Impact: You Can Make an Impact by Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences

Impact: have a strong effect on someone or something.

ACESJessie GrahamAugust 6, 2020ACES, Trauma Informed, Education, Psychology, Social Emotional, Health, WellbeingComment

51 Things you can do that establish a sense of Well Being and Improved Immune Functioning and you don’t / shouldn’t wear a mask while doing them.

walk in nature…

Thoughts & ReflectionsJessie GrahamJuly 29, 2020wellbeing, Healing, improved immune functionComment

Fear Kills

Understanding fear…choosing love

Jessie GrahamMay 29, 2020Comment

From Feeling Forced to Choosing a Loving Response.

Jessie GrahamApril 27, 2020Comment

The Great Pause

It has always been a choice… now we are choosing it…

Jessie GrahamMarch 23, 2020Comment

Integration of Speech and Language Skills, A Trauma Informed Approach

The coaching process is an empowerment process.

Jessie GrahamMarch 23, 2020Comment

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

The Story of Luisa

The power of presence was the motto in our room.

Luisa shared with me that the meaning of her name is “warrior” one day when I gave her this note!

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

Safety First - Toxic Stress in Education

Why are our educational agencies/leaders allowed to make decisions that are unsafe? Is this the result of chronic toxic stress? Is our educational system not considering safety when I, a human being, says they don't feel safe? Are they considering the stressful impact of teachers and students being without power all day and in fear of fires near by?

Thoughts & ReflectionsJessie GrahamNovember 2, 2019Toxic Stress, Education, BoundariesComment

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

Trauma Informed Coaching for Schools is available from any location

There are many ways to become Trauma Informed, but the most efficient and effective way is to do your own self exploration and then understand your students.

Thoughts & Reflections, Group ExperienceJessie GrahamJune 16, 2019Trauma Informed, CoachingComment

Story Grammar Marker, a Trauma Informed Tool - Students Love it!

We started with the Character and and moved to the Setting and eventually we were able to work through a complete story including a critical thinking triangle.

ACES, Thoughts & ReflectionsJessie GrahamJune 2, 2019Storytelling, CoachingComment

Coaching with a Trauma Informed SLP

With the support of a coach you are provided with an environment where you can reflect on your thoughts and practices and make decisions about change. Change can be uncomfortable, however, when paired with clarity it is empowering!

Trauma Informed 21st Century Learning

…our need and desire to keep up with these changes requires grounding in personal beliefs, understanding our emotions as well as how the brain and nervous system coordinate and interact to either inhibit or promote learning.

ACES, Thoughts & ReflectionsJessie GrahamFebruary 9, 2019On-Line CoachingComment

Teaching from the HEART

So the head uses thinking to figure out how we will teach and the heart uses our sense of connection to the children, the methods and the materials we use.

Thoughts & ReflectionsJessie GrahamJanuary 5, 2019Teaching, CoachingComment