A Trauma Informed Approach to Fostering Well-Being (Part One)

This course is intended to help individuals understand the impact of the traumatic experiences individuals often bring with them to school and how to foster well-being. Part one will focus on the school psychologist's role in addressing school climate and adult trauma. Part two will focus on the school psychologist's role in developing students' SEL and character across the tiers.

Objectives for both parts:

• Understand the fundamental elements of a trauma-informed approach 
• Understand what the school psychologist’s role in developing a student’s SEL character across the tiers 
• Understand what the school psychologist can do to build skills and how to work through alliances with academic subjects

Bio

Maurice Elias, is Professor in the Psychology Department and Rutgers University, Director of the Rutgers Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab (www.secdlab.org), and Co-Director of the Academy for SEL in Schools (SELinSchools.org). He also serves on the Leadership Teams of SEL4US and SEL4NJ. He is a Fellow in APA Divisions 16, 53, 12, 9, and 27 and is a licensed psychologist in NJ. He received the Joseph E. Zins Memorial Senior Scholar Award for Social-Emotional Learning from CASEL, the Sanford McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, and the Jane Bostrum Service to School Psychology Award. He has co-written Morning Classroom Conversations: Build Your Students’ Social-Emotional, Character and Communication Skills Every Day, Students Taking Action Together: 5 Teaching Techniques to Cultivate SEL, Civic Engagement, and a Healthy Democracy, and, for Tier 2 and 3, Boost Emotional Intelligence in Students: 30 Flexible Research-Based Lessons to Build EQ Skills, and Social-Emotional Learning Lab: A Comprehensive SEL Resource Kit (2021, with Victoria Poedubicky). For parents, he has written Emotionally Intelligent Parenting, Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com), and The Joys & Oys of Parenting (Behrman House). He writes a blog on SECD for Edutopia (www.edutopia.org/profile/maurice-j-elias).

*This is a free training offered through the NJDOE mental health grant and NJASP.