This year in education has turned into a “building the plane as we fly” situation. Professional educators are being stretched in ways they never have been before. There’s no roadmap, no template, for how to teach during a pandemic. This group will provide a safe space to address the tough and hard topics that come with teaching this year. Since we are literally living during a traumatic time, we will focus on trauma-informed practices and support to help educators navigate their stressors.

This eight week course will be hosted on Zoom remote conferencing. The structure of each weekly meeting (75 minutes each) will be:

Welcome
Check In
Teaching/Discussion of Specific Topic
Takeaways

Each week, we will discuss practical tools, skills, strategies that can be used in the classroom/online room IMMEDIATELY.

Week 1: Intro, Expectations, Cohort Development: Trauma-Informed Foundation

Week 2: Emotional Regulation, Developmental Age vs. Chronological Age

Week 3: Creating Emotional Safety, Building Relationship

Week 4: Understanding the Sensory System and Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn

Week 5: Understanding the Emotional Regulation System

Week 6: Understanding Social Skills and Relationships with Peers

Week 7: Teacher Self-Care, More Pandemic Stressors

Week 8: Wrap Up


Who Should Attend? Any Montana Teacher or Counselor (A maximum of 15 per cohort.)

Dates: Tuesdays from 3:45pm-5pm (Feb. 15,  Mar. 1, Mar. 8, Mar. 15, Mar. 22, Mar. 29, April 5, April 12, 2022)

Cost: $249/person

Credits: 8 Montana OPI renewal units (1 unit per session)

Instructor: Stacy G. York Nation, LCSW, Social Worker
Stacy is a licensed clinical social worker who got her start in school based mental health. She has a small private practice in Colorado. Stacy has spent the last 5 years traveling the country to train and educate professional educators on trauma-informed care. Stacy completed a grant project with Montana’s OPI that included the completion of a trauma-informed student handbook template. Stacy is familiar with the rural nature of Montana and all that goes with that in trying to meet the needs of a community. Stacy also serves as a Behavioral Health Officer in the Wyoming  Army National Guard. This experience has provided Stacy with opportunities to work with higher level officials in problem solving hard, tough system issues.

To obtain more information, contact director@wmplc.org or stacy@gobeyou.org

Course ID: 22560004