I was listening to one of our trainings at Lakeside. Some of the options were compared and contrasted for how we can choose to handle behavior problems in our students. When we encounter problems with behavior we have three choices. Use our authority to impose our will. Just ignore the behavior and do nothing. Or, […]
What Does Toxic Stress Look Like in an Organization?
We often encounter organizations with a large degree of toxic stress. Intriguing is that some of the same symptoms trauma-impacted clients feel are also the symptoms the staff feel when there is an organizational crisis. Moreover, there is a parallel effect in the entire organization. As you can see in these charts developed by our […]
A Place to Be Calm. What Do People Sense in Your Trauma-informed Environment?
I always enjoy hearing what individuals say when they walk through our programs or our training center and comment on the calm of it all. We have worked very hard at Lakeside to make sure our students, parents, business associates, and guests feel like they can enter our environments and immediately sense a relaxing, relational, […]
