The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the importance of the trauma-informed practices. As we are experiencing times of collective adversity, uncertainty, and change, our students need systems that are designed to support their needs now more than ever. Together, we need to create systems that support the social-emotional needs of students and staff.
Move beyond using the ACEs study to building practices that mitigate the impact of trauma in the lives of students.
Understand how social-emotional learning can extend throughout the school day and be embedded in the curriculum & pedagogy.
Build practices that promote educator resilience to meet the social and emotional demands of their professional and private lives.
This conference has been designed by educators and administrators - like you - to provide practical strategies that can be put into practice in your buildings now!
The Trauma-Informed Schools Institute will address key skills and mindsets needed to develop school environments where students and staff feel supported and connected. You’ll walk away feeling empowered, ready to implement new strategies and actions, while deepening commitment and anchoring into a vision for your school. You will connect with colleagues as you practice content, reflect, apply and practice skills together.
Maybe you're...
Wondering how to create predictability and routine in midst of uncertainty and change.
Looking for ways to build relationships and connect as a way to support learning.
We are designing this conference to be packed full of practical applications and strategies of how you can build practices that promote educator resilience to meet the social and emotional demands of their professional and private lives and mitigate the impact of trauma in the lives of students. We need safe spaces and caring relationships before students and staff can focus on learning.
Denise Moody has been working in educational settings for fifteen years, working with early childhood through high school age students primarily at the district level. Ms. Moody has special interest in the area of trauma-informed systems of care, school-based mental health, social-emotional learning, educator resilience, and multi-tiered systems of support. She has been an adjunct professor at Winona State University in the Department of Social Work since 2006 and has a small private practice providing psychotherapy to adolescents and adults. Ms. Moody holds a bachelor’s degree from Winona State University in Social Work and a master’s degree from the University of St. Thomas/College of St. Catherine in Social Work. She has also completed post graduate work in the area of Educational Leadership with the University of Minnesota and is licensed as a Director of Special Education and as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Ms. Moody is also the Founder and Director of an educational consulting and events firm, Resilience Impact, LLC.
Thursday, October 29, 2020: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, October 30, 2020: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
You can tune into the conference from anywhere with internet access.
Keynote sessions will be one hour in length followed by thirty minutes of live Q&A with the presenter. Breakout sessions will be 50 - 75 minutes. With your registration, all session recordings will be available until 5:00 PM CST on June 1, 2021.
In this season, there are so many virtual conferences, trainings, and workshops out there. So what makes this one different?
Sometimes attending online trainings can feel a little like playing the lottery. You pour over the websites and research the presenters hoping to choose something that will be engaging and practical. Despite my best efforts, I often end up in sessions where the actual content didn't match the description at all or I am left with the question "what's next?". While there is clearly some awesome content to be found in these type of trainings, it all too often requires a lot of effort, and a bit of luck, to find.
We designed this summit to be different!
We have designed each session to be full of engaging content and provide practical applications of the material. All of our sessions are presented by educators and administrators that understand the challenges and rewards of doing this work.
This one of a kind online event will offer live presentations, interactive networking opportunities and access to recordings of sessions through June 1, 2021 so that you can go at your own pace and with what works for your schedule.
Now for the part you’ve been waiting for. Here are the amazing speakers you’ll hear from at the Trauma-Informed Schools Institute.
David Adams
Juliana Nichols-Hazlett
Chris Cronas
Julia Rose Polk
Erica Wortherly
Addison Duane
Felicia Turner
Brian Brandsmeier
Angie Ellsworth
Katy Fateleh
Denise Moody
Josh Varner
- Build practices that promote educator resilience to meet the social and emotional demands of their professional and private lives.
- Move beyond using the ACEs study to building practices that mitigate the impact of trauma in the lives of students.
- Use self-reflection as a tool to build regulation and resilience.
- Explore how to leverage SEL instruction to promote issues of equity and inclusion in your school.
Sign up today for the Trauma-Informed Schools Institute Online!