Engaging with Families While Accounting for Trauma

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can educators use trauma-informed strategies as they work to engage with the families of their students? In today&rsquo;s episode of our podcast, we dive deep into the transformation of family engagement in education amidst the challenges posed by the pandemic. Today&rsquo;s guest is Sean M. Bryant, Director of Professional Development and Adult Learning with the Child Lab at Yale University.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With Sean's expert guidance, we unpack the major shifts in early learning settings caused by the pandemic and how educators should be thinking about different facets of family engagement going forward. Listen to the episode to learn more about what trauma-informed engagement means, how suspensions and expulsions cause trauma within the family, and how to engage more fathers in their children&rsquo;s education.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong>Topics Discussed in This Episode</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:00:51] Introducing Shawn and his background</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:02:40] How family engagement has changed since the pandemic&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:11:36] New ideas for engaging families</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:14:30] What trauma-informed family engagement really means</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:24:38] Three states of the brain</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:28:02] How movement and memory work together</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:29:28] Discussion of trauma in the book </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">My Grandmother's Hands</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">