Christy W. Bryce – Trauma-Informed Schools and Adverse Childhood Experiences Training
Faculty:
Christy W. Bryce
Duration:
6 Hours 6 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 18, 2019
Description
When you entered education, you thought it would be about lesson plans, curriculum, and seating charts.
You weren’t expecting kids who curse, hit, kick, and scratch other students, and bang their heads on the table when they’re frustrated. Kids who are constantly “in trouble” at school and have difficulty grasping the material being taught.
But sometimes the trauma of physical and sexual abuse, hunger, violence, and suicide lie behind these behaviors. And when you hear the stories of your students pain you’re left feeling blindsided, unprepared, and desperate for guidance on how you can help.
Whether you’re a teacher, administrator, counselor, social worker or anyone who works with students, this program will provide you with the step-by-step direction, tools, and techniques you need to work more capably and comfortably with kids who’ve experienced trauma. The strategies and comprehensive learning supports shared at this event will enable you to create a better school climate, boost academic achievement, and improve school safety while building critical skills in students like self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and an openness to teamwork and cooperation.
Get the trauma-sensitive skills and strategies you need to ensure every student can succeed!
Handouts
Manual – Trauma-Informed Schools and Adverse Childhood Experiences (4.3 MB) 31 Pages Available after Purchase Instructions for ASHA credit – Self-Study Only (64.4 KB) Available after Purchase
Outline
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES): The Hidden Public Health Emergency Affecting Schools
The neurological and physiological impacts of toxic stress
Trauma’s impact on kids’ development and futures
Escalation cycle, toxic stress, and emotional dysregulation
Spot the Warning Signs of Trauma in Students
How trauma impairs learning and impacts behavior
How fight, flight, freeze looks in the classroom
Physical symptoms to watch for
Identify the “silent sufferer”
Trauma-Informed Practices for Schools and Classrooms: Establish Safety, Trust, Choice, Collaboration, and Empowerment
5 Ways to Build a Psychologically Safe Classroom
Create calming areas in the classroom
Build a classroom community
Emotional check-ins, worksheets and activities
How to offer choices so kids feel in control
Schedules and routines that establish safety and normalcy
Challenging Behaviors Intervention Toolbox: Better Outcomes for Overreactive, Aggressive, and Avoidant Students
What sets kids off? How to be a trigger detective
Check in/check out for structure and accountability
Better break interventions for avoidant students
Executive functioning skills training for overreactive students
Social stories to use when kids aren’t grasping expectations
Culturally Responsive Practices and Techniques: Support Sensitivity and Strengthen the School-Family Alliance
Recognize our biases to better support cultural sensitivity
Strategies for working with parents who’ve experienced trauma
Strengthen the school-family alliance – support with families instead of to families
Trauma-Sensitive Approaches to Discipline and Corrective Action
Building resilience – our kids can overcome!
Leadership jobs that built competence and connectedness
Discipline is a system: preventative, supportive, corrective
Alternatives to suspension – keep kids in school and learning
Supports for Educators and Staff Who Experience Secondary Traumatic Stress
Staff wellness – tap in/tap out
Restorative circles for educators
Faculty
Christy W. Bryce, Ed.D. Related seminars and products: 1
Director of Intervention
Christy W. Bryce, Ed.D., the Director of Intervention for Warren County Public Schools in Bowling Green, KY has spent her career collaborating with educators, administrators and school staff to determine how best to intervene and support students who are demonstrating challenging behaviors.
Dr. Bryce has over 20 years of experience in education as a school psychologist and special education teacher and is highly experienced in consulting on trauma-informed practices, differentiated instruction, and academic and behavioral interventions for at-risk students and students with special needs.
A highly requested trainer, Dr. Bryce is experienced in establishing, coordinating, and sustaining large scale initiatives in the context of a linguistically and culturally diverse public school system. She earned her Ed.S. degree in School Psychology from Western Kentucky University and her Ed.D. degree in Education, Leadership and Policy from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christy Bryce has an employment relationship with Warren County Public Schools. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Christy Bryce has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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