Administrators are dealing with these issues right now:
- Emotional outbursts/issues that disrupt the classroom.
- Loss of instructional time because of emotional issues.
- Teachers who are leaving because of difficult students.
- A lack of strategies for teachers to use with these students.
Everywhere I go, I hear this: We had trauma informed care workshops. I now know what it is, but I have no idea what to do about it.
How does the Emotional Poverty book/training change outcomes?
- It provides concrete strategies to address many emotional issues.
- It provides a conceptual shift for educators.
FROM | TO |
Seeing the student as sick/bad | Seeing the student as injured |
Unable to name emotional realities | Can name many emotional realities |
Few strategies for calming students | Many strategies for calming students |
Little understanding of the causes of behavior | A basic understanding of emotional development |
“One size fits all” discipline strategies | Differing approaches depending on the bonding and attachment styles of the students |
Little acknowledgement of the emotional impact of the adults in the classroom and on campus | A much deeper understanding of the emotional impact of stages of adult development and its impact on the students |
No strategic tools for monitoring the emotional realities of the most unstable students | Use of emotional triage to keep the campus safer |
Little understanding of brain processing by gender | Fewer issues/referrals with male students |
The role of “less than” and “separate from” realities of environments (e.g. racism, sexism, death, dual-language issues) | Tools to lessen the frequency of such issues on the campus |
How do you implement this on your campus or in your district?
Options:
- Book study: There is a study guide in the back of the book. It is also available online.
- Bring in a consultant to do a one-day workshop with your staff using the book. Call (800) 424-9484 for booking information.
- Participate in a live, online training.
- Develop certified trainers who have the PowerPoints and can do the training in your district as long as each person in the training has a book.
- Options include:
- Live, online certification
- In-person national events
- Private district training: If you have 40 or more people, we will come to your location and do a certified training.
- Options include:
- On-demand, self-paced workshops
- Emotional Poverty on-demand workshop coming soon.
- Contact the sales team for large group licensing with your staff: (800) 424-9484