My Story about Healing: Moving from “What is wrong with me” to “What is happening – how can I take better care of myself?”

My work as a Speech Language Pathologist and being a Parent were my greatest teachers. I was becoming self-aware. …that changed my life!

ACES, Story Telling, Thoughts & ReflectionsJessie GrahamMarch 17, 2020Healing, Cancer, Adverse Childhood Experience, ChangeComment

Considering Family, Environmental, Cultural and Economic Factors, an opportunity to exclude children from Special Education and Address ACES and become more Trauma Informed.

Unfortunately, by putting the problem on the students we are causing more trauma. We are making “something wrong with them” and trying to fix it. But I don’t think it is working. Because the families and the teachers are not addressing the root cause and children are stressed, suicide rates are up, and teachers are leaving the profession.

ACES, Thoughts & ReflectionsJessie GrahamNovember 9, 2019ACES, Toxic Stress, Special Eduation, Change, CO-CREATE CHANGE, Cultural, Family, Environmental, EconomicComment

Engagement, Checking in with our Assumptions (version 2)

We must check the assumptions we bring to education. We are all human beings, coming into each day with our own personal experiences and beliefs based on them.

Jessie GrahamSeptember 14, 2019Engagement, Assumptions, Change, Education, SELF AWARENESS, Special Eduation, LearningComment

Celebrate YOUR Independence!

Becoming more self-aware is a choice and it happens in relationship.

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