Trauma Informed Education Dr. Kay Ayre

Prof. Sandra Chafouleas is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Neag Endowed Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology within the Neag School of Education. She also serves as the founder and
Co-Director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH). She has authored over 150 publications, and regularly serves as a national presenter and invited speaker. She is a fellow in both the American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science, and is and Invited Member and Past-President of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. Prof. Chafouleas’s work on trauma-informed education are amongst the most highly cited scholarly works in the field. Prof Chafouleas and her team’s recent publication, ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACEs): Translation into Action in K12 Education Settings’ highlights the challenges and future areas of enquiry in the area of trauma informed education.

Dr Michael Gaskell is the Principal of Hammarskjold Middle School in East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Michael writes extensively on school culture, trauma, and educational leadership, he is a mentor to new principals through the New Jersey Leaders to Leaders program and regularly presents on topics relevant to today’s educators. Michael has written two books, Microstrategy Magic and just published in September this year, his second book titled Leading Schools Through Trauma A Data-Driven Approach to Helping Children Heal.

Joanna Schwartz holds a Master of Education, and a Master of Counseling with a concentration in holistic studies. Joanna is the founder of Toolbox for Teachers an organization that provides workshops on the topics of mental health in schools, social and emotional learning, trauma informed education and mindfulness. Joanna’s interest in providing professional development for educators comes from her experiences as a K-8 teacher in Philadelphia, her years of mindfulness practice, and experience as a child and family therapist. Joanna has written a new book, to be published in August this year 2021 called The Teacher Toolbox for a Calm and Connected Classroom: Teacher-friendly Mental Health Strategies to Help You and Your Students Thrive.

A Relationship-Based Approach to Supporting Students with Deni Melim by Dr. Kay Ayre

Louise Michelle Bombèr is qualified as both a specialist teacher, a therapist and a Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) certified practitioner. She has worked with individual pupils, classes, whole school settings, local authorities, teachers and support staff across both the primary and secondary phases. She has provided consultations and training for education, social services and health. She has set up TouchBase™ Brighton and TouchBase™ Bristol. Louise and her team offer a range of services supporting children and young people who have experienced significant relational traumas and losses. She is the author of several best-selling books, including ‘Inside I’m Hurting’, ‘Knew Me to Teach Me’ and ‘Settling Troubled Pupils to Learn: Why Relationships Matter in School’.

Bearing witness to the emotional pain and challenges of students can take its toll on educators. Under pressure to support students, teachers may be forced to confront their own social and emotional challenges. The social neuroscience of education shed light on experiences and needs linked to the common humanity we share with our students. In this episode, we speak to Megan Marcus. Megan holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s degree in Psychology from Pepperdine University. While at
Pepperdine, Megan studied under Dr. Louis Cozolino and served as the lead researcher for his book, The Social Neuroscience of Education.