Session 1 – Trauma-Informed School Systems
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
1.5-hour Webinar: Watch Recording | Presentation Slides PDF
Explored the nuanced distinctions between stress, trauma, and grief, and discovered practical strategies for addressing them amidst ongoing uncertainties like the pandemic. Gained insights into leveraging socio-cultural relationships for holistic, healing-centered approaches and applied principles of recovery and renewal to enhance pedagogical practices, classroom environments, and overall school culture.
Meet the Presenter
Brianna Young, MEd
Brianna Young, MEd, (she/her) is a professor of education at Reach University’s Oxford Teacher’s College and a trauma-informed systems consultant with Trauma Transformed, based in Oakland, CA. After nearly a decade in public school systems, she turned her focus to studying the impacts of trauma on individuals and systems, and leverages her skills and experiences as an educator, curriculum designer, and administrator to support large and small organizations to define and implement actionable, trauma-informed change. She has worked with clinics, healthcare systems, county departments, community-based organizations, companies, nonprofits, and school districts across the country on training, coaching, technical assistance, and systems change support, all emphasizing the importance of human and healing centered cultural shifts.