Building Resilient Classrooms

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  • Dr. Averna
  • Consultation and Coaching
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  • Testimonials

Resilient Classrooms
Professional Development and Support for Educators
School Mental Health Consultation

Resilient Classrooms: A trauma-informed approach to enhancing learning and well-being for all children
These professional development trainings equip educators to address the most common student behaviors that interfere with teaching and learning such as:
  • aggression, impulsivity, inattention, withdrawal, and non-compliance
  • ​students who meet criteria for ADHD, Anxiety, ODD, CD and LD
Through self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-compassion, educators learn to recognize their own triggers and how to promote positive relationships with even the most challenging students
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Mindset Shift
See your students' behavior with a different lens – recognize and understand the NEED underlying the behavior.  Use the teacher-student relationship as the means to co-regulate the child.  Provide a safe relationship for learning and watch your students reclaim their natural curiosity and love of learning.

Bottom-up Regulation 
Learn body-based strategies to influence feelings of safety, connectedness, regulation, and well-being.  Become adept at reading mental states in others and how to co-regulate others with body language and relational strategies. 

Teacher Self-Care and Self-Reflection
Receive support and strategies for taking care of yourself.  Delve into your own relationship history to uncover what you bring to the teacher-student relationship.  Learn practices for mindful awareness and self-compassion as you do this difficult work to improve relationships in and out of the classroom.  Reduce reactivity and burnout and reclaim the joy in teaching.
Techniques
  • Experiential training - simulations allow teachers to experience the classroom through the eyes of the students
  • Practices support self-awareness and non-judgmental curiosity of self and other
  • Case studies drawn from teachers' own experiences are discussed and problem-solved
  • A mix of lecture, video, small and large group discussion illustrate the process
  • Provides hand-outs for future reference with variety of tools/techniques.
Evidence-Based Intervention
  • Skills and techniques are based on neuroscience and trauma research, Polyvagal and Attachment theories, and non-violent communication principles.
  • Research based strategies improve executive cognitive functions, self-regulation and relationships.
  • Tools and techniques will enhance well-being and learning for all children, but will be particularly well suited for challenging kids
  • Appropriate for classroom use or one-on-one
  • Suitable for teachers, administrators and staff in levels preK-12 and higher education

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Delivery Options:  Content can be delivered in a variety of formats (from 1.5 hours to full day) and tailored to meet school needs.


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