Trauma Informed Classrooms

Based on the work of Kristin Souers and Pete Hall, this session will walk educators through what trauma-invested teachers do and how a trauma-invested classroom functions. Educators will develop a greater understanding of the impact of trauma on young children, how the impact can shape young people as they develop into adults, and how those impacts can impede a child’s ability to learn over the course of their development.  A trauma-invested classroom provides both availability and accountability; an artful balance between firm and kind.  This workshop helps educators to fully understand that balance and begins the mindset shift it will take for recommended strategies and interventions to be effective.

This session will be held in the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375, in the Victory Building at 1401 West Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201.

Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking is also available.

Presenters : Beth Mathys & Andrea Fortner, Arkansas AWARE