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/

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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/

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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

Sarah Casper explores the nuanced world of consent. In this conversation we explore how common approaches to consent education are good, yet don't allow space for adolescents and young adults to practice nagivating the 'grey areas' of boundaries, consent, and sex. She explores principles in her approach to consent education.

Guest:
Playful. Nuanced. Principled. Sarah (SAH-rah) Casper is the founder of Comprehensive Consent, a social-emotional learning approach to equipping kids and teens with the knowledge and skills necessary for healthy, respectful, and joyful relationships. Through her in-school workshops, online classes, and social media content, Sarah has helped thousands of kids, adolescents, and adults throughout the world shift their understanding of consent as something we simply “give” and “get” to a practice we are all responsible to uphold. You can find her on Instagram @ComprehensiveConsent.

To learn more about Sarah, please visit:
https://www.comprehensiveconsent.com/
@comprehensiveconsent

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
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/
ohricky: https://ohrickybeats.bandcamp.com/

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

Leslie highlights the benefits and process of using Art Therapy in school settings. She starts by opening up about her process on writing and personal journey to finding art therapy. In the conversation, we explore the benefits of art therapy and how it can be used by professionals in the school setting.

Guest:
Leslie de Vera Arroyo. Leslie Arroyo (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a School Counseling Specialist for Chicago Public Schools (CPS). She has been in the counseling and mental health field for more than 20 years. She has experience working in inpatient and outpatient mental health facilities before serving as a school counselor in CPS elementary and high school settings for 14 years. She has a Master’s Degree in Art Therapy and went to DePaul University to obtain school counselor licensure.

In her current role, she supports school counselors in the implementation of ASCA-aligned comprehensive, data-driven, and student-centered school counseling programs. Also in this role, she is running a pilot program on the use of art therapy techniques in school counseling practices. The goal of the pilot program is to examine the impact on student learning and the development of academic and social/emotional skills that contribute to college and career readiness.

To learn more about Leslie, please visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-de-vera-arroyo-maat-lcpc-637a266/

3:40 - Concept - Writing in a Linear Process
6:50 - Quote - "Just Do The Thing"
7:15 - Concept - What's art therapy?
9:10 - Personal Story - How Leslie found art therapy
15:00 - Concept - Verbal and Other Methods for Expression and Meaning
16:30 - Research - Art Therapy for Psychosocial Problems in Children and Adolescents (Bosgraff et al., 2020)
17:55 - Research - Reduction of Cortisol Levels and Participants' Responses Following Art Making (Kaimal et al., 2016)
21:23 - Benefits of Art Therapy
21:50 - Concept - Getting Over Judgment
29:00 - Concept - De-Escalating and Accessing Emotions & Thoughts
32:20 - Concept - Benefits of Art Therapy
40:00 - Concept - Art Therapy for Retaining Professionals
49:30 - Strategy - Do What Brings You Joy
51:30 - Strategy - Utilize Your Senses
52:30 - Parent Strategy - Fostering Student Space for Exploration
56:00 - Parent Strategy - Encourage Healthy Risk Taking
61:00 - Personal Strategy - Art, Movement, Mindfulness


Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
G Mills: https://gmills.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
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Dr. Davis explores the practical application of empathy. She highlights stories from her extensive research on empathy and how it is use to facilitate better practitioner-patient relationships to improve healthcare. She highlights how this is can be used to improve listening and relationships inside and out of schools.

Guest:
Dr. Carol Davis. Carol is an international lecturer and consultant and a respected author in rehabilitation literature. She is the author of Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation, and Patient-Practitioner Interaction, both published by Slack Books, Inc., and several textbook chapters, many focusing on the science of energy medicine and complementary therapies. She has published over 30 articles in peer reviewed journals. Her areas of scholarly interest include educating students in the affective domain, particularly in professional interactions in health care, ethics, empathy , and using the self as a therapeutic presence with patients. In addition, she is interested in reading and translating for broad understanding fascia, biotensegrity and the essentials of quantum physics and how subatomic particles and vibration affect our physiology and cellular function.

To learn more about Dr. Davis, please visit:
https://freelyhuman.com/about-carol-davis/
https://www.youtube.com/@Drcmdavis
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Carol-M.-Davis/author/B000APLEKU?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1742664674&sr=1-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Please note the time stamps for podcast content:
4:00 - Concept - http://www.biotensegrity.com/
4:50 - Personal Story - What led to exploring Empathy?
8:50 - History - How Empathy was Taught Over Time
9:30 - Empathy Scale -
10:20 - Concept - Sympathy vs. Empathy
11:20 - Research - The Problem with Empathy (Stein)
12:30 - Concept - 3 Aspects of Empathy (Stein)
14:00 - Personal Story - Nursing Example with Empathy
18:40 - Concept - How to Teach Empathy?
23:30 - Concept - Transposal & Identification (Cognitive Problem Solving and Emotional Connection)
27:00 - Concept - Talking Transposal vs. Empathy in Schools
30:25 - Personal Story - Empathy Skills to Improve Relationships & Professional Effectiveness
37:30 - Concept - Common Barriers to Being Empathic
38:07 - Research - Mean 17.4 Minutes - Time Allocation in Primary Care Office Visits (Tai-Seale, 2007)
39:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Judgment vs. Perception
39:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Active Listening/Presence
39:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Curiosity and Questioning Dominant Cultures
41:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Copy Parental Interaction
41:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Hidden Bias
45:00 - Student Strategy - Raise Consciousness
47:30 - Personal Story - Awareness on Impact of Past Experiences
48:40 - Student Strategy - Explore Core Values
50:05 - Personal Story - Using Complex Stories to Explore Personal Values
53:30 - Parent Barrier to Empathy - Just Love
55:20 - Parent Barrier to Empathy - Practice Exploring the Experience of Others
63:00 - Book Recommendation - Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being - Niel Theise
68:00 - Book Recommendation - Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Paperback – Suzanne Simard
68:00 - Personal Practice - Contemplative Practice
71:00 - Book Recommendation - Yes, and: Daily Meditations - Richard Rohr
72:00 - Book Recommendation - Braiding Sweetgrass - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Kimmerer


Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Marysia Osu: https://marysiaosu.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
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ShowYouSuck talks about the power of curiosity . This episode continues conversations about different approaches to heal from trauma. She shares her story and explains how indigenous wisdom can be a guide to process difficult life experiences and help to live a richer emotional life.

Guest:
ShowYouSuck. Clinton Sandifer creates under the name ShowYouSuck. A Rapper/Producer/Performance artist, one half of the band Air Credits, based in Chicago who releases self produced music and videos on a regular basis via Bandcamp and Youtube. Show also hosts a monthly variety show at Subterranean called the Dream Blunt Rotation, every last Wednesday of the month.

To learn more about ShowYouSuck, please visit:
https://showyousuck.bandcamp.com/

Please note the time stamps for podcast content:
2:44 - Concept - Creativity in Life
4:50 - Personal Story - Personal Stories on Creativity
10:00 - Concept - Just Saying Yes
10:40 - Study - Creativity and Wellbeing: A Meta Analysis (Acar et al., 2020)
11:00 - Concept - Everyone Needs to Make Things
14:15 - Concept - What is Your Creative Process Like?
14:20 - Book - Flow (Csikszentmihalyi, 2008)
18:45 - Study - Creativity in Everyday Life (Cropley, 1990)
19:30 - Concept - Everyday Creativity
22:00 - Study - Being Creative Makes You Happier (Tan et al., 2021)
22:45 - Student Idea - Don't Fixate on Finishing a Thing
23:45 - Student Idea - Learn to Tinker
25:40 - Concept - Process in an Outcomes Driven Culture
29:30 - Concept - Enjoying the Process
35:30 - Concept - You Dont Control the Outcome, Only the Process
45:15 - Story - Where to Push Yourself Creatively
45:50 - Personal Strategy - Creating a Comfortable Space


Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
ShowYouSuck: https://showyousuck.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
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Mairead talks about the power of curiosity . This episode continues conversations about different approaches to heal from trauma. She shares her story and explains how indigenous wisdom can be a guide to process difficult life experiences and help to live a richer emotional life.

Guest:
Mairead Ashcroft. Art Therapist. Counselor. Nature Lover. Mairead uses compassion to support others who have experienced similar challenging life events resulting in Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Mairead has dedicated many years of study on the effects of trauma on the brain and body, enhancing her counselling, art therapy and life coaching practice and her approach to recovery. Mairead participated in changing Australian laws by speaking in Parliament during the Victorian Inquiry 2011, and Australian Royal Commission into institutional responses into childhood sexual abuse 2014. In 2012 Mairead was awarded and Inspirational Woman’s Award by the Hobson’s Bay City Council in the area of childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence advocacy. Mairead and her adorable side kick, Moon Shadow the Therapy Dog are friendly faces in their hometown of Altona, Melbourne.

To learn more about Mairead or somatic bathing, please visit:
www.artoflifewithmairead.com
www.artoflifewithmairead.blogspot.com.au

Please note the time stamps for podcast content:
5:00 - Concept - Trauma and Protecting From Feeling
8:30 - Concept - Openness and Healing
9:30 - Story - Personal Experience of Trauma
13:00 - Concept - Replacing Judgment with Curiosity
14:30 - Example - Reframing Judgment to Curiosity around Trauma
19:30 - Idea - Strategies to Let Go of Judgement
22:00 - Strategy - Mindfulness
24:00 - Idea - Openness to Experience
28:00 - Idea - Power of Circles in the Healing Process
34:00 - Strategy - Use of Circles from Art of Life and Curiosity
39:00 - Idea - Connecting Circles, Mindfulness, and Curiosity related to Trauma
42:00 - Idea - Applying Curiosity and Taking Risk in Life
49:00 - Idea - Expressing Emotion and Full Range of Emotional Experience
50:00 - Strategies - Don't Do Everything on your Own
57:00 - Strategies - Power of Listening
60:00 - Quote - People don't really listen. They just wait for their turn to talk. -Chuck Palahnuik.
62:00 - Strategies - Listen, Dont Fix. Allow space for feelings.
64:00 - Idea - Prioritizing a Full Range of Feeling
65:00 - Book - The Emotional Lives of Teenagers - Lisa Damour
67:33 - Research - How trait curiosity influences psychological well-being and emotional exhaustion - Wang & Lei, 2015
70:00 - Concept - Curiosity in Turbulent Times
78:00 - Strategies - Look for People You Want to Emulate and Learn From
86:00 - Personal Strategy - Art!


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