Urban education is filled with challenges which can feel insurmountable. Violence, bullying, poor work conditions, high staff turnover, significant funding shortages, high drop-out rates, low academic performance, limited resources, poverty, trauma, etc. I greatly admire the staff and leadership of so many of our urban schools who have these obstacles to overcome. In our own […]
Providing Trauma Education to Rural Pennsylvania
When we think about trauma we rarely think of its occurrence in rural America. As we have traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania we have found that trauma is both pervasive and prevalent in our rural counties. In fact, some of the statistics for opioid deaths, child abuse, crime, suicide and other related human struggles […]
Two Main Categories of Trauma
Sorting through trauma information is daunting. I have been working on increasing my awareness and understanding of the nature of trauma and the principles for well over 10 years and still have plenty of work ahead of me! Some of what I will be sharing in these blogs are important bits and pieces of my […]
