As an educator, you face the impact of trauma in your school every day. Whether it is acute or complex trauma, those experiences disrupt brain activity and can lead students to exhibit disruptive and/or disengaged behaviors. This year-long cohort (6 sessions) requires a team of five* building representatives which could include, but are not limited to: building leader, classroom teacher, counselor, special education teacher, school nurse, school resource officer, etc. School representatives must attend all six sessions.

We will use the Missouri Model for Trauma-Informed Schools to address the underlying causes of trauma, identify student responses and implement highly effective school-wide systems of support.
*School wide teams will be based on the student population.

Session 1) Intro to Trauma - before school starts
Session 2) Reframing Responses to Trauma
Session 3) Missouri Model Implementation
Session 4) Emotional Poverty Part 1
Session 5) Emotional Poverty Part 2
Session 6) Data Analysis, Reflection, and Next Steps

Fee is $200 per team per session ($1,200 total per team); $50 per session for each additional person. Lunch included.

Trauma can often disrupt a students emotional regulation which can lead to disruptions in the classroom. These emotional challenges can interfere with a student's ability to engage in learning activities, participate in class, and maintain peer relationships. By understanding the educational impact of trauma and implementing trauma-informed approaches, educators can better support the diverse needs of students and create inclusive learning environments where every child has the opportunity to succeed. During this session participants will gain an understanding of how trauma impacts brain development and other potential challenges in the educational environment.

Cost: $75.00 non-member OR $50.00-KCRPDC member

The Early Childhood Network collaboration is a great place to be surrounded by like-minded professionals. Discussions about what success looks like for a young child, newest research findings in early childhood, and how the Missouri Early Learning Standards help us to assess the youngest learners will all be shared. Each session will offer opportunities for collaboration around hot topics in preschool.

Participant learning experiences include:
* Exploring Early Childhood Practices trauma informed practices with young children
* Building content skills through the Missouri Learning Standards
* PLAY and the importance of critical thinking and problem solving at an early age

Lunch included. Graduate credit available

The Early Childhood Network collaboration is a great place to be surrounded by like-minded professionals. Discussions about what success looks like for a young child, newest research findings in early childhood, and how the Missouri Early Learning Standards help us to assess the youngest learners will all be shared. Each session will offer opportunities for collaboration around hot topics in preschool.

Participant learning experiences include:
* Exploring Early Childhood Practices trauma informed practices with young children
* Building content skills through the Missouri Learning Standards
* PLAY and the importance of critical thinking and problem solving at an early age

Lunch included. Graduate credit available

Classroom management strategies are essential to building a positive and productive learning environment. If you are new to the classroom, or looking to enhance your skills and build confidence in dealing with difficult students, this 3-part series will help you create a positive learning environment where students feel engaged motivated and empowered to success academically and socially.

This professional development includes 3 - ½ day sessions. Attend 1 session or all.

Part 1 - Getting Started on the Right Foot: setting expectations, establishing procedures and routines, organization and room arrangements, providing positive feedback and building relationships.

Part 2- Keeping it Going: Creating Positive Transitions, Building a Community of Learners, Responding to minor disruptions, engaging students and teaching self-regulation.

Part 3 - Responding to Challenging Behaviors: Function-based thinking, Keys to De-escalating students, Trauma approach to behavior.

Cost:$100.00 Non-Members OR $75.00 per KCRPDC Members for all three sessions.

Team members must have completed Year 1 Trauma Responsive Training

During the trauma-informed journey, schools will address all of their practices and policies, introduce new supportive practices and policies and work to measure the efficacy of their work through student and staff responses. Following the foundation of knowledge from the Year 1 cohort, this year will focus on putting that knowledge into practice by creating trauma responsive systems and incorporating research and evidence based practices to support all members of the school community. These sessions will be aligned to the Missouri Model for Trauma-Informed Schools. The four full day sessions will focus on the following:
Session 1) Prioritizing Staff Needs
Session 2) Changing Discipline Through Restorative Practices
Session 3) Creating Space to Regulate
Session 4) Connecting Community

School representatives must attend all sessions.

Fee is $200 per team per session ($800 total per team of 5); $50 per session for each additional person. Lunch included.

In this presentation, we will explore how our nervous systems are impacted by adversity, trauma, and experiences of resiliency through deepened connections and sensory regulation. Behaviors are only signals or indicators that the brain and body are struggling in survival states of functioning. In our time together, we will explore how we get out in front of the behavior through our procedures, routines, and transitions. We will also explore the differences between co-regulation and coercive regulation which is the foundation of discipline practices that move us through challenging moments while attending to our emotional, social, and physiological health.

Dr. Lori Desautels has been an Assistant Professor at Butler University since 2016 where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Education. Lori was also an Assistant Professor at Marian University in Indianapolis for eight years where she founded the Educational Neuroscience Symposium that has now reached thousands of educators and is in its 15th year. Lori's passion is engaging her students through the social and relational neurosciences as it applies to education. She does this by integrating the tier one trauma accommodating Applied Educational Neuroscience framework, and its learning principles and practices into her coursework at Butler.

NOTE: 48 hour cancellation for refund.

Cost: $185 member, $220 non-member