Strategies to deal with the Coronavirus Trauma with Karen Gross Transformative Principal 346

<p>Karen Gross is an author and educator, as well as an advisor and consultant to nonprofit schools, organizations, and governments; instructor of continuing education at Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work; visiting professor at Bennington College; former president of Southern Vermont College; former senior policy advisor to the United States Department of Education; and author of the sidequel, Breakaway Learners: Strategies for Post-Secondary Success with At-Risk Students and the trauma-sensitive children’s book series, Lady Lucy’s Quest. Visit Karen’s website at www.karengrosseducation.com.</p> <ul> <li>Name it - start by recognizing that it exists. What is traumatic for one may not be traumatic for another.</li> <li>Tame it - Strategies to deal with those. Invisible and it never goes away.</li> <li>Fight, flight, freeze, faint, fawn.</li> <li>activities that activate the senses allows the brain to reset.</li> <li>Example of strategies - stand on one leg.</li> <li>All of the senses have activities that are tied to them.</li> <li>Frame it</li> <li>Gotta do something to activate the brain.</li> <li>Triphasic - disregulated, isolated, over regulated.</li> <li>long term strategies.</li> <li>Instead of blaming, seek to find what caused the behavior?</li> <li>Processing in place.</li> <li>Kimochis - https://www.kimochis.com</li> <li>Fidget boxes</li> <li>Play table.</li> <li>how to be a transformative principal? Assuming schools haven’t reopened - reach out to everyone and provide support.</li> </ul> <p>Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.</p> <p>John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s