PreK-6th grade educators will learn about implementing strategies and Evidence-based Practices in the classroom.
PreK-6 Educators Session Description:
Today, educators must be prepared to support students who have faced numerous unknown adverse experiences. These experiences may have resulted in trauma and can present in a number of different internalizing and externalizing ways in the classroom. Teachers can improve the academic and behavioral outcomes of all their students while improving the school experience and preventing re-traumatization for those who have experienced Trauma. This presentation will show how implementing simple strategies as well as Evidence-based Practices in the classroom can make this happen.
About the Speaker:
Trina Simms serves as a Sustainability Coordinator for the PAXIS Institute. Trina is the “boots on the ground” person for the Arizona initiative of the PAX Good Behavior Game (GBG). Trina has a clinical background and worked as a clinician for many years in Tucson Arizona. Trina has also facilitated groups for parents involved with the Arizona Department of Child Safety using the Trauma Informed Care curriculum.
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- Contact Name: Alicia Durbin
- Email Address: trecarizona@arizona.edu