Bridging to Resilience 2021

In this session facilitated by Jen Alexander, an experienced educator, trauma expert, and the author of bestselling Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools, teachers and other leaders will briefly review what trauma is and how it can impact youth. Specifically, Ms. Jen will help participants differentiate between regulated and dysregulated arousal states. She will also introduce and give participants her River of Feelings visual, which is a practical tool for youth of all ages. Come to learn about this visual and leave prepared to help yourself and all youth get regulated as part of trauma-informed social and emotional learning within a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS).