modeling: Talking Aloud Whats Happening in the Moment
29:23 - Effective Strategies - Options: Trying Different Strategies
23:50 - Concept - Understanding the Vagus Nerve
37:00 - Stress Strategies - Seven Regulation Strategy Catergories
37:50 - Breathing Strategy - 5 Finger Breathing
42:00 - Mindfulness Strategy - Noticing Strategy
47:45 - Funny Story - Mammoth Park National Park Response to Negative Reviews
50:40 - Concept - Decentering and Being Present
51:50 - Student Strategy - Try New Strategies! Not Every Strategy Works for You
54:20 - Student Strategy - Start with Easy Strategies
56:00 - Parent Strategy - Be Mindful Of the Worlds you Choose: Modeling
60:00 - Adult Strategy - Apologize When You Make a Mistake
71:00 - Personal Strategy - Swimming. Mindfulness

Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Zendo: https://zendobeats.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
present-mind.org/podcast

Dr. Wallace highlights her dissertation exploring teaching beliefs and their impact on the use of Trauma Informed Practices in Schools. She explores how she found this topic, even as an outsider to education. She highlights the power of listening and foundational practices for being trauma informed.

Guest:
Dr. Maggie Wallace is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Saint Louis Translational Fellows in Education Program at Washington University at St. Louis. She is exploring translational research in partnership with local schools, school districts, and research practice partnerships (RPPS).

To learn more about Dr. Wallace, please visit:
x: margaretkwall

To learn more about Trauma Informed Practices, see resources below:

Alex Shevrin Venet By Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education

University of Michigan School of Social Work - TRAUMA INFORMED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES FOR SCHOOLS (TIPPS) PROGRAM GUIDE

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network - Child Trauma Toolkit
for Educators

SAMHSA - Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach

Timestamps:
4:00 - Personal Story - How Dr. Wallace found her research interest
6:40 - Concept - What are Trauma Informed Practices
7:45 - Concept - What do Trauma Informed Practices Look Like?
8:00 - 4 Principles of Trauma Informed Practice - Predictability, Connection, Flexibility, and Empowerment
8:00 - Book - Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
(Alex Shevrin Venet)
10:50 - Study - Grounded in Teachers’ Reality: A Collective Case Study on Middle School Teachers’ Self-Efficacy for Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Educational Practices (Wallace, 2023)
12:00 - Insights - What Dr. Wallace Learned in Her Study
12:40 - Idea - What limited teachers using Trauma Informed Practices?
15:30 - Idea - What helped teacher want to use Trauma Informed Practices?
16:10 - Positive Strategy - Positive and Collective Self-Efficacy (Relying on each other!)
17:25 - Positive Strategy - Having Positive Experiences with Strategies
18:05 - Positive Strategy - Schoolwide Policies to Support (ex. school person to help students cool down/take break)
26:20 - Concept - How to balance Trauma Informed Practices with Curriculum Progress
29:00 - Connecting Examples - Door Greetings. Special Person for the Day. Downtime in Class. Connection with an Adult.
32:50 - Research - Supportive Relationships Mitigate the Effect of Cumulative Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences on Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Suicide Considerations—The Arizona Youth Risk Behavior Survey (Suh et al., 2022)
34:40 - Student Strategies - Advocating for Yourself
37:30 - Parent Strategies - Creating a Predictable and Flexible Space. Build Relationships with Teachers.
39:15 - Important Concepts for Success with Trauma Informed Practices - Buy In. Schoolwide Practices.
47:15 - Resources for Trauma-Informed Practices (See Show Notes)
53:00 - Hot Topics in Education - Student Mobility. Chronic Absenteeism.
54:50 - Personal Strategies - Maintaining Community. Game Nights. Ceramics.

Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
DJsNeverEndingStory: https://djsneverendingstory.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
present-mind.org/podcast

Dr. Gruber highlights the benefits and process of using relational mindfulness practices with young adults. Her work explores mindfulness practices to build internal and interpersonal awareness to decrease social isolation and increase wellness. Tune in to learn about this approach and her personal journey that called her to this work.

Guest:
Dr. Natalie Gruber is a well-being scholar, practitioner, researcher, and consultant. She has a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and Innovation (Arizona State University). Dr. Gruber is a certified mindfulness teacher (UCLS) and art therapist (Northwestern University). She also completed a fellowship in positive organizational scholarship (University of Michigan, Ross School of Business).

To learn more about Dr. Gruber, please visit:
https://nataliegruber.com/

To learn more about mindfulness and relational mindfulness, please visit:

https://www.uclahealth.org/uclamindful
https://www.uclahealth.org/ulcamindful/ucla-mindful-app

Timestamp:
4:00 - Concept - Loneliness Epidemic
4:00 - Report - Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation (US Surgeon General, 2023)
4:30 - Research - The Connection Prescription: Using the Power of Social Interactions and the Deep Desire for Connectedness to Empower Health and Wellness (Martino et al., 2015)
6:00 - Research - Mindfulness training reduces loneliness and increases social contact in a randomized controlled trial (Lindsay et al., 2019)
6:20 - Concept - Default Mode Network & Connection
7:45 - Program - ASU Mindfulness & Connection Program
9:40 - Research - Effects of Mindfulness on Psychological Health: A Review of Empirical Studies (Keng et al., 2011)
10:30 - Concept - Default Mode Network decreasing and Increasing Connection
11:30 - Personal Story - How Dr. Gruber Found Mindfulness
23:45
25:00 - Concept - Defining Mindfulness
26:20 - Practice - STOP Practice
28:00 - Concept - Taking Time to Pause
30:00 - Outcomes - Benefits of Relational Mindfulness
34:00 - Concept - Vulnerability vs. Fear of Judgment
35:00 - Concept - How to Practice New Ways of Being
37:30 - Strategy - Silence to Support Connection
40:00 - Practice - Hot Seat
45:40 - Strategy - Integrating Ways to Connect in Schools
53:10 - Strategy - Practice Self-Compassion
54:15 - Parent Strategy -
57:20 - Concept - Emotions are Contageous
58:40 - Concept - How to Start Making an Entry into Using Mindfulness
61:00 - Resources - Where to Access Mindfulness Practices
70:00 - Personal Wellness Strategy - Hiking

Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Jinsang: https://jinsangbeats.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
present-mind.org/podcast