attendance in school teams is encouraged. The focus of the conference agenda is Elementary and Middle School personnel. Pre-School and High School staff are welcome and encouraged to participate.The overarching goal of the conference is to provide conceptual and program-specific knowledge about trauma-informed and trauma-specific student support programs, social emotional learning curricula, adapted within school improvement practices. The framework uses Response to Intervention principles to improve universal social emotional learning and create phased response to children when trauma is identified as a barrier to school success.
The conference’s primary audience is Pre-K (Head Start-ECEAP) and K–12 educators and administrators, with allied community service providers as a secondary audience. We encourage participants to attend in local teams organized at the school building or district level. Teams could range from 4 – 6 participants with each team including one school administrator (typically the building principal or small district superintendent), a classroom teacher, and school student support staff, i.e., school nurse, counselor, school social worker. Community partners will be selected by the school team and could include local early learning leaders, youth development staff, mental health providers, juvenile justice staff, public health, or child welfare professionals. (Given current financial exigencies, we understand it may not be realistic for all schools to participate using a Professional Learning Community group approach. Individual School leaders are welcome to attend.)
Conference objectives include:
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Introduction to and critical evaluation skills regarding social emotional learning curricula infused in standard academic practice. The conference will provide rationale, research evidence, and analysis of current best practices in social emotional learning.
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Introduction to current principles and best practice recommendations regarding culturally appropriate practice with an emphasis on Latino, African American, and Native American cultural issues.
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Present guidelines and practice recommendations regarding Response to Intervention as a planning resource to address social emotional learning and trauma in school improvement practice.
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Within the Response to Intervention framework, present evidence-based and promising practice program information regarding trauma-informed and trauma-specific practice.
In order to support organizational change in schools to address complex trauma, efforts have to address K–12’s core educational mission and methods of change. By aligning trauma response with social emotional learning as the principal predictors of academic success, we coordinate trauma response with school improvement efforts.
The pervasive nature of trauma in school children creates specific barriers to meeting annual academic performance standards, and adopting a trauma-informed strategy provides a conceptual framework for addressing barriers to school success. Addressing complex trauma as a major threat to social emotional learning and academic competency provides a unifying framework supporting health promotion goals for all children and phased efforts to support early identification and remediation.
The pervasive nature of trauma in school children creates specific barriers to meeting annual academic performance standards, and adopting a trauma-informed strategy provides a conceptual framework for addressing barriers to school success. Addressing complex trauma as a major threat to social emotional learning and academic competency provides a unifying framework supporting health promotion goals for all children and phased efforts to support early identification and remediation.
The cost for registration is $180.00 per person
For More Information Contact:
Roy Harrington, MA, 509.358.7636, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Natalie Turner, MS, LMHC, 509.358.7563, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Roy Harrington, MA, 509.358.7636, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Natalie Turner, MS, LMHC, 509.358.7563, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
A 10 minute video is available related to conference goals at: www.spokane.wsu.edu/researchoutreach/AHEC/trauma/
